{"id":5129,"date":"2011-08-02T14:38:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T18:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/?p=5129"},"modified":"2011-08-02T14:38:10","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T18:38:10","slug":"current-status-of-the-proposed-port-locations-in-odisha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/archives\/5129","title":{"rendered":"Current status of the proposed port locations in Odisha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following is an excerpt from <a href=\"http:\/\/dailypioneer.com\/357914\/Govt-in-no-hurry-for-development-of-ports.html\" target=\"_self\">a report in Pioneer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Though there are 12 potential port locations on the coast-line, the  State Government is not in a hurry to develop these ports. It would take  appropriate decisions for development of the proposed ports in  Public-Private-Participation mode only after preparation of the  feasibility report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; According to official  sources, apart from the ongoing ports &#8211; Dhamara and Gopalpur &#8211; there are  at least 12 potential port locations on the coast line. They are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-content\/uploads\/file\/orissa%20ports.jpg\" target=\"_self\">Bahuda   Muhan in Ganjam, Baliharchandi, Astaranga, Jatadhari Muhan, Barunei  Muhan, Chudamani, Incudi, Chandipur, Bahabalpur, Subarnarekha Mouth  (Kirtania) and Bichitrapur<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the decision to develop  Chudamani and Astaranga ports has already been taken, land acquisition  for development of the Subarnarekha port was under consideration of the  Board of Revenue. Environment and other related clearances of this  proposed port are in the final stage. <\/p>\n<p>Of other proposed nine  ports, it was decided to prepare feasibility report in each case before  entering into any deal with private investors for developing them on  BOOST, though a number of private promoters have evinced interest, the  sources said. <\/p>\n<p>The sources said that the Dhamara Port has already  been completed at an estimated investment of Rs 3,239 crore and the  railway line is already operational. &#8230; <\/p>\n<p>On Gopalpur Port being operated by private  developer Gopalpur Ports Limited, the sources said the completion of the  all-weather port would be done at an estimated cost of Rs 1212.55  crore. It was decided to set up a fishing jetty at Gopalpur and to  provide ID cards to 5,000 fishermen. <\/p>\n<p>With the completion of  Gopalpur port, as many as 4,888 direct and 1,000 indirect employments  potential would be created, the sources said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer. Though there are 12 potential port locations on the coast-line, the State Government is not in a hurry to develop these ports. It would take appropriate decisions for development of the proposed ports in Public-Private-Participation mode only after preparation of the feasibility report. &#8230; According to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ports-and-waterways-in-orissa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}