India targets 12 percent share of coastal shipping in freight movement by 2047:Sonowal

Bhubaneswar, Nov 3 (UNI) The Centre aims to increase the share of coastal and inland waterway shipping in India's total freight movement from the present 6 per cent to 12 per cent by 2047 and attract one million sea cruise passengers by 2029 through two proposed initiatives, union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal said on Tuesday. Addressing a meeting of the ministry's Consultative Committee in Puri, Sonowal announced that a proposed Puri International Cruise Terminal would be developed by the Paradip Port Authority (PPA) in partnership with the Odisha government at an estimated cost of Rs 1,500…