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MANGALORE :  Coffee exporters from Hassan have sought improvement in road connectivity to export cargo from the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT). This point was discussed at the recent business meet of NMPT in Hassan recently.A press release by M.S. Balani, Traffic Manager, NMPT, said here on Monday that the purpose of the meet was to interact with coffee exporters from Hassan, in the backdrop of the forthcoming coffee plucking season.Explaining the infrastructure addition and ongoing development works at the port to the exporters, P. Tamilvanan, Chairman, NMPT, requested them to make best use of NMPT, which is around 165 km from Hassan.For this, exporters said the connectivity between Hassan and Mangalore needs to be improved. They said the condition of the National Highway at Shirady Ghat stretch is poor. They also sought better Railway connectivity to NMPT from Hassan.Tamilvanan said he would take up this matter with the departments concerned.Major coffee exporters from Hassan region and officials from the Coffee Board attended the meet.