From Mungeri Lal Ke Haseen Sapne to India's 1st inland voyage of container ship post-IndependenceThe ambitious Sagarmala Programme - a port-led development programme for the country - saw the completion of 89 projects, while 443 project...
31 Dec, 2018, 02.57 PM IST
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
First container movement on inland waterways to start with PepsiCo consignmentInland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) officials said the food and Beverage giant would move 16 containers from Kolkata to Varanasi on ...
28 Oct, 2018, 10.27 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
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
ET GBS: Work on setting up three major ports to begin by March, says Nitin GadkariThe minister said it is unfortunate that the country is still to harness waterways as the medium of cargo and passenger movement.
30 Jan, 2016, 07.50 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
Varanasi awaits big announcements during PM Narendra Modi's visitThe PM will also lay the foundation stone of a Weavers Trade Facilitation Centre and a crafts museum aimed at uplifting the weavers and cra...
07 Nov, 2014, 11.13 AM 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