CM moots gateway port in Kakinada SEZ, free-trade warehousing zones
The Hindu
Jagan sets June deadline for building four fishing harbours
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has called upon the officials to explore the opportunities for developing a gateway port in Kakinada SEZ by taking advantage of its land bank and suggested that it be provided with the required road and railway connectivity. He also suggested development of free-trade warehousing zones around the seaports in the State, and ordered that the construction of four fishing harbours in the first phase at Uppada, Machilipatnam, Nizampatnam and Juvvaladinne should be completed by June 2022. Further, he wanted air connectivity from Kadapa and Kurnool to Visakhapatnam improved.More Related News
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