Centre units up panel to unclog port bottlenecks | India Information
NEW DELHI: Govt has stepped in to unclog piling up of containers at India’s busiest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) (Mumbai), and has arrange a panel of prime officers to take away bottlenecks in any respect the 12 main ports. It would meet each week or fortnight to deal with issues confronted by companies.The difficulty of round 35,000-40,000 inbound containers piled up on the JNPA was taken up at a evaluation assembly chaired by commerce minister Piyush Goyal and transport minister Sarbananda Sonowal. All India Liquid Bulk Importers and Exporters Affiliation representatives attended the assembly.TOI has learnt pile up was as a result of insufficient variety of lorry drivers accessible for handing this cargo. In an official assertion, transport ministry stated that West Asia sure containers have been rerouted to JNPA, inserting extra stress on port and logistics infrastructure.
