Faced with loss of business, Kolkata Port Trust urges better transparency

Perceives threat from upcoming ports in Tajpur in West Bengal and Subrnarekha in Odisha

Port Trust (KoPT), which operates the riverine ports at Kolkata and Haldia in West Bengal is working on improving transparency in its processes and instilling better labour disciple to maintain its cargo handling volume as it feels threatened from the upcoming ports in Tajpur in West Bengal and Subrnarekha in Odisha.

The port's chairman, M T Krishna Babu said that the upcoming Tajpur port, with a depth more than 12 metres and the deep draft Subranarekha port, both armed with modern cargo handling systems, will be able to pull in ships with higher tonnage which will mean loss of cargo handling