700 Indian islands to be developed for tourism and honeymoon destinations

#sagarmala #india #nitin #gadkari #ModiGovt #tourism India has a total of 128 islands and some of these are uninhabited. The government plans to use 700 of these islands to promote tourism, movie making apart from entertainment activities. These could also be converted to honeymoon destinations, maritime security and for generating non-conventional energy - both wind and solar.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 27 March 2015.

This would be a part of the ambitious Sagarmala project. The Cabinet has granted approval to the concept note and the institutional framework needed to implement a project of this magnitude. It has been revived by the Narendra Modi government. It had been first mooted by Atal Bihari Vajpayee during his last tenure.
Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari has explained that there are a total of 1,208 islands including the uninhabited ones and there are 185 lighthouses. The proposal is to develop these as hubs of tourist activity for which a feasibility study would be carried out.
Needless to say that for any such plan to succeed, the government would have to consider the environmental impact on the rich and fragile ecology of those islands. In some cases there could be adverse impact on the vulnerable tribal populations who reside in the nearby islands. Obviously, it would not be plain sailing.

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