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Calcutta Port Trust (CPT) has decided against increasing port charges

despite the fact that enough time has elapsed since the revision of the

charges.

CPT chairman H P Roy said at the Indian Chamber of Commerce yesterday

that CPT had on its roll 23,000 pensioners involving an annual

expenditure of Rs 150 crore. Another Rs 150 crore goes towards meeting

the wage bills of the 17,000-strong workforce. This old riverine port

also inherited a certain historical factor which makes its expenditure

structure rather inflexible in some areas. Roy is, however, aware that

the rate structure is not very attractive for port users.