<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said, 216 projects worth 2.12 lakh crore rupees are currently being implemented under the Sagarmala programme. He said out of the 802 projects worth an investment of 5.5 lakh crore envisaged for implementation under the programme by 2035, 202 projects worth 99,281 crore rupees have been completed.<br />''<br />''The Union Minister was speaking after inaugurating the golden jubilee celebrations of the Cochin Shipyard this evening. He said the traffic handled by five major ports in the country during the last fiscal witnessed a rise of 6.94 per cent over the previous year.<br />''<br />'' Average turnaround time for container vessels also improved considerably last year. The inland waterways transported a total of 105 million tonnes of cargo, registering an impressive growth of 25.61 per cent on year-on-year basis. He said the Ministry has identified 101 projects worth 62,627 crore rupees for implementation within the next two years under the Gati Shakti initiative.</span> <br />''Sarbananda Sonowal also inaugurated the work for developing a Ro-Ro jetty near the Mattancherry Wharf of the Cochin Port and digitally unveiled the Golden Jubilee Statue to be set up at the Shipyard.<br />''<br />''The Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shantanu Thakur released the new logo of the Cochin Port Authority.<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of State for External Affairs V Murlaeedharan launched the commencement of 50 new MSME entrepreneurs with Cochin Shipyard on the occasion.</span><br />