The Minister said the environment-friendly and cost-effective mode of transportation will reduce the logistics costs significantly from as ...

About the National Waterways 3 in Kerala it said it could not be fully navigable even after 23 years despite huge expenditure on infrastruc...

He said the government is hopeful of Parliament's nod on the bill to convert 111 rivers across the country into National Waterways.

The minister said that consultants have already been appointed and detailed project reports (DPR) will be formulated once necessary approva...

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.

Major projects are underway for all existing five Waterways and within six months it will "revolutionise" water transport in the country, G...

Gadkari said a slew of steps are underway to promote the sector and country is yet to tap the potential of waterways despite being more cos...

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 waterway will link Kalinganagar, site of Tata Steel’s upcoming 3 mt steel plant, to the two port, significantly reducing dependence on ...

Kerala government was willing to hold discussions with other states to work out appropriate level of taxation for the sector, he said.

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...

By the enactment of a comprehensive set of rules to make inland water (IW) transportation safe and efficient mode of transportation, Kerala...

Describing the inking of the Smart City project as a major achievement, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan on Thursday said the LDF go...