Construction work has begun on the rail and road links to the planned Vallarpadam International Container Transhipment Terminal, which will be developed near Kochi in India’s southern Kerala state by Dubai-based DP World (DPW) .
The Public Investment Board (PIB) approved the plan to build a 17.5 km, four-lane highway to the terminal despite objections by the Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance, which had argued that a two-lane highway would be sufficient....
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