Govt cautions against fake Sagarmala website

The shipping ministry today cautioned against the fake Sagarmala website, which contains false advertisement about recruitment of trainee engineers.

"It has come to the notice of Ministry of Shipping that a fake website link with the url:http:agarmala.org.in/ is being sent through emails to job seekers and other genuine stakeholders of Sagarmala programme.

"This fake website that may appear to be similar or identical to the original Sagarmala Website contains a false advertisement about recruitment of engineer trainee and diploma trainee," the ministry said in a statement.

Investment worth Rs 12 lakh crore are being planned for the ambitious port-led development programme Sagarmala.

"...it is here by cautioned against any such false and misleading advertisements. It may be noted, that such acts of fraud, misrepresentation, falsification and fabrication of information as seen here are clear violations under the Information Technology Act and the Indian Penal Code, for which swift and strict criminal actions are being initiated against all such fraudulent entities," the ministry added.

All the stakeholders of the Sagarmala Programme are hereby reminded that the official domain of Sagarmala website is http://www.sagarmala.gov.in/, it said.