Report of the West Coast Major Port Development Committee Regarding The Possiblity of Sitting A Major Port On The Coast Covered by Kathiawar and Cutch

The sheltered nature of a port the well-laid out approach channels the provision of docks jetties and moorings the well-laid out transit sheds the effective rail connections the ability to serve a very large portion;of the hinterland lying behind the port the facilities for meeting 'the requirements of defence and strategy the comparatively large volume of traffic and the possibilities of [...] The original statements %Anil ed to the Ministry of Transport - litithod of Appror.b.--Oirr p. U.n 461.apprnaela in the matter of investigation and is the matter of arriving at a decision was made as folloWs:— (k) Needs of Entire Anse.—The first essential was to bear in mind the needs of the entire area to be served". [...] The Gulf of Cambay.—Much time and thought has been devoted to the possibility of siting the new port in the Gulf of Cambay.' The favourable geographical position easy access to the hinterland and the present advanced stage of development of at least one port in the gulf namely Bhavnagar are all factors which have been given much weight by this Committee. [...] - They could be used to super sede the working of steamers at the anaherSge and the long haul of 12 miles lighter from the anchorage to the old WO*. Il Bhavnagar it to sean4 cin its feet as a self supporting port the method idopted in the past of unloading ships 12 miles away from the port cannot continue. [...] It has been stated by the Porta (Technical) Committee that Kandla has hot developed as a port own to the policy of isolation adopted in the past by the Cutch State authorities;: and in fact the lack of industries roads and railways in the hinterland is an ohjection to *a 'selection of Kandla as a site for the new port.