KKS harbour to re-open
To be made third international port:
Indunil HEWAGE
The Kankesanthurai harbour is to be developed as the third
international harbour after Colombo and Ruhunu Magampura.
Ports and Highways Deputy Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena told Daily
News Business that they will sign an MoU with the Indian government in
this regard today.
Goods to the Northern Province is currently being channelled via the
A9 highway and with the opening of this proposed harbour, northerners
will have access to sea freight and open up new vistas of opportunity to
the area,” the Deputy Minister said.
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office is to prepare the
‘admiralty chart’ of the Mahinda Rajapaksa port in Hambantota.
Speaking to Daily News Business, Ruhunu Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa
Port Chief Engineer Agil Hewageegana said the Sri Lanka Ports Authority
(SLPA) is expected to send all the details of the Mahinda Rajapaksa Port
to United Kingdom Hydrographic office to prepare the admiralty chart.
Admiralty charts are issued by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
and the chart will include all details of the port particularly depth of
port basin, length, breadth, height of the port, information about brake
water, channels and natural features of the seabed, details of the
coastline and surrounding area and other information. They hope to send
these details by September.
Admiralty charts are also locally made by National Aquatic Resources
Agency (NARA) and at first, we are planning to send all the information
on the port to NARA to make the admiralty chart.
If the SLPA is satisfied with the admiralty chart prepared by NARA,
they will be allowed to send the details to the United Kingdom
Hydrographic Office to prepare the map.
After preparing the admiralty chart, all the details of the Mahinda
Rajapaksa port will be published by the Hydrographic Office and this
will immensely benefit people who are interested in obtaining more
details about the port.
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