Gwadar Port without significant operations

KARACHI - The Standing Committee on Research and Development of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Saturday expressed concern over the under-development of Gwadar Port area.
According to fact-finding report prepared by the FPCCI Standing Committee on R&D, Gwadar Port, said the Port presently was without any significant operations and was also lacking the required infrastructural facilities to make it functional.
Nearly 750-kilometre coastal road from Karachi to Jiwani near the Iranian border has been in operation for some time. A 200-kilometer branch road that would link the coastal road to the Indus Highway at Ratto-Dero is still not developed.
Tanvir A Sheikh, president of FPCCI, pointed out that there are no internal roads and services and water, gas, power and communication services for the new township and the industrial zones are non-existent. There are no warehouses or cold storages in the area. No significant progress has been made so far in respect to development of commercial and residential areas and buildings, and there are no labour related amenities for accommodating thousands of workers to be employed on a functional seaport.
Gwadar Port project was given to Singapore-based company with the hope that this company will develop the port and will bring Foreign Investment for Gwadar.