AHMEDABAD: Dilip Kumar Gupta, Managing Director of Sagarmala
Development Company Ltd of the Government of India, said that Coastal
Shipping in 2018-19 has increased by 14.3% year-on-year basis.
He said that keeping in mind the projected traffic of 2,500 metric tonnes per annum (MTPA), a roadmap has been created to increase Indian Port capacity to more than 3,300MTPA. In 2018-19, India had handled 1,275MTPA.
Gupta was talking at IIT-Gandhinagar as part of Dr A N Khosla Lecture Series organized by IIT Roorkee Alumni Association, Ahmedabad.
Gupta in his talk said that port engineering has a huge potential for job creation with Sagarmala project of Rs 8 lakh crore. “It will not only reduce logistics cost for both Export-Import operations and domestic trade but will also create jobs and bridge the skills gap in ports and the maritime sector,” he said.
“Modal shift to waterways will reduce the cost of transportation,” Gupta said.
He said that keeping in mind the projected traffic of 2,500 metric tonnes per annum (MTPA), a roadmap has been created to increase Indian Port capacity to more than 3,300MTPA. In 2018-19, India had handled 1,275MTPA.
Gupta was talking at IIT-Gandhinagar as part of Dr A N Khosla Lecture Series organized by IIT Roorkee Alumni Association, Ahmedabad.
Gupta in his talk said that port engineering has a huge potential for job creation with Sagarmala project of Rs 8 lakh crore. “It will not only reduce logistics cost for both Export-Import operations and domestic trade but will also create jobs and bridge the skills gap in ports and the maritime sector,” he said.
“Modal shift to waterways will reduce the cost of transportation,” Gupta said.
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