As on April 30, 2013, Odisha had about 17 per cent share, in value terms, among all the completed public-private partnership (PPP) port projects across the country.
This is the second highest share, after Gujarat, in the completed port projects across the country. Odisha had two completed port projects worth over Rs 4,100 crore under PPP as on April 30, 2013, a report from Assocham shows.
In under construction port projects, Odisha ranked fourth with three more projects valuing Rs 4,100 crore in PPP mode. This is 10 percent of the total worth of projects under pipeline where the list of states is headed by Andhra Pradesh (46.2 per cent), followed by Maharashtra (15.6 per cent) and Kerala (14.4 per cent).
However, Odisha has no new port project under the bidding process, read the report.
Meanwhile, the report shows that three ports are under construction in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra while in Kerala there is one project under construction in the PPP mode.
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