December 1, 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the shipping, port and waterways ministry to establish islands which may very well be developed as standalone cities or completely for tourism, sources stated.
Interacting with high officers from port authorities and the ministry whereas going by a presentation on Maritime Plan 2030 on Friday, the PM noticed that India had some islands which had been larger than Singapore and may very well be developed. Sources stated he steered that officers discover the opportunity of creating some islands for port associated actions where the place and draft is sufficient for such improvement.
India has recognized 1,382 offshore islands and islets to zero down on creating a few of these for totally different functions. PM Modi additionally stated the Navy had put Indian flags on all these islands since his authorities got here to workplace in 2014.
Another supply stated the PM steered that officers and port chairmen discover the opportunity of clubbing transport of various kinds of cargo for extra environment friendly dealing with of consignments at ports.
The ministry has ready the Maritime Plan 2030 setting a excessive goal to increase the capability of current ports and develop a couple of ports in order that no less than 2,200 million tonnes (MT) of cargo could be dealt with by 2030. In 2019-20, all main and minor ports dealt with about 1,320 MT.
As per the plan, the capability of three large ports might be elevated to deal with greater than 300 MT each year within the subsequent 10 years. Currently, Deendayal port (Kandla) handles a most of 261 MT a 12 months adopted by Paradip (233 MT) and Mundhra (225 MT).
The plan additionally contains growing the draft of three extra ports to 18 metres to take the entire numbers of such ports to 5. Another main thrust space is to scale back the vessel turnaround time within the case of containers from the present 32 hours to 20 hours by 2030.
Source: White Newspaper
