Letter to BS: Sagarmala project aims at developing the maritime sector

It may also be appreciated that Sagarmala is a programme to be executed over 20 years

The report “Sagarmala stuck in slow lane”, published on September 19, has neither taken into consideration the phased execution plan for Sagarmala, nor the quantum of work done under the programme so far. A total of 605 projects costing over Rs  8.78 trillion been identified under Sagarmala so far, and 508 projects costing Rs 3.87 trillion are planned for award by 2020, of which, 254 projects costing Rs 2.58 trillion have already been awarded. A total of 266 projects costing Rs 1.8 trillion are expected to be completed by 2020, of which 80 projects costing Rs 140 billion have been