Ennore Port gets nod from railways for northern rail link

Chennai:

Ennore Port’s dream to have access to northern rail link is close to realization after Indian Railways gave its in-principle approval for the Rs 170 crore project.

The 26-km-long rail link will be on a single track connecting the port with the Chennai-Gudur mainline. It will terminate close to Minjur, said Ennore Port chairman and managing director M A Bhaskarachar.

“We got the approval from Indian Railways on Friday,” said Bhaskarachar during a function where Union Shipping Minister handed over the benefits worth Rs 1.5 crore to benefits identified under corporate social responsibility.

He said following this a detailed project report would be prepared after which the work will commence. Interestingly, this is part of Ennore Port’s plan to to enhance its capacity augmentation from 30 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 60 MTPA by the end of 12th Plan.