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{{Infobox Port
| name = Petuaghat Fishing Harbour
| image = Fishing Boat, Rasalpur, East Medinipur.JPG
| image_caption = Fishing Boat at Petuaghat Fishing Harbour
| country = {{IND}}
| location = Petuaghat, [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal
| coordinates = {{coord|21.79472|N|87.88333|E}}
| opened = 2010
| operated = West Bengal Fisheries Department
| owner = [[Government of West Bengal]]
| type = Fishing Port
| sizeland = 0.118 sq.km.
| elevation =
| berths = 3
}}
'''Petuaghat Fishing Harbour''' is a fishing harbour established near the mouth of the [[Rasulpur River]] at Petuaaghat in [[East Midnapore district]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref name="আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা">{{cite news|title=পর্যটন কেন্দ্র গড়ে উঠবে পেটুয়াঘাট বন্দরে|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/district/mednipore/tourism-center-will-be-introduced-at-petughat-port-soon-1.181002|date=14 July 2015|website=www.anandabazar.com|publisher=আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা|access-date=30 September 2017|url-status = bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083102/http://www.anandabazar.com/district/mednipore/tourism-center-will-be-introduced-at-petughat-port-soon-1.181002|archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref> The port was inaugurated in 2010 by the then [[Governor of West Bengal]], [[M. K. Narayanan]]. The port has been developed in 11.8 hectares of land. The port is India's seventh largest fishing port.<ref name="Deccan Herald">{{cite news|title=India's seventh largest fishing harbour inaugurated in Bengal|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/119399/indias-seventh-largest-fishing-harbour.html|date=9 December 2010|work=DECCAN HERALD|access-date=30 September 2017|url-status = bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101175255/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/119399/indias-seventh-largest-fishing-harbour.html|archive-date=1 January 2017}}</ref> The port has 400 deep sea fishing trawlers and 200 traditional trawlers. There is also one ice mill, an ice house, a fake fabric center, and a trailer oil sales center at the port. A trailer repair center has also been proposed to be built.<ref name="indian express">{{cite news|title=Bengal gets {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|countrys}} 7th largest fishing harbour|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/bengal-gets-countrys-7th-largest-fishing-harbour/|date=10 December 2010|work=The Indian Express|access-date=30 September 2017|url-status = bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302132507/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/bengal-gets-countrys-7th-largest-fishing-harbour/|archive-date=2 March 2017}}</ref>

==Construction==
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Construction of the harbour began during the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] regime in 2005. The project was announced on 1 March 2005 by the then fisheries minister [[Kiranmoy Nanda]] with a budget of 32 cores, half of which was to be given by the centre and rest by the state. This was the sixth fishing port in the state established, the others being two in [[Shankarpur]], and one each in Kakdwip, [[Fraserganj|Frazergunj]] and [[Diamond Harbour]]. The construction was completed in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.anandabazar.com/district/mednipore/২৪-জ-ল-ই-শ-র-ম-ছ-ন-ল-ম-1.177106|title =২৪ জুলাই মাছ নিলামপ্রক্রিয়া শুরু|publisher=আনন্দবাজার প্রত্রিকা|date =17 July 2015|access-date= September 30, 2017}}</ref> The cost of construction of the port is estimated to be 200 crore. In the first phase, the port costing 60 crore was spent. The second step has started. This step will build a dry dock at the port.

==See also==
* [[Kakdwip Fishing Port]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://wikimapia.org/17720319/Gate-to-Petuaghat-Fishing-Harbour Petuaghat in Wikimapia]
{{Ports in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Ports and harbours of West Bengal]]

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