60 new ports will be constructed in years to come: Gadkari

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60 new ports will be constructed in years to come: Gadkari

Panaji: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has said that the Central Government under Sagarmaala scheme has taken up connecting 11 major rivers and would construct 60 new ports in the years to come.

Speaking after inaugurating inland ferry services Jetty and four lane overhead road at Baina Vasco in South Goa on Tuesday, he said,"Our country has 7500 kms stretch of coastal area which needs to be developed as water ways. This will reduce the cost of transport in future. Under Sagarmala scheme, the Government has taken up to connecting 11 major rivers and to construct 60 ports along the coastal area."