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Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal connected Monday said that galore initiatives that were being carried retired astatine V.O. Chidambaranar Port was importantly contributing to the occurrence of the greenish ports programme initiated by the Ministry.
Mr. Sonowal was present to inaugurate the V.O.C. Maritime Heritage Museum and to laic the instauration for the ₹1,500-crore worthy project. It includes upgraded roadworthy and obstruction connectivity, enhanced powerfulness infrastructure, renewable vigor integration (including solar, wind, artillery retention and greenish hydrogen production), and precocious information systems and cutting-edge integer platforms.
He besides launched ₹1.61-crore worthy Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
Speaking connected the occasion, the Minister said the landmark projects reflected the visionary enactment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a corporate resoluteness to physique a self-reliant, greenish and technologically precocious maritime sector.
The V.O.C. Port was undertaking transformative initiatives, including shipbuilding, outer harbour projects and greenish initiatives, which would redefine the economical scenery of the full region.“Together these initiatives volition thrust inclusive economical growth, beforehand biology sustainability, foster vessel gathering and allied industries and firmly found India arsenic a planetary maritime powerhouse,” Mr. Sonowal added.
Under the Sagarmala programme, Tamil Nadu had been supported done 98 projects, with concern of astir ₹93,492 crore. “Of this, 56 projects worthy implicit ₹37,000 crore person already been completed,” helium added.
Susanta Kumar Purohit, IRSEE, Chairperson, V.O.C. Port Authority, said that by prioritising world-class infrastructure, cutting-edge digitisation, ambitious greenish innovation and port-led industrialisation, including vessel building, V.O.C. larboard was strengthening its pivotal relation successful determination prosperity and nationalist development.
