At least one crore jobs will be created under Government's ambitious Sagarmala project in the next four to five years, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday. The programme aims to promote port-led development in the country by harnessing India’s 7,500-km long coastline, 14,500-km of potentially navigable waterways and strategic location on key international maritime trade routes.
“One crore jobs will be created under Sagarmala project only in the shipping and ports sector,” Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Gadkari said addressing the media after chairing the second National Sagarmala Apex Committee meeting here.
The jobs will include 40 lakh direct and 60 lakh indirect employment, he said. Other participants were Minister of Environment and Forest Prakash Javadekar and Steel Minister Narendra Singh Tomar among others. The upcoming Maritime India Summit in Mumbai from April 14 to 16 would alone see investments to the tune of Rstwo lakh crore.