Sagar Port
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| Sagar Port সাগর বন্দর | |
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| Location | |
| Country | |
| Location | Sagar Island, West Bengal, India |
| Details | |
| Owned by | Bhor Sagar Port Limited, Ministry of Shipping, Government of India, Government of West Bengal |
| Type of harbour | large seaport |
Sagar Port (Bengali: সাগর বন্দর)[1][2] was a proposed seaport in Sagar Island, West Bengal, India to be built by the Government of India.[3] IIT Madras prepared a detailed project report (DPR) for the port, involving studies for shore-protection, land reclamation and physical modeling for use of dredge material. Cost of the port build up was extimated to be ₹30 billion. The port was planned to have an initial capacity to handle 60 million tonnes of bulk and containerised cargo. After the proposal of Tajpur Port and due to unwillingness of Mamata Banerjee led Government of West Bengal, the project was stopped.[4]
Due to the decrease in navigability of the port of Kolkata, Haldia port has reduced the exports of the port. The reason for this is that a port of depth 10.5m is being constructed in the Sagardwip in West Bengal, where the depth of the Calcutta Port is 6 meters (20 ft) and the depth of the port of Haldia is 8 meters (26 ft).