Shri A.
Majumder, Chairman, KoPT inaugurated on 5.01.2010 the Interactive
Voice Response System (IVRS) in the Estate Management of Kolkata Dock
system. Kolkata Dock System has its jurisdiction 4576 acres of land
covering Kolkata, Howrah, Budge Budge and in the districts of Nadia,
Medinipur, 24 Parganas, Murshidabad etc. There are more than 1900
acres of leased out area wherein altogether 5000 occupations (plates)
persists. Management of such vast estate is a very difficult task. In
order to enhance estate revenue, KoPT already introduced various
advanced information technology. To give further facilities to the
tenants / lessees, the Port have introduced IVRS. Through the four
dedicated telephone lines ( 2231-2140/2141/42/2143) anybody can access
the IVRS by dialing their account code and get their payment and
billing related information for each of their occupations (plates) by
giving respective plate codes.