New Delhi, April 1 -- As many as 272 projects, worth around Rs. 1.41 lakh crores, have been completed under the Centre's flagship Sagarmala programme out of which 103 completed projects under the "modernisation pillar" have resulted in expanding the country's port capacity by more than 528 million tonnes per annum, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday.

Sagarmala programme is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways to promote port-led development in the country through harnessing India's 7,500 km long coastline, 14,500 km of potentially navigable waterways and strategic location on key international maritime trade routes, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal told the Rajya Sabh...