India's first port-based e-Methanol production facility to produce and supply green fuel to shipsA new Rs 2,300 crore e-methanol plant will be established in Kandla to produce green fuel. This plant is a partnership between Deendayal Po...
27 Sep, 2026, 12.49 PM IST
India's first port-based e-methanol production facility to produce and supply green fuel to shipsPhase I of the project will add 50 tonnes per day of capacity at an investment of Rs 1,200 crore, targeted for completion by January 2027, ...
27 Sep, 2026, 10.28 AM IST
Assam’s greatest resource for industrialisation is its human resource: Finance Minister Jayanta MallabaruahAssam's Finance Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah emphasized the role of human resources in driving the state's industrialization efforts. The g...
24 Sep, 2026, 09.43 PM IST
Centre betting big on Brahmaputra as economic lifeline: Minister Sarbananda SonowalThe Indian government is developing the Brahmaputra river into a major economic corridor. This initiative focuses on transport, trade, and ...
20 May, 2026, 09.09 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
Subsidies for goods movement via inland waterways in worksThe government is readying a scheme to incentivise parcel movement on the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Barak rivers in the first phase. A discoun...
15 Aug, 2024, 10.57 PM IST
Shipping Ministry approves Rs 645 crores for 10 new waterways projects on Brahmaputra in AssamFrom the construction of slipways at strategic locations such as Maya Ghat in Dhubri district and Majuli district to the establishment of p...
15 Mar, 2024, 07.49 PM IST
First on River Brahmaputra (NW2): IWAI executes Historic 3275 MT ODC for NRL expansionThe heaviest of the three is at 1286 MT, making it the single largest ODC ever to be transported via Brahmaputra. The other two ODCs are we...
28 Jul, 2023, 06.59 PM IST
Taking cargo off trucks and putting back onto ships: Modi govt's big plan to develop 23 river systemsIndia is eyeing an investment of ₹35,000 crore by 2047 to create a network of waterways in the country. Union minister for ports, shipping ...
05 Mar, 2023, 03.10 PM IST
Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launches multiple projects for the development of Bogibeel region in AssamPorts, Shipping & Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid foundation stones for construction of two floating jetties at Bogibeel and Gui...
20 Sep, 2022, 10.38 AM IST
India’s longest river cruise service to begin from early next year, says Shipping MinisterSpeaking after launching multiple projects for development of Bogibeel, Sonowal said this route going to usher an opportunity for people of...
19 Sep, 2022, 08.59 PM IST
MV Ram Prasad Bismil: Longest vessel ever to sail on Brahmaputra riverThe 90 meters long flotilla is 26 meters wide, loaded with a draft of 2.1 meters. With this, it successfully completed the aspiring pilot r...
16 Mar, 2022, 05.23 PM IST
Dredging of Brahmaputra a major initiative, work has begun: Sarbananda SonowalHe said that the work to develop the waterways of the country to fuel the economic progress & development of the country is the vision of t...
08 Jan, 2022, 07.28 PM IST
Ships from Assam, North East to be connected to Bengal's Haldia via Bangladesh, says Sonowal"Work has already begun to pave way for national waterways (Brahmaputra and Barak) to facilitate movement of cargo ships. Cargo and passeng...
08 Jan, 2022, 06.41 PM IST
India connects Bangladesh to Bhutan, through waterwayThe first ship carrying nearly 70 truckload of crushed stones from Bhutan started its journey from Dhubri riverport in Assam to Narayanganj...
13 Jul, 2019, 11.25 AM IST
Nitin Gadkari flags off cargo movement on BrahmaputraThe bridges will connect Jorhat with Nematighat, Disangmukh with Tekeliphuta, Louit with Khablu, Numaligarh with Gohpur and North Guwahati ...
29 Dec, 2017, 04.59 PM IST
Experts suggest building of underwater tunnels in Brahmaputra on the lines of English ChannelCentre is already developing Brahmaputra for inland waterways. The 891-km stretch of Brahmaputra from Sadiya in the eastern Assam and Dhubr...
22 May, 2017, 07.17 PM IST