Three port projects cleared
December 3rd, 2009 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Three port projects worth Rs.7,661 crore have been approved by a committee chaired by Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla, the government said Thursday.
The Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee has approved a Rs.600-crore standalone container handling facility and a Rs.6,600-crore container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai, the finance ministry said in a statement.
Additionally, it also sanctioned Rs.462 crore for coal handling facilities and upgrading of the general cargo berth at outer harbour of Visakhapatnam.
Since its constitution in January 2006, the committee has granted approval to 137 projects, with an estimated project cost of Rs.144,687 crore, the ministry said.
These include 121 National Highway projects, 11 ports projects, two airports and one each for tourism infrastructure and the railways.
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