Paradip

Paradip, also spelt Paradeep, is a major seaport town and a municipality in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India. Amid mid seventeenth century, Paradip and its bordering regions were associated with Cuttack through stream Mahanadi and its branches. Transportation of products from provincial territories to Cuttack was done through conduits by means of Dhamara and Pattamundai. Be that as it may, gradually this stopped because of silting of the stream bed.

In 1819, the British developed a kind of a harbor at north of the present Paradip site the then called False Point. In 1862, the East India Irrigation Company investigated the capability of Paradip for transportation of rice from the zone. The significance of Paradip developed all the more amid the considerable starvation of 1866, when it was utilized as the primary section point for import of sustenance materials to the starvation struck zone.

Amid early post-free period, a minor port appeared at Paradip in 1958 through the endeavors of the State Government. In this way, the Government chose to build a noteworthy port there. The establishment stone for Paradip Port was laid by late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India on 3 January 1962. On finish in 1965, the port was assumed control by the Government of India from the State Government on 1 June 1965 and port was announced open on 12 March 1966.