WAPCOS pegs riverine port capacity at 55 mtpa.

Kolkata-based Water and Power Consultancy Services (WAPCOS) has pegged the total capacity of the first riverine port proposed in Odisha at 55 million tonne per annum (mtpa).

WAPCOS had earlier entered into an agreement with the Odisha government for consultancy work on the riverine port planned at Mahanadi river mouth. It has recently submitted its techno-economic feasibility report.

'WAPCOS has already submitted its feasibility report. We are examining it. The report says it is feasible to develop the riverine port. The overall port capacity has been pegged at 55 mtpa, including 22 mtpa in the first phase. The total investment for the port has been estimated at Rs. 4,000 crore,' said a senior government official.

He said, the state would kick off the tendering process after the end of the 'Model Code of Conduct' enforced for the ongoing elections.

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