Calcutta Port Trust (CPT) is said to be holding discussion with the consortium of Concast Infratech and Hyundai Engineering Construction over the royalty payment for the proposed Haldia Dock II project at Salukkhali in East Midnapore.
The consortium, which was the sole bidder for the south part of the port project, offered to share only 1 per cent of the gross revenue as royalty. However, this was not agreeable to the port management and hence both the parties are said to be holding discussion on the matter.
Some reports indicate that the port expects at least 5 per cent of the gross revenue as royalty.
The Haldia Dock II project has two parts — north and south. Each will have two berths, and the project will have a total capacity of 23.4 million tonne (11.7 mn t for each north and south).
The port trust wants to implement the project on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis.
However, private players are reportedly not showing much interest in the project because of concerns over environmental clearances.
The moratorium imposed by the union ministry of environment and forest on industrial development at Haldia in 2009, has not been lifted, despite appeals from the Bengal government.
However, CPT is optimistic that the ministry would lift the development restriction in the area.
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