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Article: India: Centre approves Rs 1008-crore(USD205mn) port projects.
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- November 1, 2008
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Byline: deepak03
The Public-Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPAC) on Friday approved two port projects worth Rs 1,008 crore(USD205mn) proposed by the department of shipping, in a meeting chaired by economic affairs secretary Ashok Chawla.
The two projects, Rs 467-crore deep drought coal berth and Rs 541-crore deep drought iron ore berth, will come up at the Paradip port on a build-operate and transfer basis. The port situated near Kolkata serves the vast hinterland spread over the Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
"The projects will be awarded by early 2009 and the construction will ...