Calcutta Port Trust (CPT) has decided against increasing port charges
despite the fact that enough time has elapsed since the revision of the
charges.
CPT chairman H P Roy said at the Indian Chamber of Commerce yesterday
that CPT had on its roll 23,000 pensioners involving an annual
expenditure of Rs 150 crore. Another Rs 150 crore goes towards meeting
the wage bills of the 17,000-strong workforce. This old riverine port
also inherited a certain historical factor which makes its expenditure
structure rather inflexible in some areas. Roy is, however, aware that
the rate structure is not very attractive for port users.
