Pakistan Gwadar Port becomes Operational

Pakistan Gwadar Port becomes Operational
By Correspondent

GWADAR: The deep-sea Gwadar Port will go operational today when a ship carrying 52000 tonnes of wheat will be anchored here n few minutes.

All arrangements are in place to offload the wheat to be transported across the country for domestic use.

Following decades of perseverance, Gawadar Port finally making history by began its cargo handling from today.

Experts said that besides Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, Central Asian countries—Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and other Russian states would also be using this port, which would be fetching Pakistan huge revenue in terms of foreign exchange.

Gawadar Port would be deeper than all other ports in the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Indian Sea, Bengal Gulf and others located in this sea belt and huge cargo ships up to 0.25 million tons could anchor here.

One phase of the port has already been competed, which included three berths and one ramp 600 meter long capable of accommodating several ships at a time. In the other phase, 10 more berths would be constructed.

Besides, the construction on the road links with the Central Asia was underway—892 kilometers long motorway would be connecting Gawadar with Turbat, Awaran, Khuzdar and Naudero, which would also help paving the way of road communication with China.

A network of roads was being laid to connect Gawadar with Iran and Afghanistan.

Experts said that Gawadar city in future would turn into an international hub of industrial and commercial activity, which would not only play a key role in the economic development of Balochistan, but also entire Pakistan.●