Infra committee approves Rs1571 cr project of JNPT

New Delhi, Mar 1 (EPC News): The cabinet commitee on infrastructure has approved deepning and widening project of Mumbai Harbour and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Channel phase-I, says the government release.

The project, conceived by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) will cost around Rs1571 crore and will be completed in 25 months including mobilization period after awarding of work.

The Mumbai Harbour Channel and JN Port Channel will be deepened and widened to handle vessels upto capacity of 6000 Twenty-feet Equivalent units (TEUs) and upto draught of 14 meters by using the tidal window. 

The channel length will be increased from existing 29 km to 33.54 km to meet the natural water depth of 14 meters at sea. Further, the width of the channel will also be increased so as to maintain a minimum width of 370 meters from the present dimension of 325 meters in the straight reach.

EPC News Bureau

Posted by: epcworld | Posted on:3/1/2012 at 11:59 AM