New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) is implementing three projects worth ₹695 crore under the PM Gati Shakti programme.
AV Ramana, Chairman of NMPT, spoke at a meeting convened by Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, to review the initiatives taken by various ports to facilitate Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) and Operational Efficiency Through Technology (OETT) to boost growth under the PM Gati Shakti National Plan, and said NMPT is taking up projects such as the mechanisation of berth no. 14 for handling container and other cargoes on DBFOT (design, build, finance, operate, transfer) basis with JSW at cost of ₹281 crore; construction of new berth no. 17 for handling bulk and dry-bulk cargoes worth ₹217 crore; and construction of fishing harbour at Kulai at cost of ₹197 crore under the PM Gati Shakti programme.
