Chennai:
A total of Rs 25,000 crore would be invested in
30 projects this financial year to increase the capacity of ports by 282 million
tonnes, according to Union Shipping Minister G K Vasan.
Speaking on during an event to mark the Silver
Jubilee celebrations of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai on
Friday, Vasan said that amidst global economic recession, his ministry has been
able to award a record number of 32 port projects at an estimated cost of Rs
6765 crore to add capacity of about 136 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).
He said that JNPT has drawn up a plan to
increase its capacity to handle projected container traffic of 10 million TEUs
by 2016-17. The port has recently awarded the project to extend a container
berth by 330 metres, he said.
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