JSW Infrastructure is strengthening its last mile connectivity at Jaigarh Port and beefing up capacity as it aims to achieve 200 MT by 2020 from across all its ports in India.
The port recently inaugurated a 42 km road between Jaigarh Port and Nivali as well as laid the foundation stone for Jaigarh – Dighni Railway Line.
It also inaugurated a mechanised coastal berth which will help in serving coastal cargo for Capesize vessels and transform the port into a transshipment hub as well as enhance handling capacity.
The greenfield port currently has a capacity of 15 MT per annum and will be achieving 80 MT by the end of this financial year.
JWS is also developing a iron ore export terminal and coal export terminal at Paradip Port in Odisha, in a PPP.
The construction work for connecting Konkan Railway to Jaigarh Port will commence by March end. This is a 33.7 km long railway connectivity project.
The project calls for building a rail line from Jaigarh Port to Digni near KR’s Ratnagiri station. The line will involve building six tunnels with a total length of 18.8 km.
As per current estimates, the rail line can handle as much as 12 million tonnes per annum of cargo from the port to KR. Jaigarh Port plans to increase its capacity to 65 million tonnes per annum by 2020.[/vc_column_text]
