Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday launched an initiative ‘Bharat Pravah – India along its Shores’ to spotlight the position of rivers-ports-shipping within the on a regular basis life of a standard man via literature, dialogue and communication, in accordance to an official assertion.

Sonowal mentioned rivers and seas stay central to our religious life.

“It is necessary that individuals dwelling on the land are additionally reminded of the importance of rivers and seas,” the statement quoted Sonowal as saying.

The minister of shipping, waterways and ports said the government, under its flagship programme Sagarmala, has aimed to achieve port-led development and integrate the common people in India’s success story.

Under the Bharat Pravah initiative, events would be organised around various topics, such as ‘Rivers and Sea-Centric Development in India: Through a Historical Lens’ and ‘Sea, Rivers, Ports and Ship in Folk Culture and Literature’, among others.

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