The 75th Republic Day has been celebrated by V.O.Chidambaranar Port in a grand manner at Port’s School ground on 26.01.2024.Shri V. Suresh Babu, Chief Mechanical Engineer, unfurled the National flag and took salute from the contingent of CISF, Port Fire Service and Port School’s NCC cadets. In his Republic Day message, he stated that many global majors in Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia have evinced interest to set up manufacturing units in the Port lands. In the capacity augmentation front, the Development of Outer Harbour with two terminals of 1000 m quay length each, at a cost of Rs.7055.95 Crores, is under active consideration of Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
He further stated that VOC
Port has been identified as the Nodal Port for developing off-shore wind farms
in the southern Tamilnadu from Kanniyakumari to Ramnad region and to support
the initiative, the Port has proposed to develop the required berths and other
infrastructure support.
He also
expressed gratitude for the unwavering support, cooperation, and dedicated
services of all the employees, Officers, Trade unions and Stakeholders for the
recent growth achieved by the Port.
As the part of
the celebrations he distributed theappreciation
Awards to medal winners of the All India Major Ports Tournaments and the Port
users for their timely assistance in distribution of relief materials to the
flood affected people of southern districts of Tamilnadu.
To commemorate
this historic day, Port’s school students performed cultural extravaganza showcasing
the spirit of unity and diversity that defines our great nation. The CISF
Contingent of the Port demonstrated reflex shooting and field formations.