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Gangavaram: 600 jobs promised for fishermen

Staff Reporter

Port developer rules out fishermen's demand for jetty

VISAKHAPATNAM: The D.V.S. Raju-led consortium which was awarded the contract to develop Gangavaram port, said on Sunday that the project would provide 600 permanent jobs to local fishermen.

Exuding confidence that the present imbroglio would end soon, Gangavaram Port Limited (GPL) president K. Upendra Rao, told reporters that their endeavour was to develop a world-class port with a capacity to handle 200 million tonnes in 20 years.

He said they had committed to provide 300 jobs to the fishermen of Dibbapalem and offer another 300 to the villagers of Gangavaram if they accepted the rehabilitation plan offered by the State Government.

Declaring that construction of fish landing centre (jetty) at Nalamaramma Patalu, as demanded by the fishermen, was not technically feasible, he said this would also come in the way of expansion plan of GPL.

However, he said, they were not opposed to a fish landing centre at 600 metres north of Nalamaramma Patalu as it would be outside the layout of Gangavaram port.GO on new partner

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