Tajpur Port information

Tajpur Port
Tajpur Port
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Location
Country	India
Location	Tajpur, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal
Coordinates	21°38′41″N 87°36′36″E / 21.6446941°N 87.6101216°E
Details
Opened	2025 (estimated)
Operated by	Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited
Owned by	Government of West Bengal
Type of harbour	Deep-sea port
No. of berths	6
Statistics
Length of navigational channel	18 kilometers
wide of navigational channel	350 meters
Draft	16 meters

Tajpur Port^[2] is a proposed greenfield^[3] deep-sea port in Tajpur, East Midnapore district, West Bengal. The port will be built on the coast of Bay of Bengal near Tajpur. The construction of the port was awarded to the Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited in September, 2022.^[3]^[4] Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee handed over Letter of Intent (LoI) to build the port to Karan Adani, son of Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani, at the "Bijaya Sammelani" organized on October 12, 2022 at Eco Park, New Town, Kolkata.^[5]^[6] After the construction of the port, it will be the first deep-sea port in West Bengal.^[7] It is estimated that the port will be constructed at a cost of ₹25,000 crores ($3.1 billion) .^[7]^[8]^[1]

A statement from the state government estimated that the port's net draft with tidal support would be around 16 meters, allowing Cape-sized vessels with DWT (deadweight tonnage) of 100,000 tonnes to enter the proposed port.^[9]

^ ^a ^b "Adani Ports secures ₹25,000 cr Tajpur port project in West Bengal". www.livemint.com. Mint. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
^ "Cabinet to take call on Tajpur port". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "West Bengal govt nod to Adani's Tajpur greenfield port development". Kolkata: www.business-standard.com. Business Standard. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
^ "WB Govt approves issuance of Letter of Intent to APSEZ for Tajpur Port development". www.thehindubusinessline.com. The Hindu Business Line. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
^ "বিজয়া সম্মেলনীতে আদানি গোষ্ঠীকে তাজপুরে ১৫ হাজার কোটির বন্দর নির্মাণের অনুমতি দিলেন মমতা" (in Bengali). Kolkata: www.anandabazar.com. Anandabazar. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^ Jayatri Nag (12 October 2022). "West Bengal govt hands over LoI to Adani Ports for Tajpur port". economictimes.indiatimes.com. The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "বিনিয়োগ ১৫ হাজার কোটি, আদানি গোষ্ঠীকে তাজপুরে সমুদ্র বন্দর নির্মাণের ছাড়পত্র দিল মন্ত্রিসভা" (in Bengali). Kolkata: www.anandabazar.com. Anandabazar. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
^ Suman Chakraborti (20 September 2022). "Adani bags Rs 25,000 crore Tajpur port development project in WB". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Times of India. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
^ "Bengal awards Tajpur port to Adani". Kolkata: www.telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph India. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

[Mint-1] "Adani Ports secures ₹25,000 cr Tajpur port project in West Bengal". www.livemint.com. Mint. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.

[2] "Cabinet to take call on Tajpur port". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018.

[business-standard-3] "West Bengal govt nod to Adani's Tajpur greenfield port development". Kolkata: www.business-standard.com. Business Standard. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

[thehindubusinessline-4] "WB Govt approves issuance of Letter of Intent to APSEZ for Tajpur Port development". www.thehindubusinessline.com. The Hindu Business Line. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

[Anandabazar1-5] "বিজয়া সম্মেলনীতে আদানি গোষ্ঠীকে তাজপুরে ১৫ হাজার কোটির বন্দর নির্মাণের অনুমতি দিলেন মমতা" (in Bengali). Kolkata: www.anandabazar.com. Anandabazar. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

[economictimes-6] Jayatri Nag (12 October 2022). "West Bengal govt hands over LoI to Adani Ports for Tajpur port". economictimes.indiatimes.com. The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

[Anandabazar-7] "বিনিয়োগ ১৫ হাজার কোটি, আদানি গোষ্ঠীকে তাজপুরে সমুদ্র বন্দর নির্মাণের ছাড়পত্র দিল মন্ত্রিসভা" (in Bengali). Kolkata: www.anandabazar.com. Anandabazar. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

[8] Suman Chakraborti (20 September 2022). "Adani bags Rs 25,000 crore Tajpur port development project in WB". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Times of India. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

[telegraphindia-9] "Bengal awards Tajpur port to Adani". Kolkata: www.telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph India. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

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