Varanasi terminal: Modi's ambitious project to speed up economyThe terminal will help correct India's transport modal mix that imposes huge logistics cost on the economy.
12 Nov, 2018, 07.30 PM IST
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.
12 Nov, 2018, 07.28 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate first multi-modal terminal on Ganga river in VaranasiThis is the first of the three such terminals and two inter-modal terminals being constructed on the river, according to an official releas...
09 Nov, 2018, 04.24 PM IST
PM to greet India's first container vessel on inland waterways in VaranasiIn a first for the country's inland water transport, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 12 will receive a container vessel in Varanas...
04 Nov, 2018, 04.02 PM IST
- Bihar CM urges Centre to address issue of siltation in Ganga river01 Apr, 2017, 09.29 PM IST
'Multi-modal terminal at Varanasi to be major logistic hub'The development of NW-1 through the JMVP will facilitate diversion of a substantial portion of this cargo through IWT route to this ports, ...
29 Jan, 2017, 01.33 PM IST
Piped cooking gas in PM's constituency Varanasi by March next yearState-owned natural gas major GAIL plans to start a gas distribution pilot in Varanasi and Bhubaneswar by March 2018.
20 Jan, 2017, 01.08 AM IST
Huge investment and employment opportunities beckon BiharThe 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.
09 Nov, 2016, 08.16 PM IST
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...
19 Oct, 2016, 04.44 PM IST
Government to part-finance GAIL's Rs 13,000-crore pipeline projectThe 2,539-km long pipeline from Jagdishpur in Uttar Pradesh to Haldia in West Bengal and also Bokaro in Jharkhand and Dhamra in Odisha will...
10 Oct, 2016, 04.50 PM IST
30 years on, trial on India's 1st national waterway startsThe first trial of cargo transport carries 200 newly assembled Maruti cars and another 1,000 tonnes building material from Varanasi to Kolk...
14 Aug, 2016, 03.19 PM IST
GAIL reconfigures Rs 12,000 crore Jagdishpur-Haldia gas pipelineThe project was revived after BJP came to power in 2014 and it was felt that Modi's constituency, Varanasi should be connected to the gas g...
26 May, 2016, 03.57 PM IST
1000-DWT vessels can steer on Varanasi-Haldia stretch this yearThe 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...
27 Mar, 2016, 04.30 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari confident of introducing waterways Bill this timeWaterways 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...
28 Sep, 2015, 10.50 PM IST
Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari emphasises on developing waterwaysGadkari said 1620-km Haldia-Varanasi waterways would be opened next year and added that water ports would also be constructed in a big way.
26 Sep, 2015, 09.44 PM IST
Work on Rs 4,200 crore Jal Marg Vikas project takes offThe central government has designated the IWAI as the implementing agency, with a Project Management Unit (PMU), for the Jal Marg Vikas Pro...
02 Jun, 2015, 09.57 PM IST
Shipping Ministry sets up monitoring unit for Rs 4,200 crore Ganga projectThe Ministry said a detailed project report for 'Jal Marg Vikas' (National Waterways-I) is under preparation for it to cover a distance of ...
26 Aug, 2014, 07.32 PM IST