First phase of Andhra’s Ramayapatnam Port to be completed soon

NELLORE: The works on the first p h a s e o f R a m a y a p a t n a m Po r t , being built in Andhra Pradesh’s N e l l o r e d i s t r i c t a t a c o s t o f Rs 3,736 crore, will be completed soon.

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Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy that the south and north breakwater works are nearing completion and the dredging and reclamation works would be completed by September

In the first phase, the port will have four berths with a cargo handling capacity of 34 million tonnes annually, they said. Reddy had laid the foundation stone for the construction of the port in

July last year. When fully completed, the port will have 19 berths with a cargo handling capacity of 138 million metric tons annually

The project is being executed by the Ramayapatnam Port Development

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A P M a r i t i m e B o a r d , a S t a t e Government organisaton.

Ramayapatnam is one of four new greenfield ports being developed by the state government.

The Chief Minister reviewed the progress of the works at a meeting at his official residence.

Machilipatnam Port, being built with an estimated expenditure of Rs 5,155 crore, will be equipped with 16 berths with an annual cargo handling capacity of 115 million metric tonnes and in the first phase, it will have four berths T h e w o r k s r e l a t i n g t o g r o u n d improvement and south and north breakwater are in full swing.

Officials said that the works relating to the first two berths at the Mulapeta Port in Srikakulam district are also progressing rapidly The Port, being built with a cost of Rs 4,361 crore, will have 10 berths with an annual cargo handling capacity of 83 million tonnes