The Parliamentary Standing Committee concerns with slow utilisation of funds under Sagarmala Project
NEW DELHI : The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture has expressed concern about the slow utilisation of funds under the Sagarmala Project — the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping
Work of National Waterway-5 in Odisha is under way : Tukuni Sahu
BHUBANESWAR : Shri Tukuni Sahu, the Transport Minister told the state assembly that first phase and second phase work of National Waterway-5 on the Mahanadi is underway. Development work of the first phase has
IWAI : Container Ro-Ro ferry may be operated on Vypin-Bolgatty route
KOCHI : The Kochi Corporation has requested the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to spare one of the two container roll-on roll off (ro-ro) vessels to operate in the Fort Kochi-Bolgatty Island corridor
Bangladeshi barge MV Mamatamoyee Maa sinks in Hooghly River : IWAI
KOLKATA : A portion of a Bangladesh-bound cargo vessel MV Mamatamoyee Maa carrying fly ash collided with another ship and has sunk in Hooghly river, an IWAI official said on Saturday. The incident took
National Waterways development to promote inland water transport
NEW DELHI : As informed by Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, National Waterways are developed to promote environment-friendly, cost-effective and location-specific alternate mode of Inland Water Transport (IWT) supplementary to existing Rail and
Ganga Vilas Cruise- first longest river cruise from Varanasi to Dibrugarh, launched for promotion of river cruises
NEW DELHI : Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways had organized the 1st Incredible India International Cruise Conference 2022 at Mumbai on 14-15 May, 2022 wherein leading cruise operators of the world had participated. The
Pandu Port development gets new significance after a long delay of 25 years
KOLKATA : Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi unveiled several initiatives on Friday 13 January, related to the country’s inland waterways, of which the most high profile was the launch of world’s longest river cruise
PM flags off World’s Longest River Cruise – MV Ganga Vilas in Varanasi via video conferencing
NEW DELHI : The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi flagged off the World’s Longest River Cruise-MV Ganga Vilas and inaugurated the Tent City at Varanasi via video conferencing on 13th January. He also inaugurated