42 projects on anvil: Union shipping minister G K Vasan

PANAJI: Union shipping minister G K Vasan, who was on a visit to Mormugao Port Trust, announced that the shipping ministry has taken upon itself a task of completing 42 projects amounting to 15,000 crore in the country.
The minister was speaking at a review meeting of three major ports held on Friday at MPT headquarters, Vasco. The chairmen of the three ports gave a detailed presentation on various aspects like capacity addition projects and their status, capital and maintenance dredging plans, and various efficiency parameters like pre-berthing detention of vessels, turn round time, idle time, ship day output, utilization of equipment and financial parameters.The meeting was attended by Union secretary (shipping) R K Sinha; joint secretary (shipping) S Muruganandam; MPT chairman P Mara Pandiyan; chairman of Cochin Port Trust, Paul Antony; chairman, New Mangalore Port Trust Dr P Tamilvanan, besides other senior officers.