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Indian Express
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Delhi Confidential: 1 port, many claimants
AS THE debate over credit for Vizhinjam International Seaport, inaugurated recently by PM Narendra Modi in the presence of Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and other leaders, continues, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor has a different story on how the project was born. Speaking at a function organised by World Malayalee Council in the Capital, the Congress leader said former CM of Kerala, the late Oommen Chandy, had requested him to use his 'international connections' to find an investor to make the project a reality. Later, Tharoor met industrialist Gautam Adani at an airport and they happened to travel together. During the trip, Tharoor said, he convinced Adani to take up the project. 'That's how it started,' he said. Exam Tension Pakistan's escalatory action on the intervening night of May 8-9 sent officers of the Education Ministry into a huddle on Friday and briefly on Saturday over the conduct of upcoming high-stakes entrance tests like JEE Advanced and CUET. It is learnt that the NTA was considering postponing CUET for the border states, and IITs were considering reassigning centres closer to the border areas to other places. However, after the ceasefire announcement, everything seems back on track. First For CJI Office When Justice B R Gavai takes oath as the Chief Justice of India on May 14, he is set to be the first practicing Buddhist to hold that position. Incidentally, on Monday he is likely to visit the Shanti Stupa in the Capital to celebrate Buddha Purnima and offer prayers before he takes over the top office. Justice Gavai's father R S Gavai was among the nearly 4 lakh people who were initiated into Buddhism in 1956 in Nagpur by Dr B R Ambedkar.
Time of India
11-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Expansion: Vizhinjam port to double workforce
1 2 3 T'puram: Vizhinjam International Seaport will require double the number of workers in three years when the rest of the port is completed by extending the berth. Companies that work at the port, offering security, mooring, driver and technician services are expecting to double their breakwater will be extended and two more berths will be added. The work will be completed in 2028, which will help the port handle around five million containers a year. The capacity addition means a requirement for more people to handle the port currently employs around 700 people. The govt-run skill training centre has already trained more than 300 people and another 100 are undergoing training based on immediate requirements. The requirement for staff is informed to the govt-run skill training centre, which will recruit more people from Thiruvananthapuram and Vizhinjam and train Nair of Waterline Shipping, which handles the mooring of ships, said they have around 20 staff. Operation Sindoor 'Decided to strike where it would hurt': Air Marshal on Op Sindoor Op Sindoor: IC-814 hijackers, Pulwama plotters among over 100 terrorists killed 'Pak Army lost 35 to 40 personnel': Takeaways from armed forces' briefing on Op Sindoor This will increase by 40 after the port is expanded. He trained and employed local youth. He said more ships would dock when the port is completed and there will be a need for more people to do mooring the containers are handled using remotely operated cranes, the port will need more operators, more drivers, more security staff and other staff in the coming years. The job potential will grow when logistics hubs and warehouses are constructed near the port along the proposed economic said that although 35% of the people employed at the port are from Vizhinjam and 69% are from Kerala, the port has to depend on people from other parts of the country to handle some of the senior positions in skilled jobs. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Mother's Day wishes , messages , and quotes !
New Indian Express
06-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
T A Majeed, a visionary who foresaw Vizhinjam's potential
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: When the Vizhinjam International Seaport was commissioned on Friday, all three political fronts in Kerala vied for credit for the project. However, it was actually a Communist leader, the late T A Majeed, who set the wheels in motion to set up a harbour in the state capital nearly 70 years ago. It was while serving as public works minister in the first Kerala government headed by EMS Namboodiripad way back in 1957 that Majeed initiated the steps to set up a harbour in Vizhinjam, assembly records from the time reveal. A part of the undivided Communist party, Majeed was a member of the Travancore-Cochin assembly and served as Varkala MLA in the first, third, fourth and fifth Kerala assemblies, too. As per the records, while responding to a question from M Sadasivan in the assembly in May 1957, Majeed said the government had initiated proceedings to set up the Vizhinjam harbour. A study was then launched and a sum of `1.2 lakh earmarked for the purpose. The land survey was completed in a year. Later, the marine survey was launched. However, that was when the state government was dissolved by the Union government.
Fibre2Fashion
05-05-2025
- Business
- Fibre2Fashion
New seaport at Vizhinjam to reduce India's logistics costs by 30%
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently commissioned the Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala that was completed at an estimated cost of ₹8,867 crore ($1.05 billion). 'The Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport in Kerala is a significant advancement in India's maritime infrastructure,' Modi wrote on microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter). Indian PM Narendra Modi recently commissioned the Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala that was completed at an estimated cost of $1.05 billion. All transshipment cargo of the country will be handled from the seaport within a year. The aim is to reduce India's logistics cost by 30 per cent by increasing efficiency and cut turnaround time. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone built the port. Three-quarters of India's transshipment cargo is presently handled at ports abroad like Singapore, Colombo, Salalah and Dubai, and Indian ports lose up to $200-220 million of potential revenue each year on transshipment handling of cargo originating in or destined for India. Karan Adani, managing director of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), which built the port, said all transshipment cargo of the country will be handled from the new seaport within a year. "Our ultimate goal is to reduce logistics cost by 30 per cent by increasing efficiency and reducing turnaround time," he was quoted as saying by media reports from the state. The port's location is the deepest in India and closest to international shipping routes. Adani said APSEZ is targeting 90 per cent utilisation of the resources at the port. Some of the transshipment ports benefit from the disruption created by reciprocal tariffs and India is, in a way, at a sweet spot, he added. The port's capacity in the first phase is 1 million TEUs, with an additional 4.5 million TEUs to be added in subsequent phases. Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)
Deccan Herald
04-05-2025
- Business
- Deccan Herald
Adani Ports focussing on scaling up marine, logistics and agri-logistics businesses: Karan Adani
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 2 commissioned the Vizhinjam International Seaport which was completed at an estimated cost of Rs 8,867 crore.
