LIGHT HOUSE
TENDER VESSEL COMPLETED BY HDPE HANDED OVER
Union Minister for Shipping, Shri
Ved Prakesh Goyal handed over the Light House Tender Vessel (Sagar
Deep-II) yesterday at Kolkata which has been completed by Hooghly
Dock and Port Engineers Ltd. at the cost of Rs. 49.95 crore to
the Department of Light House and Light Ships. The Minister on
this occasion also announced Rs. 2.5 crore interim relief package
to workers on the eve of Durga Puja.
Shri Goyal said with revival of Hooghly
Dock and Ports Engineers Ltd. (HDPEL) the relationship between
workers and management had been made more and more cooperative
as well as interactive. The objective of the Ministry of Shipping
to revive this HDPEL was to procure more and more activities for
the organization and in the same process the orders of ship building
and ship repairs relevant to HDPEL has been reorganized.