Centre looks at TN govt to develop Colachel port.

Union Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Pon Radhakrishnan, said the Centre would work with the Tamil Nadu government in the development of Colachel port, located near Kanyakumari, into a major port.

Speaking to a regional news channel, Radhakrishnan said the present state government had earlier showed its intent to develop the port, and also referred to the statements of Union minister Nitin Gadkari supporting its expansion.

Gadkari during his visit to Chennai last week said the port had a great potential to grow into a major one.

'We are giving a proposal to the state government as the minor ports are under the purview of the state government and we could develop it if the state government gives permission,' Gadkari had stated earlier.

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