NEW DELHI: There is a need to increase the depth of all ports in the country to handle very large cargo ships, a Parliamentary Standing Committee has opined.
A report filed by the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Union Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Culture states:
In most of the ports in the country, the depth of berth for cargo ships is very low. The old harbors have a depth of 23 feet and the new harbors only 66 feet.
Under the central government’s Sagarmala scheme, modernization of ports is underway. Under this scheme, there is a need to increase the depth of all the ports in the country.
Only then can future problems in handling very large cargo ships be safeguarded.
It says so.
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