Kolkata, India: According to the sources, Dhamra Port Company Limited which is situated between Haldia in West Bengal & Paradip in Odisha would spend INR 7,000 crores for the enlargement of cargo handling facility. 

DCPL will increase the no. of berths from 2 to 13. According to the director of DCPL, for this expansion work, company was eagerly waiting for the clearance from the concerned authorities.

 
This is the second phase of expansion in Dhamra port. First phase was the acquisition done by the Adani Group based at Gujarat. Adani group bought L&T  and Tata Steel’s shares in the company at a value of INR 5500 crore.  

This expansion will increase the cargo capacity of the port  beyond 100 million tonnes per annum by the year 2020.