Apart from the number of steel plants, Orissa will get two more minor ports along its coastline by 2010, according to Jaynarayan Mishra, Commerce Minister. The two minor ports would be at Gopalpur in Ganjam district and at Dhamra in Bhadrak district. The first phase of construction of the Gopalpur port has already been completed, whereas work was going on at the Dhamra port, he told the assembly on December 12.
Dhamra Port Company Limited, a joint venture of L&T and TISCO, had already started working on its project. An agreement was signed with Gopalpur port limited for the purpose. Both the ports were being developed on the build-operate-transfer basis which will come under the state''s ownership after the lease period. The estimated project cost of Dhamra port is Rs 2,464 crore while Gopalpur port has been developed at an investment of Rs 2,000 crore.
Mishra said, adding another port at Kirtania in the mouth of Subernarekha river was in the pipeline. Both Dhamra and Gopalpur ports would share their income with the state government. While Dhamara port would share five per cent of its income with the state government for the first five years, the Gopalpur port would follow suit from the second year of its execution.
Dhamra Port Company Limited, a joint venture of L&T and TISCO, had already started working on its project. An agreement was signed with Gopalpur port limited for the purpose. Both the ports were being developed on the build-operate-transfer basis which will come under the state''s ownership after the lease period. The estimated project cost of Dhamra port is Rs 2,464 crore while Gopalpur port has been developed at an investment of Rs 2,000 crore.
Mishra said, adding another port at Kirtania in the mouth of Subernarekha river was in the pipeline. Both Dhamra and Gopalpur ports would share their income with the state government. While Dhamara port would share five per cent of its income with the state government for the first five years, the Gopalpur port would follow suit from the second year of its execution.
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