Posted on December 4, 2017
The Puducherry port will be ready to handle cargo operations by the end of this month or beginning of next year, Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy said here on Saturday.
Addressing a press conference, the Chief Minister said Marg company, which operates the port at Karaikal, had taken over dredging from the Dredging Corporation of India.
The firm was in the last leg of removing silt from the river mouth to facilitate entry and exit of barge, he said.
The Chennai Port Trust had arranged two ships to ferry containers to the port here. The ships would be berthed in the sea and from there the cargo would be brought to the harbour in a barge.
Mr. Narayanasamy said he and Minister for Port M. Kandasamy would visit New Delhi next week to invite Union Minister for Shipping Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate the port operations.
Source: The Hindu
