PANAJI: Under the National Maritime Development Programme, a total of 12 projects have been envisaged for Mormugao Port at a cost of Rs 808 crore, the Union Minister of Shipping informed Mr Shantaram Naik in the Rajya sabha on Tuesday.

The National Maritime Development Programme (NMDP) has become operational and covers all projects which are under implementation as on April 1, 2005 or are likely to start before March 31, 2012, the Minister informed.
Under NMDP, the projects relating to constructions of berths, mechanisation, upgradation of equipments,  deepening of channels and projects related to port connectivity etc are taken up to modernise port infrastructure in India to benchmark the performance of ports to international standards, Mr Vasan informed Mr Naik.