The Union Cabinet approved the development of the National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) at Lothal in Gujarat.
The Cabinet has also accorded in-principal approval for Phases 1B and 2 of the projects.
Phase 1A will have the NMHC museum with six galleries, including an Indian Navy and Coast Guard gallery envisaged to be one of the largest in the country.
Phase 1B will see NMHC museum getting eight more galleries, and the Light House Museum which is planned to be world’s tallest.