RPS Kahlon, Chairman of the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) informed that the port is awaiting statutory clearances from the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to begin full-fledged ship breaking operations.
The port authority partially resumed ship breaking operations, which was stalled for almost three years since 2010, at its Kolkata Dock System (KDS). The port stopped operation in 2010-11 owing to technical reasons.
The partial resumption of operation may fetch the port revenues worth almost Rs 5 crore in the first year. Before the stoppage of operation, the activity would fetch an average of nearly Rs 67 crore a year to the port authorities.
AK Bagchi, Director, Marine Department of KoPT said the ship breaking facility at KDS has again become operational since end of April.
Port officials said five to six berths at KDS have been allocated for ship breaking operations and preliminary works took off with three mid-size vessels.
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