Sarthak Kanjilal
Port Blair, May 24: The Port Management Board, Andaman & Nicobar Islands has notified a Port Meadow in these islands last year near Havelock and the PMB is presently moving ahead to start the functioning of Port Meadow in the Islands. PMB strongly believes that after the functioning of the Port Meadow, these islands are going to earn huge revenue from the initiative.
As per reports, the Port Meadow has being identified in the deeper sea to the left side of the Havelock Island which is around 4.5 kilometre in radius and around 50 meters in depth and has a sheltered basin and no island is involved in it.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha, the Chief Port Administrator, Dr R D Tripathi said that the area was identified in the year 2016 and it’s so deep that the world’s biggest cape sized vessel can come here and stand.
The CPA said that the proposal here is to bring Cape Sized Vessel in the Port Meadow near Havelock from where the materials can be loaded in small sized vessels through which they can be transported to mainland India or other countries.
“Presently the talks are on with different agencies and many are interested to use the space, the department will also publicize it in the Media so that the interested agencies may get to know about the space in Andaman for which they can approach us for transhipment of their materials,” Dr Tripathi said.
Dr Tripathi finally said that such a bigger space for shipment and in such a sheltered area is nowhere in the entire world. Dr Tripathi also gave a positive indication that many agencies are going to approach PMB for the space for shipment.
Not at all a good idea.
Why in Havelock ?
We have so many island .
Can anyone tell me where you will make warehouse?
Storage tank?
Why not in other part of island?