Farakka Port or Farakka Floating Terminal is one of the minor river ports in

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. This river port is a small river port. It is located near Farakka town of Murshidabad district. Mainly coal is brought from Indonesia by this port. First coal was brought to

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by big ships. After that, the coal was transported to Farakka port by the barge. The port carries 3

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s tons or 0.3 million tons coal of per year. The water level of the port is about 3.5 meters (11 feet). Currently,

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has permission to use the ''Farakka Port'' as per the agreement for shipping.

Terminal

The floating terminal built on the Farakka port is 4800 square meters in size. It is designed for coal transport. The Farakka Terminal has been built at

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. This terminal has been built by the International Water Transport Corporation. Jindal group transported coal to this terminal or port. Here, the small ship or barge coal of 150 tons capacity marshalled. However, the port's terminal is useful for navigating vessels of 1500 to 2000 tonnes of DWT power. The navigability of the waterway will increase rapidly during the year if the water supply of the port increases rapidly. When the port and

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are fully operational, the port has a plan to transport 9 million tons of coal.

Problem

The biggest problem of the port is the water level decrease in the feeder canal in the river even in the Bhagirati river. In the dry season, the depth of the river and the canal further decreases. As a result, cost-free dredging is needed. Currently,

authorities are trying to protect the water level from

to Farakka port 3.5 meters (11 ft).

References

External links

{{coord missing, West Bengal Ports and harbours of West Bengal