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The Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA) commenced yearly attraction dredging works astatine the New Sand Trap (NST), its approaches, and different operational areas of the larboard including Outer Harbour Turning Basin (OHTB), Oil Berth (OB)-1, Oil Berth (OB)-2, Multipurpose Berth (MPB), Inner Channel (IC) and Inner Harbour Turning Basin (IHTB).
The project, with a full worth of ₹82.98 crore, volition beryllium executed implicit a three-year play (2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28). The dredging programme envisages removal of 2.50 lakh cubic meters of silt annually, with dredged worldly being pumped ashore. Each year’s dredging enactment is scheduled for 45 upwind moving days.
