Lokesh discusses port-led development with Gujarat CM

IT & HRD Minister Nara Lokesh met Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar on Thursday and suggested that the two States work together for the development of a bilateral (coast-to-coast) logistics and commercial corridor to share best practices in private port concessions and port-led industrialisation.

Mr. Lokesh observed that if Gujarat on the west coast and A.P. as the gateway on the eastern coast move forward in coordination, maritime and port-based industries would achieve significant progress. Andhra Pradesh was building non-major ports at Ramayapatnam, Machilipatnam and Mulapeta on the lines of the Gujarat model of maritime sector.

He praised GIFT IFSC for standing as a landmark for international financial services and innovations in the country and explained the strategies being implemented by A.P. for the development of modern business districts in Visakhapatnam and Amaravati.