As part of port modernisation and infrastructure development, a series of new developmental infrastructures were inaugurated by Paradip Port Trust (PPT) Chairman Rinkesh Roy on Sunday.
Roy inaugurated a large electronic display board at the Biju Patnaik Park at Atharbanki and another one at the entrance of the PPT Administrative Building. These boards will showcase the PPT’s various functions of from time to time.
Roy also inaugurated a new state-of-the-art 132/33/11-KV control room at the PPT’s Main Receiving Station along with the expansion of the existing 132/33-KV sub-station for effective power distribution to the deep-draught iron ore and deep-draught coal terminals undertaken on a BOT basis. Besides, a new 11-KV load centre was also inaugurated near the marine jetty, which will facilitate effective power supply to the newly-commissioned clean cargo terminal of the PICTPL which recently come up a BOT basis. Lift systems at the PPT Hospital and Administrative Buildings were also inaugurated. A departmentally-built cantilever/ cable-stayed
bridge across the creek was dedicated to the public. This state-of-the-art design is one of its kind in the locality and mostly built with scraps and discarded materials.