The Centre is working on doubling ship-breaking capacity at Alang yard in Gujarat, which would eventually double the employment opportunities, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on September 12.
Ship-breaking units at Alang in Bhavnagar district produce 3.5 million tonnes of steel by recycling nearly 200 ships each year, said Mr. Sonowal in his inaugural address at the international conference on 'Green Ship Recycling and Vehicle Scrapping' at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar.
