The development comes in the wake of Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik quarters a campaign with Shipping Minister G K Vasan at this point, demanding a recall of the notification in place of broadening of the Kolkata docks boundary, terming it arbitrary.
"The Orissa CM spoken apprehensions with the aim of extending the limits of the Kolkata Port would effect 6-7 non-major ports in the North Coast. To put to rest his fears and unearth an amicable solution, senior bureau officials will last a first acquaintance with state officials in 10 days," Shipping Minister G K Vasan told PTI.
The Centre is not contrary to non-major ports and "I maintain self-assured him with the aim of in rebuff way broadening of the boundary will effect the growth of impending ports in state," Vasan thought.
Earlier, chatting to reporters, Patnaik thought he has demanded a roll-back of the notification issued arbitrarily by the Centre revising the limits of the Kolkata Port Trust in the Bay of Bengal, which poses a menace to non-major ports.
"Extending the limit would surround vast areas in the state and affect the impending docks by the side of Dhamra," Patnaik thought, asserting the decision was contrary to Orissa.
Following the revision, the Kolkata Port's territorial limit has been extended to more than 200 km South of Haldia, into the Bay of Bengal, cover an area of 28,646 genuine kilometres.
Apart from the Kolkata Port, Vasan thought the move of soil in place of the Paradip Port in Orissa was besides discussed in the first acquaintance, as well the steps desired to expedite projects being implemented under a public-private affiliation (PPP) classic.
"Overall, it was a helpful argument," he thought, accumulation with the aim of the circulation of move of 6,000 acres of soil to the Paradip Port was besides discussed in the first acquaintance, as well the proposal in place of a trans-shipment service to the Kolkata Port, which is close to the impending Dhamra docks.
At give to, India has 13 major ports -- Mumbai, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Kolkata (with Haldia), Chennai, Visakhapatanam, Cochin, Paradip, New Mangalore, Marmagao, Ennore, Tuticorin, Kandla and Port Blair -- under the control of the Centre, as well not far off from 200 non-major ports operated by the states and exclusive parties.