Visakhapatnam Port
Visakhapatnam Port Trust has planned to invest ₹978 crore in various infrastructure upgrade projects. Chairman VPT, K. Rama Mohan Rao, informed that new projects include the construction of a two-lane road from Naval Dockyard to Convent Junction and from Sheela Nagar to Convent Junction. The stretch is being widened into four-lane roads at a cost of ₹68 crore and a flyover from Dockyard to Port area will be built at an investment of ₹700 crore. To solve the pollution-related issues, VPT will be investing ₹210 crore on building covered sheds over 25 acres of land. The electrification work on 23 ETKM Port Railway lines has been completed in the 1st phase and the second phase of 38 TKM of Electrification Port Railway Lines will also start shortly. The focus is on developing the seven sectors or the engines of growth such as road, rail, airport, logistics, seaport, mass transport and motorways and the basic idea is coordination and cooperation between the sectors. The coordination and simultaneous development will avoid cost overrun and delay in time and this will be the game-changer.
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BRO to build Rs 2,000-cr tunnel in Lipulekh Pass
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Visakhapatnam Port Authority launches Rs 1,563-cr development projects
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Telangana govt sanctions Rs 276-cr for Mahabubnagar Municipality's drainage system
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Mahindra Logistics and LOGOS transform Luhari warehousing facility towards Net-Zero
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