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VASCO: Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) has clarified that no communication is received by them notifying about 53 kms of Goa coastline under MPT.
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In a press release issued by the Department of Information and Publicity, Mormugao Port Trust has provided the clarification as there was a lot of buzz on various media platforms over handing of 53 kms of Goa coastline to Mormugao Port Trust.
In the release, Mormugao Port Trust said, “The port was developed during the Portuguese period by west of India Portuguese Guaranteed Railway Company which had developed the Port and constructed the railway lines from Mormugao to Collem. Furthermore, Mormugao Port Trust was declared a Major Port by the Central Government under the provisions of the Indian Ports Act, 1908 on December 2, 1963 and the provisions of Major Port Trust Act, 1963 were applicable w.e.f. July 1, 1964”.
Mormugao Port Trust maintained that the jurisdiction of the Mormugao Port Trust is being notified by the Central Government under Section 4 of the Indian Ports Act 1908(15 of 1908) read with Clause (q) of Section 2 of the Major Ports Act, 1963(38 of 1963) from time-to-time. The first notification was issued to this effect bearing No GSR 1831 dated November 30, 1963 and the latest notification bearing GSR 1127(E) dated September 4, 2017, as informed by Department of Information and Publicity in its press release.
