Nitin Gadkari says India trying to make Chabahar Port operational by 2019

India is trying to make Chabahar Port in Iran operational by 2019, said Union Minister for Water Resources Nitin Gadkari, while addressing Indian Community at the inauguration of Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre in Dushanbe yesterday. He said the opening up of the Chabahar Port would make the CIS countries more accessible.

Speaking about the efforts and initiatives taken by the NDA government in the last four years to bring qualitative change in the lives of people, Gadkari talked about massive work being done in the infrastructure sector, with National Highways being built at an unprecedented pace of 28km/day. 

According to a Ministry of Shipping statement, Gadkari said the country is growing at a very fast pace under a corruption free, transparent and committed government, adding that India's image and respect has grown across the world in the last four years and our rankings have improved globally on various parameters like ease of doing business, cleanliness etc.

Nitin Gadkari was on a two day official visit to Tajikistan to represent India at the high level global conference on “International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development”, the statement said, adding that he held wide-ranging talks with Sirodjidin Muhridin, Foreign Minister of Tajikistan during this visit, in which the two leaders underlined the need to give further impetus to the ongoing bilateral cooperation in various fields and agreed to enhance mutual cooperation in the area of sustainable water development. 

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Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre at Dushanbe will offer classes in Hindi, Sanskrit, Yoga and various performing arts like music and dance to the Indian diaspora as well as Tajik people.