Mangaluru: Capital dredging costing Rs 29 crore to be undertaken at old port
Mon, Dec 14 2020 02:56:51 PM
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Dec 14: The old port area here has been the main fishing and commercial port of the coast. For the first time in the history of this dock, a capital dredging programme will be undertaken at a cost of Rs 29 crore. Under this plan, desilting will be undertaken for a depth of seven metres. This will give a big boost to fishing activity.
The plan will be executed by the Capital Dredging of Old Port of the state department of ports under the central government s Sagar Mala project. The cost of this project will be met at the rate of Rs 14.5 crore each by the state and the central governments.