Narendra Modi proposes Sagar Mala project for coastal cities
On 25 March 2015, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave the final nod to proceed with the Sagarmala Project and prepare the concept and institutional framework. It was a significant development in India’s growth story. Taking ex-PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s dream project forward, Modi has rightly identified Sagarmala as a crucial infrastructure initiative whose development has the potential to boost India’s GDP by 2%.
“Sagar Mala” is a strategic, customer-oriented initiative of the Government of India to evolve a model of port led development whereby India’s long coastline will become the gateway of India’s prosperity
Sagarmala Coordination and Steering Committee (SCSC) shall be constituted under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary with Secretaries of the Ministries of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Tourism, Defence, Home Affairs, Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Departments of Revenue, Expenditure, Industrial Policy and Promotion, Chairman, Railway Board and CEO, NITI Aayog as members.
The Sagar Mala initiative will tackle all these challenges by focusing on three pillars of coastline development as its deliverables namely, port modernization, efficient evacuation and coastal economic development supported by enabling policy and institutional linkages and finally, providing a structured approach and framework for ensuring inter-agency collaboration and integrated development. It will provide the necessary institutional framework that will enable central and state authorities to work together and ensure inclusive growth of the coastal regions. It will also empower port administration to be responsible for ensuring development at ports and its related infrastructure.
The Sagar Mala project aims to align with and support the national priorities of the Government namely, development of Smart Cities, the Ganga water-way and clean-up programs, Make in India and Good governance.
On implementation, Sagar Mala will deliver multiple benefits such as:
▪ Development of 3-4 modern world scale Mega ports of 200 MT capacity
▪ Better integrated connectivity in an CER and hinterland
▪ Fully integrated coastline through dedicated Mega waterways (National navigation channels)
▪ Shift of modal mix to an optimal modal mix (increase of coastal /inland waterways)
▪ Seamless dedicated backward linkages with key Transport / Infra projects e.g. DMIC, AKIC, CBIC, DFC, PCPIR etc.
▪ 4-6 Coastal Tourist circuits to position India as a prominent tourist destination
▪ 15 X growth in Coastal / IWT traffic increase over next 20 years
▪ Capacity augmentation to handle 5X ports traffic increase over next 20 years
▪ Coastal Economic Regions (CERs) leading to increased GDP/ EXIM
▪ Significant employment creation in ports, shipping and ancillary areas/ecosystem
▪ Structured urbanization of coast/rivers and development of riverine/ coastal communities
▪ Revenue generation though increased economic activity due to all round development of the coastal cities and tourism
The key components of Sagar Mala Project are:
▪ Focus on modernization of port infrastructure, transforming the existing Ports to world class Ports and development of new ports
▪ Improve hinterland linkages through efficient rail, road and water (coastal and inland waterways) networks for efficient evacuations
▪ Engender port led development by promoting Port based SEZS / FTWZs, ancillary industries such as Ship Breaking, Ship Building / Ship Repair, Bunkering facilities, Container Freight Stations, Warehousing, Tourism and Waterborne Transport
On 25 March 2015, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave the final nod to proceed with the Sagarmala Project and prepare the concept and institutional framework. It was a significant development in India’s growth story. Taking ex-PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s dream project forward, Modi has rightly identified Sagarmala as a crucial infrastructure initiative whose development has the potential to boost India’s GDP by 2%.
“Sagar Mala” is a strategic, customer-oriented initiative of the Government of India to evolve a model of port led development whereby India’s long coastline will become the gateway of India’s prosperity
Sagarmala Coordination and Steering Committee (SCSC) shall be constituted under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary with Secretaries of the Ministries of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Tourism, Defence, Home Affairs, Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Departments of Revenue, Expenditure, Industrial Policy and Promotion, Chairman, Railway Board and CEO, NITI Aayog as members.
The Sagar Mala initiative will tackle all these challenges by focusing on three pillars of coastline development as its deliverables namely, port modernization, efficient evacuation and coastal economic development supported by enabling policy and institutional linkages and finally, providing a structured approach and framework for ensuring inter-agency collaboration and integrated development. It will provide the necessary institutional framework that will enable central and state authorities to work together and ensure inclusive growth of the coastal regions. It will also empower port administration to be responsible for ensuring development at ports and its related infrastructure.
The Sagar Mala project aims to align with and support the national priorities of the Government namely, development of Smart Cities, the Ganga water-way and clean-up programs, Make in India and Good governance.
On implementation, Sagar Mala will deliver multiple benefits such as:
▪ Development of 3-4 modern world scale Mega ports of 200 MT capacity
▪ Better integrated connectivity in an CER and hinterland
▪ Fully integrated coastline through dedicated Mega waterways (National navigation channels)
▪ Shift of modal mix to an optimal modal mix (increase of coastal /inland waterways)
▪ Seamless dedicated backward linkages with key Transport / Infra projects e.g. DMIC, AKIC, CBIC, DFC, PCPIR etc.
▪ 4-6 Coastal Tourist circuits to position India as a prominent tourist destination
▪ 15 X growth in Coastal / IWT traffic increase over next 20 years
▪ Capacity augmentation to handle 5X ports traffic increase over next 20 years
▪ Coastal Economic Regions (CERs) leading to increased GDP/ EXIM
▪ Significant employment creation in ports, shipping and ancillary areas/ecosystem
▪ Structured urbanization of coast/rivers and development of riverine/ coastal communities
▪ Revenue generation though increased economic activity due to all round development of the coastal cities and tourism
The key components of Sagar Mala Project are:
▪ Focus on modernization of port infrastructure, transforming the existing Ports to world class Ports and development of new ports
▪ Improve hinterland linkages through efficient rail, road and water (coastal and inland waterways) networks for efficient evacuations
▪ Engender port led development by promoting Port based SEZS / FTWZs, ancillary industries such as Ship Breaking, Ship Building / Ship Repair, Bunkering facilities, Container Freight Stations, Warehousing, Tourism and Waterborne Transport
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