Charampa to have an inland container depot; one of the many upcoming economic impact of Dhamara port
Bhadrakh, Dhamara port (under constr.) February 27th. 2012, 11:35amPorts have economic and infrastructural impact on the nearby areas. The recently operational Dhamara Port already has given a highway and railway line between Bhadrak and Dhamara. The proposed container depot (discussed in the Dharitri article below) will be another of its initial contribution.
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March 1st, 2012 at 3:50 am
Nice. We need to make good use of our coastline. Perhaps we can speed up work on the other ports nearby. Of course that is if the ministry of Defence does not throw a spanner in the works. It’s time the DRDO started doing something positive for development in North Odisha, an area where it continues to object to the building of any new port.
March 2nd, 2012 at 9:35 am
There will obviously be certain limits on the development of ports in and around Chandipur, due to the highly secretive nature of the test facilities. For the sake of the nation, those limitations will have to be respected.
And overall, DRDO does do quite a good deal for the support of the area. I will just give you one example of that. DRDO is handling the complete construction of the the Fakir Mohan Universtiy at Balasore, allowing it to be completed in much lower cost and much faster time.
March 2nd, 2012 at 9:23 pm
I knew that DRDO is helping in some of the programs at FM University. But did not know that they were “handling” or helping in the construction. Any pointer where that is discussed.
March 2nd, 2012 at 9:43 pm
I did not source that from any news article. I got that info from my people I know who are involved in the govt education sector in Odisha.
March 8th, 2012 at 5:57 am
Thanks @S Pani. Appreciate your taking the time in responding to my comments. Good to know that DRDO is contributing to the development of the region. I am always a little curious as to what are the limits of development in an area such as Balasore? Is it not possible for a defence establishment to co-exist with civilian development? What are the specific limits in terms of (distance) that DRDO expects industries to be established away from the testing center? And of course this begs the question why can’t such a center be located in Andamans? ((1) There is less risk of disruption to civilian life. (2) It is remote and conducive to the secretive nature of the mission. (3) It will affect far fewer people than it does/does not now.)
Perhaps there is a precedent for this if we can compare the US and the Indian missile program in some way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwajalein_Atoll
Or there is just the possibility that I have it totally wrong. Perhaps there is something to the receding nature of the sea in Chandipur that is conducive to the purpose of DRDO.
March 8th, 2012 at 10:19 am
@stringidea
Good to see that you have an open mind, as many today dont.
As for specific requirement of DRDO in terms of distance etc, and why the location is Chandipur, I cant say definitively, as I am no experts.
But with my basic knowledge and application of logic, I have the following points to make.
Chandipur is almost at the head of the Bay of Bengal, thus it allows DRDO access to the entire Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Southern Ocean for missile testing. Moving to the Andaman would limit the distance of missile testing. Already with the latest ICBM Agni-V with a range of 5000+kms we are already have to fire well into the Indian Ocean.