Jeppiaar Fishing Harbour Muttom Private Limited
First private fishing wharf in Kanyakumari Lalitha Rao The first private fishing harbour in the country will be set up at Muttom in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu for which the foundation stone was laid on February 5 by State Minister for Fisheries, K.P.P. Samy. The harbour is scheduled to be completed in the next two years. The Tamil Nadu government has allotted Rs 150 crore for the fishing harbour and various other infrastructure projects. "The project, through public-private partnership on BOOT basis, is likely to cost Rs 55 crore," said Dr. Jeppiaar, Founder Chancellor of Satyabhama University, who was also former chairman of Chennai Metropolitan Water & Sewerage Board. The project will be implemented by Jeppiaar Fishing Harbour Muttom Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, he added. Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department has made a techno-economic and feasibility study on the project. An RFP document has been prepared through consultancy services and th...
