‘Nearly 50% of dredging work completed at port’
The Hindu
Union Minister replies to Congress member Vaithilingam’s question in the Lok Sabha
Around 50% of dredging work at the Puducherry port has been completed, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal has said.
Replying to a question by Member of Parliament V. Vaithilingam in Lok Sabha on Friday, the Union Minister said as on January 27, 45-50% of the dredging has been completed.
In 2017, the Chennai Port Trust (CPT) and Puducherry Port (PP) entered into an agreement to develop PP as a feeder port of CPT.
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