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The Golden Jubilee celebrations of the New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA) volition witnesser initiation of respective improvement projects worthy astir ₹1,500 crore successful the beingness of Union and State ministers connected Thursday, November 13, astatine Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stadium successful Panambur, Mangaluru.
NMPA Deputy Chairperson S. Shanthi told reporters present that Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi, Minister of State for MSME, Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje, Karnataka Minister for Ports and Fisheries Mankal S. Vaidya, Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta, erstwhile MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, and others volition be the programme.
A large attraction astatine the venue volition beryllium an accumulation hallway showcasing NMPA’s 50-year travel of growth, service, and transformation, highlighting its cardinal milestones, developmental projects and contributions to the maritime sector. In addition, an accumulation van portraying the port’s glorious five-decade travel volition question crossed the hinterland regions successful the coming months to beforehand consciousness astir NMPA and its aureate legacy, she said.
Port Deputy Conservator Captain Manoj Joshi was present.
Many projects
During the occasion, dignitaries volition inaugurate the caller gathering of the Mercantile Marine Department’s Mangaluru office, Srinivasa Port Hospital, four-lane factual roadworthy from Kuri Katta Gate to Baikampady Tank Bund Road, KK Gate Truck Terminal with a parking installation for 300 trucks, Santoshimathaa Edible Oil Refinery, Aegis Vopak Oil/Gas Terminal, under-vehicle scanner for enhanced information astatine gates, SSPP Petro Products’ bitumen and edible lipid storage, and Aegis Vopak multi-purpose retention termina. They volition besides laic instauration stones for galore projects, including the GAIL Booster Pump for nonstop transportation of Paraxylene, a structure implicit Rail Lines 1 and 2 astatine the Marshalling Yard, and an lipid and state installation astatine Plot No. 5. Further, they volition rename KK Gate aft Rani Abbakka.
