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Vizag Port all set for major expansion; Gadkari inaugurates CFS, solar plant, Liquid Cargo Berth & asks Port officials to hire consultant to reduce pollution

By TIOL News Service

VIZAG, AUG 21, 2016: VIZAG Port is poised for major expansion, with the Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Mr Nitin Gadkari, inaugurating several projects during his visit to the port on Friday. The Minister inaugurated a Container Freight Station of 1 lakh TEU capacity developed by M/s.VCTPL at a cost of Rs 104 crores for which an extent of Ac 34 acres is allotted by the Port. He also inaugurated the commissioning of 6.25 MW out of 10MW solar power plant. The power generated from this plant is meeting the captive consumption of the port and the excess power is proposed to be sold by third party agreements.

In addition to this the Minister inaugurated a Liquid cargo berth – EQ-10 developed by M/s.AVR Infra Pvt., Ltd., on Private Sector Participation at a cost of Rs.55.38 crores with a capacity of 1.84 million tonnes per annum and a Multi cargo berth – WQ-6 developed by M/s.ABG Infra Logistics on Private Sector Participation at a cost of Rs.114.5 crores with a capacity of 2.08 million tonnes per annum.

Mr Gadkari also laid the foundation stone for the project “Reconstruction of old EQ-2,3,4&5 berths into two new berths of 530 meters quay in the inner harbor” taken up with port’s internal resources at a cost of Rs.182 crores and capacity of 6 million tonnes. He also reviewed the progress of two berths WQ-7&8under construction taken up by port with internal resources at a cost of Rs. 243 crores and capacity of 6.39 million tonnes.

The Union Minister reviewed the performance of the port and the progress of developmental projects. He also reviewed the dredging projects executed by the port at a cost of Rs.400 crores which were taken up to enhance the draft of inner harbor to 14.5mts to enable Panamax vessels berthing and outer harbor to 18.1 draft to enable berthing of Super Cape vessels berthing.

Later, the Minister held discussions with the stakeholders of the port. He suggested to the Govt., of Andhra Pradesh to install sewage treatment plant for treating the city sewage before letting into the port limits to avoid water pollution. The Hon’ble Minister informed that the pollution levels have been considerably reduced consequent to various mechanization projects. The particulate matter (PM10) in the air is brought down from the level of 300 microgram in 2011 to less than 100 microgram in 2016. The Minister also directed the Port to engage a good consultant to do a comprehensive study and suggest measures to reduce the pollution level further.


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