Date: 08/09/2021
The State Government has expressed concern over delay in implementation of the Subarnarekha Port project even nearly a year after laying of foundation stone by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.“The estimated cost of the port to be set up at Chumukh in Baliapal block of Balasore district is Rs 5,000 crore for which 692 acre land has already been provided to the developers,” an official statement said.“Although 692.68 acre land has been leased out to the developer since January 2018, the construction work is yet to begin,” said a senior officer of the Commerce and Transport department. The project was reviewed at a high-level meeting here recently where Director of Subarnarekha Port Pvt. Ltd. (SPPL) Ramani Ramaswami explained that the construction activities were delayed due to some hurdles, both local and legal, during land acquisition and alienation for connectivity to the port. One of the problems is fragmentation of ‘Chaka’ land in five villages under Basta tehsil.
