Four kilometre stretch of Yamuna to be developed for cruise tourismThe Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Delhi government have agreed to develop a four-kilometre portion of the Yamuna river for...
12 Mar, 2025, 02.52 PM IST
UP Cabinet approves inland waterways authority; to boost water transport, tourismThe Uttar Pradesh government will establish an inland waterways authority to advance water transport and tourism, following Cabinet approva...
06 Feb, 2025, 06.58 PM IST
Planned investment of around Rs 50,000 crore over next five years for inland waterways: Sarbananda SonowalIndia plans to invest around Rs 50,000 crores to enhance its inland waterways over five years, with Rs 23,000 crores allocated for new nati...
10 Jan, 2025, 07.00 PM IST
Scheme in works for greening of inland waterways vessels"Guidelines for the green transition of inland waterway vessels will be introduced during the first meeting of the Inland Waterway Developm...
03 Jan, 2024, 11.42 PM IST
Waterway to lower transit time through Bangladesh to be ready soonThe passage being prepared is called the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) Route number 5 and 6. It runs from Maia near Farakka in India to Ar...
01 Aug, 2023, 12.20 AM IST
UP govt planning to establish waterways on eight rivers for goods, public transportThe move is in line with the BJP-led Centre's Maritime India Vision 2030 that envisages increasing the share of inland water transport to f...
02 Jul, 2023, 11.17 AM IST
UP govt approves investment proposals worth Rs 36 lakh cr: CM Yogi AdityanathThe Uttar Pradesh government has approved investment proposals worth about Rs 36 lakh crore that emerged out of a memorandum of understandi...
25 Jun, 2023, 08.28 PM IST
World's longest cruise MV Ganga Vilas reaches Dibrugarh; completes 50-day river journeyDuring its journey, the cruise MV Ganga Vilas crossed 5 states namely Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Assam. It entered As...
28 Feb, 2023, 04.42 PM IST
Varanasi to become business hub through inland waterways under PM Gati Shakti schemeThe 2-day event under the aegis of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is aimed to take a deep dive into the PM Gati Shakti NMP, its...
11 Nov, 2022, 08.49 PM IST
After Sabarmati, seaplane services from Delhi's Yamuna riverfront on the cardsThe Ministry said the services of seaplane will be added to the nearby states of Delhi. According to Sagarmala Development Company Limited ...
02 Jan, 2021, 08.41 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
Most projects to make Ganga pollution-free to be completed by March 2019: Gadkari"Keeping river Ganga pollution-free and maintaining its flow undisrupted is priority of the government," Gadkari said.
08 Dec, 2017, 08.53 PM IST
Modi government’s waterways plan sails through green hurdle in Uttar PradeshUP 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...
05 Jun, 2017, 10.56 AM IST
10 waterways to be made operational next year: Nitin GadkariMassive work worth Rs 5,000 crore is already underway on Ganga (1,620 km) with World Bank assistance which is the National Waterway No 1.
29 May, 2017, 08.10 PM IST
Inland Waterways Authority of India starts work on converting 106 rivers into national waterwaysFor another 46 waterways, which are in coastal & tidal regions, two stage DPR studies have been initiated. These reports are in the final s...
20 Jan, 2017, 09.51 PM IST
Pace of waterway development not up to required level: ParPanel"The Committee observes that pace of waterway development in the country is to not up to the required level. As a result thereof the huge p...
15 Dec, 2016, 08.27 PM IST
Rs 4,200-crore Ganga waterway plan to help power sectorExperts say that the Rs 4,200-crore plan will help speed up transportation of coal to power plants in the northern and eastern parts of the...
12 Jul, 2014, 11.15 AM IST