Bengal

Kolkata: The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), Kolkata, has planned a Rs 2.73 crore project to maintain round-the-clock surveillance of 91 navigational lights along the Hooghly River, one of the busiest waterways in eastern India.

The initiative aims to improve ship navigation safety and ensure the uninterrupted movement of vessels between Diamond Harbour and Kolkata.

An official said the two-year project will engage a qualified agency to deploy security personnel along both banks of the Hooghly for continuous monitoring of light towers and columns. The guards will be responsible for ensuring that all lights remain operational, reporting any malfunction within hours and replacing defective units before sunset.

A stock of replacement lights, supplied by the port, will be maintai

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