India expects the strategic Chabahar Port, which will give sea-land access to Afghanistan bypassing Pakistan, to be operational by December next year, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. Notwithstanding US objections, India earlier this month had inked a pact with Iran for the development of the port.¨Work has started on the Chabahar port. There is a joint venture of Kandla Port Trust (KPT) and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT)….
We will start port activities in a year or a year-and-a-half,¨ Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Gadkari said. He said a draft agreement will be signed within three months in this regard.
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