Rs 2,700 crore invested in the project so far.
Dhamra Port Company Limited (DPCL), a 50:50 joint venture between Tata Steel and L&T, has invested Rs 2700 crore so far out of the total project cost of Rs 3239 crore and 96 per cent work on the project has been completed.
DPCL has executed 100 per cent work on jetty, materials handling, transmission line, dredging, reclamation and soil stabilization. It has completed 95 per cent work on water supply and 87 per cent work on railways while the work on the residential colony which is underway is 52 per cent completed.
The port project is set to be operational by August 2010 and it has hitherto generated jobs for 2881 people out of which 2071 are locals.
This was informed by the state commerce and transport minister Sanjiv Sahoo in response to the queries of the members in the state assembly today.
The state government has assessed the land requirement of the port at 1215.42 acres and the work on alienation of this patch of land is underway.
Besides, DPCL, which needs 1565.93 acres of land for road and railway connectivity, has submitted the land schedule for the same and it is under the consideration of the state government.
DPCL had inked an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the state government in March 1997. The port would have an initial capacity of 27 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) which would be eventually scaled up to 109 mtpa.
The port would transport bulk cargo like iron ore, chromite, coal, limestone, bauxite and dolomite.
It may be noted that the state government has identified as many as 19 locations for the development of minor ports. These locations include Inchudi, Bichitrapur, Barunei Muhan, Palur, Palur, Bhauda Muhan and Baliharchandi to name a few.
Noted developers like Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS), ArcelorMittal, JSW Infrastructure, Maytas Infra, Bhusan Steel, SPI Infrastructure Ltd, Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone and Sical Logistics have envinced interest to set up port projects in these identified locations.
