Strategically located between Haldia and Paradip, north of the river Dhamra at a place called Doshinga, the port will be one of the largest Deep Water Ports in India once constructed.
India has 12 major ports and 185 notified minor and intermediate ports
Major ports combined handled as much as 80% of all cargo traffic in the year 2007
Dhamra Port will be the deepest port in India catering to Steel plant requirements
The project is estimated to cost Rs.2463 crores in the first phase, and more than 25% of the work has already been completed
The total “land acquisition” for the port is 912 acres and 2033 acres for the rail road corridor
The Environment Clearance for the port was obtained under the CRZ notification (As EIA notification would not apply to activities in CRZ). Being an area already notified as a port, the clearance was granted by the Empowered Committee for Environmental Clearance of Ministry of Surface Transport, a two process through number of meetings. Original EIA has been supplemented by additional studies and reports.
EIA of the port project has undergone scrutiny by the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA), the only judicial body specifically mandated to look into environment clearances, wherein the NEAA has upheld the environment clearance
The study area of 25 km radius around the expansion of Dhamra port has been considered as the general study area. An area of 5 km on either side of the proposed rail alignment from Dhamra to Bhadrak has been considered separately for research purpose
A number of steel plants apart from Tata Steel are coming up in the three states of Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal
The shore, north of river Dhamra is typically muddy and clayey, not conducive for turtle nesting
Shipping goods results in lesser pollution than other forms of transportation
