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Government of India to develop 700 islands for tourism

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Many  of the over 700 uninhabited islands across India will be developed for  tourism, filmmaking, entertainment activities, as honeymoon  destinations, maritime security and also for generating non-conventional  energy - both wind and solar.

 This scheme will be part of the  ambitious Sagarmala project. The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the  concept note and institutional framework to implement this massive  project that Narendra Modi government has revived. The Sagarmala concept  was first mooted by Atal Bihari Vajpayee during his last tenure.

 "We have a total of 1,208 islands including the uninhabited ones and  there are 185 lighthouses. These will be developed as hub of tourist  activity. We will carry out a feasibility study," shipping minister  Nitin Gadkari said.

 However, sources said that before coming  out with any such plan, the government would have to consider the  environmental impact, rich and fragile ecology of those islands and in  some cases the adverse impact on the vulnerable tribal populations  living in the nearby islands.

 Shipping ministry officials said  the plan to develop these islands, particularly the uninhabited ones,  came up keeping in mind the need to protect these islands from any  unauthorized occupation and for security reasons. In fact, Prime  Minister Narendra Modi had suggested the shipping ministry to look into  the concept of such "out islands" when he was taking a review meeting on  infrastructure projects on December 19.

 On Friday, Gadkari  also said that at least 12 smart cities and several coastal economic  zones (CEZs) will come up under the ambitious Sagarmala project. The  smart cities will have affordable housing, wind and solar power and  green industry. He added a national perspective plan (NPP) for the  entire coastline will be prepared within six months to identify  potential CEZs. Fund required in 2015-16 for implementation of projects  in the initial phase of Sagarmala is pegged at Rs 692 crore.

  While preparing the NPP, synergy and integration with planned industrial  corridors, dedicated freight corridors, National Highway Development  Programme, industrial clusters and SEZs would be ensured, Gadkari said.


Government to develop 700 islands for tourism, Bollywood - The Times of India
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