The terminal will help correct India's transport modal mix that imposes huge logistics cost on the economy.

The first consignment containing food and beverage had set sail from Kolkata in the last week of October.

This is the first of the three such terminals and two inter-modal terminals being constructed on the river, according to an official releas...

Gadkari said his ministry was also weighing new interventions to ensure that the river has adequate depth throughout the year.

The government said it will boost infrastructure development like multi-modal and inter-modal terminals, Roll on - Roll off (Ro-Ro) facilit...

UP CM Yogi Adityanath had asked his officials to expedite work on the Modi govt’s high priority project that will involve setting up a mult...

The development of NW-1 through the JMVP will facilitate diversion of a substantial portion of this cargo through IWT route to this ports, ...

State-owned natural gas major GAIL plans to start a gas distribution pilot in Varanasi and Bhubaneswar by March 2018.

"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...

The Centre is developing NW-1 under the Jal Marg Vikas Project with assistance from World Bank at an estimated cost of Rs 4,200 crore.

The Sahibganj terminal is the second out of the three multi-modal terminals planned under the Ganga Jal Marg Vikas Project, to be awarded f...

The first trial of cargo transport carries 200 newly assembled Maruti cars and another 1,000 tonnes building material from Varanasi to Kolk...

"We are harnessing our 20,000 km of river front and 7,5000 km coastline with an initial investment of Rs 50,000 crore," Gadkari said.

The 1,620-km stretch -- the National Waterway 1 -- falls under Jal Marg Vikas project that aims at providing assured depth of 3 metres of f...

The minister said it is unfortunate that the country is still to harness waterways as the medium of cargo and passenger movement.

Waterways are the top-most priority of the ministry as it will not only ease the burden from road and rail network, but is also cost-effect...