The MoPSW has given its go ahead to the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) to sign an MoU with the Odisha government for the development of a riverine port on the Mahanadi river. The PPT has proposed the development of the port on a public-private partnership basis. It will come up at Akhadasali village in Kendrapada district of Odisha. The riverine port at the mouth of the Mahanadi river will be an all-weather and multi-user port, which will be built and maintained by the port trust.