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The Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Thiru T. R. Baalu chaired the Meeting of the Chairpersons of all the major Ports and senior railway officials to review the existing railway connectivities to the Major Ports and their future requirements here today.
The high-level Meeting assessed the existing traffic and infrastructure and the projected growth in the coming years. Addressing the officials, Thiru Baalu called for effective coordination between the Railways and Port Authorities for the early implementation of ongoing projects and jointly chalk-out a time-bound action plan to meet the targets.
During the discussion, the needs and projections made by ports were brought to the notice of Railway Officials and necessity to finish the pending proposals in a time bound manner was underscored.
Some of the important projects discussed include doubling of line in Panvel-Jasai section for Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Wadala-Kurla dedicated freight line for Mumbai Port, broad gauge conversion of Bindi-Samdari section for Kandla Port, completion of Hassan-Mangalore rail link and construction of by-pass to serve New Mangalore Port, handling of iron ore at Wagon Tippler at Goa Port, construction of railway link to Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) for Cochin Port.
On the eastern coast, doubling of track between Madurai and Dindigal for Tuticorin Port, running of dedicated fixed path container trains from Tuticorin and Chennai Port to Northern Indian locations, connectivity to the proposed iron ore and container terminals at Ennore Port on SPV model, development of a separate interchange yard at Mindi for Visakhapatnam Port, construction of heavy axle dedicated railway link from iron ore mines/steel plants to Paradip Port, doubling of Rajgoda-Haldia stretch of Haldia-Panskura rail line for Kolkata Port Trust came up for discussion.
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