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West Bengal Election 2026: Voting time, total seats and documents to carry on poll day2026 West Bengal Assembly Election: Voters are urged to be fully prepared by checking their names in the voter list, carrying valid ID proo...
Cube Highways acquires Baharampore Farakka Highway from HCC GroupApart from the equity consideration of Rs677 crore, HCC is entitled to an additional payout of up to Rs264 crorecontingent on traffic perfo...
IWAI to run fixed schedule sailing between National waterways 1 and 2The Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma joined to welcome self propelled vessel MV Lal Bahadur Shastri carrying a total of 200 MT ...
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates first multi-modal terminal constructed on River GangaThe first consignment containing food and beverage had set sail from Kolkata in the last week of October.
Government approves Rs 5,369 crore waterway project on National Waterway-1The government said it will boost infrastructure development like multi-modal and inter-modal terminals, Roll on - Roll off (Ro-Ro) facilit...
- Bihar CM urges Centre to address issue of siltation in Ganga river
IWAI awards construction of navigation lock at Farakka to L&TThe Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has awarded the work for the construction of a new state of the art navigation Lock which is...
IWAI awards contract to build navigational lock at Farakka"IWAI has awarded the work for the construction of a new state of the art navigational lock...to a reputed company at a cost of Rs 359 cror...
L&T to construct Sahibganj Multi modal transportation terminalThe Sahibganj terminal is the second out of the three multi-modal terminals planned under the Ganga Jal Marg Vikas Project, to be awarded f...
River info system to act like air traffic control: Nitin GadkariA river information system similar to air traffic control will now keep vigil on waterway traffic just the way it's done in Europe, Gadkari...
Government clears land transfer from Farakka project to IWAIA navigational Lock is already in operation at Farakka under the control of Farakka Barrage Project (FBP) since 1987. This lock needs moder...
River information system on Lines of ATC for Inland waterwaysThe government will soon launch a river information system (RIS) on the line of air traffic control for real time monitoring of ships plyin...
KoPT averse to subsidise inland waterways cargo"Our total earning impact is to the tune of 70 per cent on cargo meant on riverine route due to subsidy offered by us and other factors."
Nitin Gadkari’s Ganga waterway plan not new, NTPC already using similar cargo corridorNTPC looked at Ganga as an alternative to overcome bottlenecks in transporting coal to its eastern powerhouses by rail.
Coal transport via waterways may save NTPC Rs 450 a tonneNTPC, India's largest power producer, hopes to save about Rs 450 per tonne on import of 3 million tonne of coal transported through waterwa...
- NTPC, IWAI in coal tranpsortation pact
Jindal ITF has been selected as an operator by NTPC and IWAI through an international competitive bidding process.
- IWAI's project attracts private sector interest
When technical bids opened last week for its coal transportation project, there were four bids from leading companies.
- Govt clears road improvement projects worth Rs 4,226 cr
The government today approved road improvement projects, worth Rs 4,226 crore, for over 440 km of various national highways stretches.
- Shipping lines to Haldia Dock Complex under threat
With shallow patches in the Hooghly surfacing fast, future movement of shipping lines to the HDC has come seriously under question.
- Govt plans to develop inland waterways system
Inland waterways, once considered a poor cousin of road and rail transport, are now being given a new thrust. These are being developed by ...