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Mongla Port upgradation underway
6 July 2010: The Shipping Ministry of Bangladesh has undertaken a plan involving Taka 1,106 crore for increasing ship handling facilities at Mongla Port, the country's second sea port.
The plan includes four mega projects designed for purchasing cargo handling machinery and capital dredging on riverbeds so that ships with nine meters drafts can be anchored at the port.
The projects are: Techno Economic Feasibility Study for Improvement of Navigability of Mongla Port (TEFSINMP) worth Taka 882 crore, Dredging at Harbor Channel of Mongla Port at Taka 100 crore, Outer Bar Dredging on Poshur Channel of Mongla Port involving Taka 58.46 crore and a project to purchase cargo handling at a cost of Taka 22.97 crore.
The TEFSINMP was taken after a survey conducted by local and international navigability experts with a view to permanently resolving the navigability problems stretching 131 km waterways.
Another project involving Taka 82.93 crore to purchase cuter section dredger and replace pilot dispatch boat has already been sent to the Planning Commission, which is likely to take off shortly.
Source: Bangladeshinfo