M.L. Meena in Calcutta on Tuesday. A Telegraph picture

Calcutta, Jan. 18: The Calcutta Port Trust (CPT) plans to invest Rs 6,000 crore in new facilities to tide itself over the crisis of dwindling cargo from the eastern port.

“New port facilities at Sagar, Diamond Harbour and Haldia dock II will require a total investment of Rs 6,000 crore and we hope to begin work on these facilities shortly,” chairman M.L. Meena said on the sidelines of an interactive session at the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry here today.

RITES is doing the feasibility study for the Sagar port proposed to be built on 2,000 acres, he said.

Most of the post facilities will be built in the public-private-partnership basis.

The CPT has also decided to dump the silt from dredging on land instead of the sea.