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Kandla Port renamed as Deendayal Port
October 3 , 2017
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- The Ministry of Shipping has issued a notification renaming Kandla Port Trust as Deendayal Port Trust with effect from 25th of September, 2017.
- Kandla Port, located on the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat, is one of the twelve major ports in the country.
- The Ministry of Shipping issued the required notification on the occasion of the closing of the yearlong centenary celebrations of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.
- Ministry of Shipping in exercise of this power conferred on it under Indian Port Act,1908 made the amendment.
- Kandla port
- The port’s journey began in 1931 with construction of a jetty by Maharao Khengarji.
- Kandla was constructed in the 1950s as the chief seaport serving western India, after the partition of India from Pakistan left the port of Karachi in Pakistan.
- It is the largest port of India by volume of cargo handled.
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