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Passenger Jetty
Entrance Channel
Navigational Aids
Cargo Handling equipments
Location of Mooring Bouys for 5000 DWT Vessels
Breakwater Projects

Action is on hand to provide embarkation and disembarkation in the eastern side of al islands. The constructions required will be carried out by the Lakshadweep Harbour Works. Harbour facilities will also be expanded by providing terminal facilities such as ware houses, passenger facilities, shore/mobile cranes, communication network and VTMS(Visual Traffic Management Systems). Navigation facilities will also be improved by providing FRP Buoys, mooring buoys/Ospray buoys and entrance lights in remaining islands to enhance the scope of night navigation.

Dedicated Berths at Mainland Ports

As the loading/unloading operation in the islands is done at open sea the pace of operation is very low and there is also loss of cargo during discharge. As the number of ships increased, the UTL vessels especially cargo ships are often delayed at Mainland Ports due to non availability of Berths. Hence the cargo vessels are able to perform at the most 26 voyages in a year considering 260 operating days if each vessel calls at 4/5 islands on each voyage. It is necessary to resort to dedicated berths at Mainland ports of Beypore, Azhikkal , Manglore etc. The Administration is spending a lot every year on account of wharfage, berthing, mooring and other port dues. Once dedicated berths are provided it would provide access for timely berthing and frequency of the ships could be increased as wastage of time will be minimized.

In the long run, the Administration will be able to decrease incurring heavy expenditure on wharfages. The availability of dedicated berths would access free hand to develop the infrastructures at the respective ports.

	Chetlat	Bitra	Kadmat	Amini	Kiltan	Andrott	Agatti	Kavaratti	Kalpeni	Minicoy	Bangaram
Passenger Jetty
Length	107 m	122 m	67 m	59.35 m	59.35 m	77 m	155 m	263 m	174.30 m	174 m	Nil
Width	3.30 m	2 m	3 m	3.45 m	3.45 m	3 m	3.30 m	7 m	3 m	3 m	Nil
Approach Berthig	9.40 m	3.15 m	5.50 m	14.10 m	14.10 m	10.15 m	5.30 m	17 m	10.30 m	17.80 m	Nil
Depth Along side	1.80 m	1.50 m	1.50 m	1.80 m	1.80 m	1.80 m	1.80 m	2.50 m	1.80 m	1.80 m	Nil

Entrance Channel
Length	880 m	2126 m	1870 m	294 m		Nil	2160 m	1140 m	3300 m	3275 m	6250 m
Width	16 m	16 m	16 m	16 m		Nil	16 m	40 m	16 m	50 m	16 m
Depth	1.50 m	1 m	1.80 m	1.80 m		Nil	1.50 m	2.60 m	1.80 m	4 m	2 m
Diameter of Turning Circle	60 m	60 m	60 m	60 m		Nil	60 m	100 m	60 m	100 m

Navigational Aids
M.S.Buoy	5 Nos.	1 No.	Nil	Nil		Nil	Nil	2 Nos.	Nil	Nil	Nil
GRP Buoy with ZF 12 lanterns	6 Nos	1 No.	8 Nos.	Nil		7 Nos	14 Nos.	27 Nos.	11 Nos.	11 Nos.	10 Nos.
Entrance Tower	2 Nos.	Nil	2 Nos.	2 Nos		Nil	2 Nos.	2 Nos.	Nil	Nil	Nil
Twin Point Mooring bouys	Nil	Nil	2 Nos.	Nil		Nil	2 Nos.	2 Nos.	2 Nos.	2 Nos.	Nil
MS Mooring Buoy for
5000 DWT vessels	1 No.	Nil	1 No.	1 No.	1 No.	Nil	1 No.	1 No.	Nil	1 No.	Nil
Port Control Tower(12 Hr Watch)	1 No.	Nil	1 No.	1 No.		1 No.	1 No.	24 Hr.Watch	1 No.	1 No.	Nil

Cargo Handling equipments
Jetty Cranes	1 No.	Nil	2 Nos.	2 Nos		2 No.	2 Nos.	3 Nos.	2 Nos.	2 Nos.	Nil
Fork Lifters	Nil	Nil	Nil	1 No.		1 No.	1 No.	2 Nos.	1 No.	1 No.	Nil

Location of Mooring Bouys for 5000 DWT Vessels

Island	Latitude	Longitude
Kavaratti	10⁰33'16" N	72⁰ 38'34" E
^Minicoy	8⁰ 17'00" N	73⁰04'06" E
Agatti	10⁰ 51'56" N	72⁰ 38'34" E
Kiltan	11⁰ 29'13" N	73⁰ 00'38" E
Chetlat	11⁰41' 83"N	72⁰43'10" E
Amini	11⁰ 08' 16" N	72⁰ 44'23" E
Kadmat	11⁰ 12' 31" N	72⁰ 48'42" E

1. Construction of Breakwater and wharf at Andrott Island for Rs.34.82 crores.

This is the first mega project in the Lakshadweep to provide all weather ship landing facilities on the island. The scheme has been completed. At present small passenger and cargo vessels are calling at this port and are being berthed along the wharf.