Hyderabad, November 11: The Andhra Pradesh government is making efforts to persuade the Centre to locate yet another major port and ship yard on its coast.
With the Centre scouting for a place to locate one, Chief Minister K Rosaiah spoke to National Shipping Board chairman Capt PVK Mohan and Visakhapatnam Port Trust chairman Ajeya Kallam will soon be writing to the Centre expressing the state’s interest.
The Chief Minister also wants a delegation of officials of Shipping Ministry to visit the state and make a survey for a suitable place with the state only willing to allot land.
Discussing the proposal, Rosaiah told officials that the state should not lose the opportunity as it has the capacity to generate at least 25,000 jobs.
The chief minister also asked the officials to speed up works related to piped gas distribution in the twin cities and ensure that the first phase of the project is commissioned next month as scheduled. The first phase of the proposal is to supply piped gas to every home in NA LSAR Colony at Shamirpet.
In accordance with the cabinet decision taken recently, the officials had been asked to prepare the bill for maritime board to be introduced in Assembly.
The bill will provide for maritime board a port facility security officer to each operating port who would be responsible for overall security of the port.
–Agencies