Ennore Port (EPL) is in the process of making the Puducherry Port its extended arm and in this regard, the former would conduct a feasibility study for carrying out various projects at the union territory port.
Officials of both the ports are holding discussion to make Puducherry Port a sister port of EPL and it is learnt that the talks are still in preliminary stages.
EPL plans to commission a feasibility report for dredging, modernizing and constructing berths at Puducherry Port.
The study, which would be outsourced to a third party, would take at least six months time to prepare it, reports indicate.
The Puducherry government proposes to develop the minor port into a deep water port with direct ship berth facilities through private sector participation, for which it has invited Expression of Interest.
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