Jinx continues to haunt Ramayapatnam port

HYDERABAD: Ramayapatnam port continues to be jinxed with contractors shying away from taking up the job of constructing the port. This has forced the Andhra Pradesh government to postpone the tender thrice so far. The Telugu Desam government had put all the three port projects in the backburner apparently under the influence of the existing private port operators. Sources said the government had chosen to build the Ramayapatnam port at its own cost instead of going in for the PPP mode and called for tenders. “Megha Engineering India Limited initially showed keen interest to build the port in joint venture with companies having experience in constructing ports” sources said adding that they raised several queries also.