Sunday, May 19, 2019

Payra Port and the Changes in Surrounding Area


The Port of Payra is a small seaport which is located in southern part of Bangladesh. It was established by an Act of Parliament in 2013. The port was officially inaugurated in 2016. It is located on the Ramnabad Channel near the Bay of Bengal.

The fate of millions of people in the coastal area surrounding the Payra Sea Port will be changed soon. After completion of the Padma Bridge and launch of the Payra sea port, the progress that will be started in this region will benefit the local people as well the whole country.

Just after the revised Padma Bridge project in 2011, the wind of change in the west part of the Padma Bridge took place. On November 19, 2013, the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone of the third seaport of the country in Kalapara under Patuakhali district, adding new dimensions to this change.

The entrepreneurs, industrialists, group of companies of the country have already purchased land on both sides of the highway from Barisal to Kuakata to Payra sea port starting from the west bank of the Padma River. Some planning to build RMG industries, some planning to build other industries, Housing satellite city and some are planning to build wear house etc.




Many people have bought huge quantities of land to build satellite city, housing estate etc. Entrepreneurs said that from Barisal to Piara to Kuakata, a large industrial estate will be build in the near future. Millions of people will be employed here. Trade and business will expand. Barisal will be an industrial-economic based zone.

In view of this, peoples are bought acres of land and started development beside Mawa - Barisal - Kuakata highway. The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's conclusive decision has resulted in the sale of land from Barisal to Paira port on the two sides of the highway due to the Payra sea port. At present there is no land for sale! The entrepreneurs bought the land for the benefit of the port beforehand.







Many development works have been started in Kalapara due to the Payra harbor. Because of this, the people of the area are enjoying the benefits of increase in the value of the land. Earlier the land which was only 30 thousand Taka per Satanhsha, now the same land has been increased to Taka 3 lac per Shatangsha.

Chairman of Payra Seaport Authority, Commodore M. Jahangir Alam said that the trade and commerce of the area spread through the seaport. Without the port, such industries do not run, except for the industry, the port does not run. Industries and port are complementary to each other.

So, in the next few years, hundreds of garment and industrial establishments will be built in this area to get the benefit of the port. It will open the fate of millions of people in this region. The organizers of Barisal Chamber have started preparations to set up the industries in Barisal and southern districts before starting the port in 2023.



For more details please visit the official website of Payra Port Authority.


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