Gangavaram declared Customs port
Legal Corner Icon — the image was hosted by the publisher and was not captured.Gangavaram was a beautiful virgin beach attached to the Vizag steel plant, where Pandit Briju maharaj used to dance to the lahar of the waves, where Shekhar kapur got Suchitra all drenched for his famous album, where lovers breached the CISF security for a few brief romantic moments before the turbulent sea; where innocent fishermen got killed in police bullets as man's determined destruction for commercial gains took precedence over protection of nature. A high tech port is coming up at Gangavaram which is being developed as all weather, deepwater, multi-purpose world-class port facility. The port will offer major tangible benefits to Indian shippers and receivers through deeper drafts (20m), advanced cargo handling equipment, highly efficient operations, vast storage areas for all types of cargo and extensive ancillary facilities.
The CBEC has declared Ganagavaram as a Customs port for Unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods or any class of such goods.
In the meanwhile there is a new International airport coming up at Hyderabad and the State Government has allotted four acres of land near the airport to the Customs Department. This is an area where the land costs around Rs. 4 Crores an acre!
NOTIFICATION NO. , Dated: August 21, 2007