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• Tuticorin, known officially as Thoothukudi, is a port city and a municipal corporation and an industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Tuticorin Port is one of the Fastest growing Major Ports in India. Tuticorin is an “Emerging Energy and Industrial hub of South India.

• Thoothukudi is known as “Pearl City” due to the pearl fishing carried out in the town. It is a commercial seaport which serves the inland cities of Southern India and is one of the sea gateways of Tamil Nadu.