Centre to spend Rs 4,800 cr for waterways development in Assam in 5 years: SonowalUnion Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced a Rs 4,800 crore investment for developing waterways and infrastructure in Assam over the next ...
26 Feb, 2025, 06.53 PM IST
Centre investing Rs 1,010 crore in Brahmaputra & Barak river projectsThe Central Government is investing Rs 1,010 crores for the development of Brahmaputra and Barak rivers in Assam, including approval of a n...
29 Nov, 2024, 06.58 PM IST
Union Minister Sonowal reviews progress of Northeast’s first ship repair facilityUnion Minister Sarbananda Sonowal reviewed projects at Pandu Port Complex, including the region's first ship repair facility and an elevate...
28 Oct, 2024, 06.44 PM IST
Assam Floods: 16.50 lakh people affected in 29 districtsAssam floods affect 16.50 lakh in 29 districts, with Brahmaputra, Digaru, Kollong overflowing. CM Sarma to visit. Relief measures discussed...
05 Jul, 2024, 07.08 PM IST
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launches major projects for development of waterways, unveils projects worth Rs 308 crores for North East IndiaSonowal inaugurated Passenger-cum-Cargo terminal at Bogibeel near Dibrugarh, Inland Water Transport Terminal at Sonamura in Tripura and upg...
20 Feb, 2024, 06.15 PM IST
MV Kindat Pandaw embarks on Brahmaputra odyssey as Assam starts a new age in river cruise tourismThe ship embarks on pristine Brahmaputra odyssey from here on where the rich cultural and social heritage of Assam will be displayed to 31 ...
10 Nov, 2023, 08.35 PM IST
Inland Waterways Authority bolsters ops at Pandu and Dhubri Ports; aims to export 3 mn MT from Assam by 2025The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has strengthened its operations and management at the Pandu and Dhubri ports in order to boo...
07 Sep, 2023, 07.30 PM IST
Assam: Tourist-cum-cargo IWT Terminal worth Rs 46.6 crore to be developed at Bogibeel by February, 2024The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone of Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) terminal...
04 Jul, 2023, 08.02 PM IST
World’s longest river cruise MV Ganga enters AssamThe Minister congratulated the people of Assam and the Northeast on this historic moment that is set to unlock huge potential of river tour...
17 Feb, 2023, 10.15 PM IST
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 ...
07 Mar, 2022, 01.36 AM IST
Cargo ship to Assam via Bangladesh completes pilot voyageA self-propelled vessel, MV Lal Bahadur Shastri carried 200 MT of food grains for Food Corporation of India (FCI). The IWAI is planning to ...
06 Mar, 2022, 08.38 PM IST
Vessel carrying 200MT food grains sails from Patna for Pandu in AssamUnion Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off an inland waterway vessel MV Lal Bahadur Shastri from Patna to...
05 Feb, 2022, 06.16 PM IST
India, Bhutan formalise seven entry-exit points for tradeThe Indian delegation was led by Department of Commerce Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, and the Bhutanese delegation was led by Dasho Karma Tsh...
03 Nov, 2021, 09.52 PM IST
India to open new trade routes with Bhutan to enable smoother sub-regional coopWith this latest development, Nagarkata will now be notified as a ‘permanent’ LCS without any commodity restrictions, thereby allowing Bhut...
04 Dec, 2020, 03.32 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari flags off cargo movement on BrahmaputraThe bridges will connect Jorhat with Nematighat, Disangmukh with Tekeliphuta, Louit with Khablu, Numaligarh with Gohpur and North Guwahati ...
29 Dec, 2017, 04.59 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari to flag off cargo shipment via NW 2 on BrahmaputraThe idea is to develop Brahmaputra River (NW2) for commercial navigation and the efforts are part of renewed focus over the last three year...
28 Dec, 2017, 02.12 PM IST
Infra created on 3 waterways at Rs 284 crore under-utilised: CAGAbout the National Waterways 3 in Kerala it said it could not be fully navigable even after 23 years despite huge expenditure on infrastruc...
05 Aug, 2016, 09.55 PM IST