Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday emphasised that the problem of container scarcity can be addressed “successfully” because the matter has been taken up with all urgency.
During a day-long go to to JNPT right here, Sonowal additionally mentioned a committee below the Additional Secretary within the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, with representatives from different associated ministries, is trying into the matter.
“This (container shortage) is a big issue — it has been taken up in an urgent manner and definitely we are going to address it successfully,” the minister mentioned.
Exporters world wide, in addition to in India, have been going through container scarcity for a while now, as a result of pandemic.
With intervention from the Shipping Ministry and transport firms, the state of affairs has considerably eased.
To handle this drawback, the federal government had, in late September, introduced a three-month extension for the re-export of imported vessels mendacity at home ports. WITH PTI
