Sarbananda Sonowal asks all Ports to prepare master plan in order to become Mega Ports by 2047
Radiance News Service
The three day Chintan Baithak of Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways chaired by Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways concluded today with some of the remarkable decisions. The baithak was organized with an aim to discuss and deliberate ideas and innovations that can propel India’s blue economy.
The Chintan Baithak was co-chaired by Shripad Yesso Naik and Shantanu Thakur, Ministers of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and attended by Chairpersons of all major ports, and Senior Officials of MoPSW, for brainstorming on promoting India’s marine economy.
Speaking at the occasion Sonowal reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to develop and promote India’s blue economy. He further suggested that all ports should prepare master plan in order to become Mega Ports by 2047.
The Chintan Baithak witnessed deliberation on various innovative projects undertaken by them such as Buffer Parking Yard for Container Trailers, Smart Vessel Traffic Management System, 5G Network Pilot Project, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System for Oil Pipeline Operations, Automated Vehicle Scanning, RFID Scanning Of Personnel, Drone Surveillance, Green Warehousing System, Rejuvenation of Waterbodies, etc.