Petuaghat Fishing Harbour information

**Petuaghat Fishing Harbour**
Petuaghat Fishing Harbour
	Fishing Boat at Petuaghat Fishing Harbour
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Location
Country	India
Location	Petuaghat, West Bengal, India
Coordinates	21°47′41″N 87°53′00″E / 21.79472°N 87.88333°E
Details
Opened	2010
Operated by	West Bengal Fisheries Department
Owned by	Government of West Bengal
Type of harbour	Fishing Port
Land area	0.118 sq.km.
No. of berths	3

Petuaghat Fishing Harbour is a fishing harbour established near the mouth of the Rasulpur River at Petuaaghat in East Midnapore district of West Bengal.^[1] The port was inaugurated in 2010 by the then Governor of West Bengal, M. K. Narayanan. The port has been developed in 11.8 hectares of land. The port is India's seventh largest fishing port.^[2] The port has 400 deep sea fishing trawlers and 200 traditional trawlers. There is also one ice mill, an ice house, a fake fabric center, and a trailer oil sales center at the port. A trailer repair center has also been proposed to be built.^[3]

^ "পর্যটন কেন্দ্র গড়ে উঠবে পেটুয়াঘাট বন্দরে". www.anandabazar.com. আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "India's seventh largest fishing harbour inaugurated in Bengal". DECCAN HERALD. 9 December 2010. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Bengal gets countrys [sic] 7th largest fishing harbour". The Indian Express. 10 December 2010. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[আনন্দবাজার_পত্রিকা-1] "পর্যটন কেন্দ্র গড়ে উঠবে পেটুয়াঘাট বন্দরে". www.anandabazar.com. আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[Deccan_Herald-2] "India's seventh largest fishing harbour inaugurated in Bengal". DECCAN HERALD. 9 December 2010. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[indian_express-3] "Bengal gets countrys [sic] 7th largest fishing harbour". The Indian Express. 10 December 2010. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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