After years of dilly-dallying, the Harbour Engineering department is set to kickstart the development of the Arthunkal fishing harbour in the coming weeks.
The stalled Arthunkal harbour project, which began in 2008, got a new lease of life after the Centre gave the nod for its development in February this year. The project will be implemented at a cost of ₹150.73 crore under the Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF).
Officials of the Harbour Engineering department said that construction of land-based structures including a toilet block, ice plant, locker room…
