The Dhamra Port Company limited (DPCl) paid Rs73.48 crore to the State Government as its revenue share on Thursday. DPCl Director Santosh Mohapatra handed over a bank document of the share amount to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat here in the presence of Chief Secretary GC Pati, Additional Chief Secretaries Aditya Padhi and R Balakrishnan and Commerce and Transport Department Principal Secretary Sanjay Rastogi.
The revenue share covers the time period from commencement of the ports operation in May, 2011 to September, 2014. The company was allowed a moratorium till March 2016; however, it has started paying its revenue share before expiry of the period, company sources said.