Waterway Transport

UP govt planning to establish waterways on 8 rivers for public transport

The Uttar Pradesh government plans to use eight rivers as inland waterways to improve connectivity and transportation of goods, especially bulk cargo such as foodgrains and fertilisers. Senior state government officials said the Yamuna, Gomti, Assi, Ghaghra, Rapti Betwa, Chambal and the Varuna rivers will be used as waterways to transport goods and people. The move is in line with the BJP-led Centre's Maritime India Vision 2030 that envisages increasing the share of inland water transport to five per cent by 2030. Work on achieving the target has already started. The Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government aims to provide the plan with a shot in the arm, the officials said. The proposed waterways authority will have officials from the transport, irrigation and tourism departments. However, the initial work to survey prospective waterways has been assigned to transport department officials. Transport Minister Dayashankar Singh told PTI on Saturday, "Mother Nature

Mahoba to become first UP district with 100% piped water connections: CM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Monday said Mahoba in Bundelkhand region will soon become the state's first district to get piped drinking water in all its households. The Chief Minister made the observations while chairing a high-level meeting to review the progress of the Jal Jeevan Mission and Namami Gange project. "Providing pure drinking water in the dry Bundelkhand and Vindhya regions was a dream that is coming true. Now Mahoba is going to be the first district of the state to have tap water supply in every household," Adityanath said at the meeting. According to a statement issued here, the CM also directed the officials to achieve the government's target of installing tap water connections to every house in Jhansi, Lalitpur, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Banda, Chitrakoot, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra and the entire Vindhya-Bundelkhand region in the next two months. Before the start of the Jal Jeevan Mission, only 5.16 lakh families had access to piped drinking water. The figure ha

Govt to develop eastern grid with 5,000 km waterway to boost trade

The government is planning to develop an eastern grid with 5,000 kilometres of navigable waterway to boost regional integration and trade with South Asia and Eastern South Asia, Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Wednesday. Sonowal further said with the seamless connection between National Waterway-1(Ganga), NW-2 (Brahmaputra) and NW-16(Barak), the government is keen to create an opportunity via an economic corridor of 3,500 kilometres connecting the Northeast India with the rest of India via Bangladesh. "The government is working extensively to develop the Eastern Grid with more than 5,000 kms of navigable waterways. "...the development of this grid will not only boost regional integration & accelerate development but it will further deepen eastern India's trade within BBIN countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal)," he said at an event organised by industry body PHDCCI. According to Sonowal, it will also further amplify trade potential with countries like Myanmar, ...

India's port ministry finalises guidelines for reviving stressed projects

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has finalised guidelines for early resolution of stuck public private partnership projects at major ports, an official statement said on Wednesday. According to the statement, the aim of the guidelines is to facilitate revival of the projects falling in the category of stressed assets, and these guidelines will pave the way for resolution of the cases under arbitration. "The port asset is likely to be put to use through rebidding," it said, adding that the move will result in unlocking the blocked cargo handling capacity of approximately 27 million tonne per annum (MTPA). It will create better trade opportunities for prospective investors and the port authority will start generating revenue. The statement noted that the early resolution of stuck projects will repose confidence in investors and concessionaires, apart from creating job opportunities. In the past decade, the Centre had invited private investments into the sector and several .

Ship 'partially refloated', but still stuck in Suez Canal to block traffic

The skyscraper-sized Ever Given is stuck sideways in the crucial waterway, creating a massive traffic jam.

Giant vessel blocking Suez Canal freed, logjam of 450 ships to be cleared

Breakthrough in rescue attempt came after diggers removed 27,000 cubic meters of sand, going deep into the banks of the Suez Canal.

India to begin 23 waterways by 2030, says PM Modi

Inviting the world to come to India and be a part of the country's growth trajectory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that India aims to operationalise 23 waterways by 2030.

Cheaper transport: It's time to take to water

Waterway highways should supplement road and railways