Thursday, November 26, 2009

Maintaining Kolkata port a liability: Govt

The shipping ministry has expressed concern over the mounting navigability maintenance costs of Kolkata and Haldia ports and asked authorities to justify the existence of these ports.

To continue a port in Kolkata with the present depth of 4-5 metres "seems to be a liability", said a letter signed by R. Srinivasa Rao, director of ports operations at the ministry, and sent to the Kolkata Port Trust chairman Oct 20. view complete news..

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