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Assam Inland Waterways Boost: IWAI signs MoUs for petrochem transport & water metroInland Waterways Authority of India inks key agreements to boost Assam's water transport. MoUs with Assam Petro-Chemicals and the state gov...22 Nov, 2025, 10.32 AM IST- National Waterway-57 operationalised on Assam's Kopili river, maiden cargo flagged offThe first cargo trial run occurred from Govardhan Bridge to Hatsingimari. MV VV Giri carried 300 metric tonnes of cement. Minister Sarbanan...03 Aug, 2025, 09.06 AM IST
- First-ever Brahmaputra pedal expedition: NIMAS team completes historic 1,040 km journey through rapids and riverine challengesA NIMAS team, led by Col Ranveer Singh Jamwal, successfully completed the first-ever pedaling of the 1040 km Brahmaputra stretch from Gelli...11 Feb, 2025, 09.03 PM IST
- NIMAS completes Arunachal leg of historic Brahmaputra river rafting expeditionThe NIMAS team completed the challenging Arunachal Pradesh stretch of the Brahmaputra River Rafting Expedition, covering 240 km of Grade 4 ...21 Jan, 2025, 03.34 AM IST
- Ganga and Brahmaputra are ready for scaling up goods and services movement: Sarbananda SonowalSpeaking to ET at the sidelines of a ceremony to mark the arrival of the MV Ganga Vilas, tourist vessel, Sonowal said that the focus is on ...28 Feb, 2023, 10.06 PM IST
- India eyes ₹35kcr investments by 2047 to create waterways networkIt is the first river cruise to connect Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Assam. It begins from Varanasi (UP) and concludes ...13 Jan, 2023, 02.13 PM IST
- Sittwe port project developed and ready for operation: Sarbananda SonowalSonowal said that the launch of world’s longest river cruise with MV Ganga Vilas by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 13, 2023 in...09 Jan, 2023, 09.03 PM IST
- Centre executing projects worth Rs 1,34,200 crore to boost rail, road, air network in Northeast: FM Nirmala SitharamanAddressing the 'Natural Allies in Development and Interdependence' conclave here, she said the Union government has been pumping in huge mo...29 May, 2022, 06.57 PM IST
- Assam government plans to extend two-wheeler scheme to male studentsSpeaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Sonowal said that providing scooty in recognition to the merits of the girl students living in the...05 Jan, 2021, 11.54 PM IST
- Shipping Minister Mansukh L Mandaviya shares project of Brahmaputra and BarakIn a move to improve institutional capacity and existing framework of water transport in the Brahmaputra and Barak rivers to achieve scalab...03 Dec, 2020, 09.13 PM IST
- Netherlands based company to invest 200 million euros to set up solar panel manufacturing unit in AssamMinisters in Assam has fanned out to different foreign countries holding roadshows to attract investors to state in the run up to first glo...11 Dec, 2017, 07.09 PM IST
- Why India is dredging rivers in BangladeshNew Delhi has tied up with Dhaka to dredge two river stretches. It has committed 80 per cent of the total amount required for these two str...08 Oct, 2017, 01.43 PM IST
- Nitin Gadkari announces Rs 40,000 crore expressway project in northeast"Northeast is our priority. We are going to develop the first express highway of North East in Assam along the banks of Brahmaputra," Gadak...04 Apr, 2017, 09.39 PM IST
- Luxury river cruise 'MV Rajmahal' sails up to Varanasi from PatnaOne of the first luxury river cruises from Patna to Varanasi on the Ganga River, traversing a distance of over 420 km has been launched.31 Aug, 2014, 03.02 PM IST
- Floodwaters force animals to flee Dibru-Saikhowa National ParkFloodwaters from the Brahmaputra and its tributaries have swamped the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in Tinsukia district forcing animals to ...12 May, 2014, 12.03 PM IST
- Chinese military tests heavy pontoon bridge on BrahmaputraChinese army has tested a new-type of heavy-duty pontoon bridge on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet during a military exercise.14 Aug, 2013, 08.22 PM IST
- Inland Waterways invites corporates to boost cargo movementThe Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), a government body engaged in waterways development, has invited corporates to help increase...29 Mar, 2009, 12.42 PM IST
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