Question : In which place first deep sea port of West Bengal will be constructed ?
(a)Tajpur
(b)Digha
(c)Petuaghat
(d)Junput
Answer (a)
Related facts
- First deep sea port of West Bengal will be constructed in Tajpur(Purba Medinipur district).
- Chief Minister of West Bengal has recently(December 2020) announced this.
Benefits
- Port will be built at a cost of Rs 15,000 crore and will generate employment for 25,000 people.
- Both East and West Medinipur district will benefited from this port.
- The concentration of iron and steel industries around Kharagpur will get a boost by having a port at their doorstep for exports.
- It is notable that Bengal accounts for 13 percent of country’s iron-steel exports.
- Seafood exports from Medinipur will get a boost, to export to south-east Asia and Japan, benefitting lakh of fisherman and creating new jobs and new infrastructure for seafood processing.
By — Pankaj Pandey.