Port development will accelerate the development of a place and once the Vizhinjam port becomes operational, the stage will be set for the development of various ports across the State, including Kollam, former Minister P.K. Gurudasan said here on Friday.
He was inaugurating a seminar on ‘Port Development and Employment’ organised in connection with the 58th State conference of the Kerala Gazetted Officers’ Association (KGOA). The seminar observed that the Vizhinjam international port will bring in huge economic development in Kerala and the State should make extensive preparations for the opening of the port.
The panel also pointed out that Kerala was the only place in India with natural facilities for port development and these possibilities should be utilised to the maximum. Port development had a very important role to play in economic development and in avoiding brain drain and money drain from the State, said Kerala Maritime Board (KMB) chairman N.S. Pillai.
