The country is set to see a two-fold increase in container handling capacity in the next five years to reach 40 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs), creating two million job opportunities across the country, the government said on Wednesday.
The government is committed to improving the availability of containers, faster evacuation of export consignments, and reducing congestion at the ports, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, said on Thursday.
Earlier on Thursday, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari also conducted an aerial inspection of the construction work of the Mumbai-Goa highway.
The monitoring station and vehicle were inaugurated by Sanjay Sethi, IAS, Chairman, JNPA, in the presence of Unmesh Sharad Wagh, Dy. Chairman, JNPA, along with all the HoDs of JNPA.
