Diamond Harbour Port Trust, West Bengal

😊❤ Diamond Harbour is a city and a municipality in the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River just as the river meets the Bay of Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Diamond Harbour subdivision and also the seat for the district's Sub-Divisional Court. The Diamond Harbour Police District is responsible for law enforcement in the city. 👌👌

The diamond Harbor was named so by the British or rather renamed as Diamond Harbor by them as earlier the spot known as Hajipur. The harbor is a turning point for the distributary of the Holy Ganges. The river Hooghly turns towards the south into the Bay of Bengal.

The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the western part, located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, is covered by the Kulpi Diamond Harbour Plain, which is 5-6 metres above sea level.
Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization.

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The area being in the proximity of the Bay of Bengal, there is scope for development of ports and shipping activity. The special economic zone at Falta is one of the eight such zones of the Government of India. It has container-handling jetty. The Government of West Bengal proposes to construct a minor port at Kulpi with facilities for handling containers.

As large oceangoing ships with full load of goods cannot enter the river ports at Kolkata and Haldia, the need for a seaport in the area has been felt for a long time. Such a future port would obviously be located at south of Diamond Harbour city but would enhance the importance of the place as a base for the port.Kolkata Port Trust is considering construction of cargo handling jetties at Diamond Harbour city.