Union minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) Sarbananda Sonowal launched an online dredging monitoring system ‘Sagar Samridhi’, as part of the government’s efforts to expedite the ‘Waste to Wealth’ initiative, the ministry said in a statement. 

The objective of the Sagar Samriddhi program is to enhance productivity, contract management and effective reuse of dredged material, aligning with the waste to wealth concept. 

• The launch ceremony was attended by Sudhansh Pant, Secretary of MoPSW, along with senior officials from the ministry, major ports, and organisations.
• Developed by the National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways, and Coasts (NTCPWC), the technological arm of MoPSW, the new system represents a significant improvement over the previous Draft & Loading Monitor (DLM) system.
• The ‘Sagar Samriddhi’ monitoring system will also allow Daily and monthly progress Visualisation, Dredger performance and downtime monitoring, easy location track data with snapshots of loading, unloading and idle time.