The first meeting of the National Sagarmala Apex Committee, NSAC will be held in New Delhi today. Sagarmala is an initiative that aims at promoting port- led development along India's 7,500 kilometer long coastline. An official release said, the agenda of meeting includes discussions on concept of Sagarmala, action taken on setting up of Sagarmala Institutional Mechanism and role of the Centre as well as states in project identification and implementation.<br/><br/>The prime objective of the Sagarmala project is to promote port-led direct and indirect development and to provide infrastructure to transport goods to and from ports quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively. The meeting will be chaired by Union Minister for Shipping and Road Transport Nitin Gadkari.