AP Bureau:
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Bhubaneswar, 3rd Sept: IDCO and port authorities have been asked to prepare a Master Plan for comprehensive development of an industrial park, fishing harbor at Dhamra. The industrial park will be developed over an area contiguous to the port, as decided in a review meting by Chief Secretary Gokul Chandra Pati on Thursday.
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A committee has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Secretary Commerce & Transport Sanjaya Rastogi involving the representative from IDCO and district Collector and Dhamara Port Company Ltd to prepare the Master Plan. Sri Pati has advised the committee to fasten the process so as to make the land available to entrepreneurs by April, 2016. Chief Secretary has also directed the department of Commerce & Transport to expedite the process of for 2nd phase expansion of the Port.
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Dhamara Port has achieved 70% capacity utilization within last 4 years. In the current fiscal year of 2015, the port has handled around 15.45 MMT of cargo so far. It has paid near about Rs.119 crore revenue share to Govt as per the MOU.
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Replying to a media query after the meeting, Chief Executive Officer of Dhmara Port Subrat Tripathy said that the proposed Industrial park at Dhamara has the potential to be developed to a thriving industrial hub in the sectors like edible oil, fisheries, food processing, steel and other manufacturing units. The park will add to enhancing cargo profile and undertaking value addition. The port can also be developed to a transshipment hub for main land container vessels, Tripathy added.
