Kolkata, July 8 -- JSW Infrastructure Limited has been awarded a contract worth Rs 740 crore to develop container berths at the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Authority's Netaji Subhas Dock facility in Kolkata.

The project encompasses the reconstruction of Berth 8 and mechanisation of both Berths 7 and 8 at the port facility.

The development will be executed under a design, build, finance, operate, and transfer (DBFOT) framework through a public-private partnership model, with JSW Infrastructure receiving a 30-year concession period for operations.

Construction activities are scheduled to complete within two years, with JSW Infrastructure able to commence operations during the construction phase.

The company cited Kolkata's consistent ca...