Kandla Deendayal Port Achieves 150 Million Tonne Cargo Handling Target For FY25

Kandla Deendayal Port Authority (KDPA) has successfully achieved its ambitious target of handling 150 million tonnes of cargo for the financial year 2024–25, reported ANI.

"Kandla Deendayal Port Authority has been able to achieve our mission. So, we have taken up this mission of handling 150 million tonnes in 2024–25. We have handled 150.16 million tonnes, so we have been able to achieve our target set by ourselves," KDPA chairperson Sushil Kumar Singh was quoted as saying by ANI.

Key to this success, Singh explained, was collaborative engagement with stakeholders and port users.

"We invited all the port users to give their suggestions and inputs as to what should be done by the Port Authority so that it improves the productivity and efficiency of operations here," he stated.

Stakeholders including exporters, importers, shipping and customs agents were consulted. Their feedback was used to swiftly modify procedures and streamline operations.

"We implemented their suggestions by modifying and amending our procedures to the extent possible and we did it very fast," Singh noted.

He further stressed that the insights from port users were instrumental in identifying and addressing pain points.

He added, "The basic understanding was that we should because they are the board users so they are aware of the bottlenecks and the pain points which can be addressed by the Port."

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