Also, it observed that attention should be given to develop existing waterways too as two of the stretches have been neglected.

Promoting waterways is the priority of the Ministry as it will ease the burden from road and rail network besides being cost-effective, he ...

Gadkari said the govt aims to reduce traffic burden on roads and promote water transportation where the cost is barely 50 paise/ km.

Keen on promoting water transport to propel economic growth, the government has set an ambitious target to convert 101 rivers into waterway...

Also a project to develop National Waterways -4, Sholinganallur-Kallapakkam stretch of South Buckingham Canal has been sanctioned.

Radhakrishnan said for NW-4, a project for development of Sholinganallur-Kallapakkam stretch of South Buckingham Canal has been sanctioned.

The shipping ministry is set to take the proposal involving a rough estimate of Rs 20,000 crore to develop these water routes for transport...

Govt's move to introduce a Bill in the Parliament for declaring Lakhipur-Bhanga stretch of the Barak River as a National Waterway is a much...