The Hindu Business Line : Tuticorin Port seeks better rail connectivity

Tuticorin Port Trust (TPT) has stressed on the need for the railways to lay down a separate siding in Hare Island area where the port is planning to develop a warehousing zone for storing bulk cargo.

According to a TPT press release, Mr Rakesh Chopra, General Manager, Southern Railway, along with senior railway officials visited the Port recently and held discussions with Mr K. Suresh, Chairman, TPT, and senior port officials over the infrastructure development to plan appropriate projects of rail connectivity to give a fillip to transportation of cargo and containers.

Inner harbour

Mr A. Subbiah, Deputy Chairman, TPT, explained the inner harbour development programme currently under implementation under the National Maritime Development Programme, Phase I, to augment the existing port capacity from 20.55 million tonnes (mt) to 42 mt by the end of the Eleventh Plan.

He also highlighted the outer harbour plan of the Port at an outlay of Rs 4,350 crore to increase the port capacity by an additional 45 mt, and also the approval of the Government for deepening the approach channel and the basin in the inner harbour to cater to vessels with 12.8 metre draft.

The business plan of the port includes a proposal to have a freight corridor as a back bone of India from Tuticorin to Nagpur as one of the outlets for cargo from Central India, was further explained.

By 2027, the railways is expected to have 20 per cent share in the movement of the projected volume, handling 2.6 million TEUs and 10 per cent share in the movement of the projected bulk cargo handling at 20.7 mt was also pointed out, the release added.

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