[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The public hearing for the reconstruction of the two old oil berths at Visakhapatnam Port has been positive, it is learnt, paving the way for their demolition and reconstruction in two phases.
The hearing was conducted recently by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board.
Constructed in 1957, OR 1 and OR 2, the two existing oil berths, have outlived their life, which had been fixed at 50 years. They had a combined capacity of 3.28 million tonnes per annum, which will increase to 9.81 million tonnes per annum in the new facility.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
