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To understand the coastal and ocean concepts better, it needs to be highlighted that most coastal regions remained quite undeveloped in India for centuries.
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Pointing out that the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) is the biggest landlord in the city, Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has revealed plans for a dream project, to develop R
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"According to a study conducted under the Sagarmala programme, there lies a significant potential for moving raw materials and finished products using coastal shipping and inland waterways which is 60-80 percent cheaper than road or rail transport," the Shipping Ministry said.
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"As part of promoting coastal shipping in the country under Sagarmala programme, the Ministry of Shipping has sanctioned the Capital Dredging Project for Ro Pax Ferry Services between Gogha and Dahej in Gulf of Cambay in Gujarat," Ministry of Shipping said in a statement.
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This in turn would save India USD 6 billion per annum in logistics costs besides creating 10 million new jobs, the Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister said at an event in Singapore.
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"As part of the Sagarmala Programme of the Ministry of Shipping, two mega food parks projects are being implemented in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh and southern Maharashtra by the Ministry of Food Processing," Ministry of Shipping said in a statement.
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Government is working on a policy to expand various activities along the country's coastline, Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said today, asserting that good development and environment could co-exist and were not contrary to each other.
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Ministry of Railways will take up 21 port-rail connectivity projects, at an estimated cost of Rs 20,000 crore, under the government's Sagarmala project to strengthen evacuation network and boost last-mile connectivity to the country's ports
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All policies and projects of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government are tailor-made for job creation, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on June 7
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"Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention, it has been decided to finish Sagarmala project in five years instead of 10 years to create a massive 10 million jobs," the road transport, highways and shipping Minister said at the maiden Maritime India Summit here.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the two-day summit-cum-exhibition on April 14, which is expected to host delegates from 57 countries.
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Government is eyeing annual savings of Rs 25,000 crore on logistics costs by 2025 by promoting coastal shipping under its ambitious Sagarmala project.
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The Sagarmala project has already been rolled out, he said, adding that government has initiated a series of steps to modernise and expand the capacity of its 12 major ports.
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Gadkari said the project is aimed at development of coastal states through modernisation, mechanisation and computerisation and would create huge employment besides boosting the country's GDP.
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To boost coastal shipping, the government has asked all the 12 major ports to accord priority berthing to such vessels and facilitate faster movement of cargo, as a short-term measure.
