Operations at six of the 18 berths at the 131-year-old Kidderpore Docks here will now be handled by a private operator.This is as per a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement inked between the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), Kolkata and .
The process has started to create a barge port facility on an island on the Hooghly River near Balagarh, about 75 km north of Kolkata. The facility will be created on 100 acres of the island owned by Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP) Kolkata .