Stalin urges nine CMs of coastal states to oppose draft Indian Ports Bill 2021

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to his counterparts in eight coastal states and one Union Territory, asking them to oppose the draft Indian Ports Bill, 2021. Stalin urged the chief ministers to take joint action to prevent any move to dilute the powers already vested with the states.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to his counterparts in eight coastal states and one Union Territory, asking them to oppose the draft Indian Ports Bill, 2021. Stalin urged the chief ministers to take joint action to prevent any move to dilute the powers already vested with the states. In his letter to the chief ministers of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal and Puducherry on Tuesday, Stalin requested them to oppose the Bill during the Maritime State Development Council (MSDC) meeting on June 24.