The port spokesperson shared that ‘M.V. Lake D’, one of the largest cape vessels of its kind with 66,000 MT of steam coal cargo bound for Nepal, anchored at Sagar for the first time making SMP Port privileged to handle such a bulk carrier.
The petitioner, Naren Chattopadhayay , a leader of All India Forward Bloc, a political outfit Bose founded after he broke away from Congress, has contended that the announcement belittled Netaji and his contribution.
The KoPT chairman, Mr Vinit Kumar today said “Out of the three, two KoPT employees are in the hospital and are undergoing treatment while one CISF constable has also been put in isolation.
The Kolkata Port Trust in association with the Institute of Social and Cultural Studies recently organised a seminar at the site of its Indenture Memorial on the theme of ‘Indentured labour and the Ganges.’
While speaking at the function marking the 150th year anniversary of the KoPT at Netaji Indoor Stadium today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi renamed the Kolkata port saying, “KoPT will be called Shyama Prasad Mookerjee Port. He was a pioneer in industrialisation in the country. And that is why, Kolkata port is being named after this great man.”
The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT), meanwhile, provided food and shelter to around 200 people at the Sagar Pilot Station.
The police have also taken up measures for the immersion ceremonies on Vijaya Dashami on 8 October.
Also, a sum of approximately Rs 100 crore is being invested for dredging in Kolkata Port's shipping channel.
The top idea which won the contest was the idea to hire amphibious boats as pilot launches for marine operations. This would dramatically improve the pilot transit time and ease of transit of pilots from shore to ship and vice versa.
A portion of the upper floor, under unauthorised occupation, had caught fire and portion of the roof, collapsed.
