The port, to be built at a cost of Rs2,300 crore to handle 25 million tonnes of cargo will also have the fifth largest container terminal of the country
Mumbai: Pondicherry Port Ltd, which is developing a port at Puducherry at a cost of Rs2,300 crore to handle 25 million tonnes of cargo, plans to build India’s fifth largest container terminal there, even as an expanding economy increases demand for cargo and container handling facilities at ports across the country. The firm plans to engage a specialist operator to build the terminal. The port, with Tamil Nadu as its hinterland will cater to the demands of some of the biggest trading towns in the state including Salem, Coimbatore, Erode and Madurai. Tirupur, the textile capital of the country will also be served by this terminal.