After the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved setting up of the Rs8,000 crore Duagarajaptnam major port near Nellore on May 9, 2013, RITES (Rail India Technical and Economic Service) has prepared the feasibility report. Nellore district administration is going ahead with land acquisition to set up the Dugarajapatnam port. But, the location of the port seems to have moved to Tupilipalem to overcome environmental objections. Tupilipalem is 20 km away from Dugarajapatnam and more than 120 km away from sensitive locations like Pulicat Lake and the satellite launching centre at Sriharikota. The new port would continue to be called as Dugarajapatnam … Continue reading Govt going ahead with Duagarajapatnam port with a slight change in location!