Thoothukudi: ‘Productivity Week’ celebrations of V.O. Chidambaranar Port here commenced on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, S. Natarajan, Deputy Chairman, V.O. Chidambararanar Port Trust, and chief guest, emphasised the need for improving productivity to handle the increased throughput, according to a statement issued by the port trust.
Mr. Natarajan said the port was all set to handle 85 million tonnes of cargo by 2025. In order to achieve the traffic forecast, the port was in the process of creating necessary infrastructure.
Inviting suggestions from employees and stakeholders for increasing the productivity of the port, he said a committee would be constituted to scrutinise their suggestions for implementation.
U. Rajendran, Traffic Manager, welcomed the gathering. S.S.P. Patil, Chief Engineer, Capt. Bhabatosh Chand, Deputy Conservator, also addressed the gathering. G. Edison, Senior Deputy Traffic Manager, proposed a vote of thanks.
The statement further said the main objective of ‘Productive Week’ was to draw the attention of all those concerned to encourage implementation of productivity tools and techniques with contemporary relevance, propagation of productivity, quality, competitiveness and efficiency consciousness through seminars, workshops and publications.
As part of the celebrations, essay, slogan writing and elocution competitions on productivity aspects would be conducted for the staff. Productivity seminars for the port users, representatives of various unions and port employees would also be organised, it said.
