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FCI- IWAI flags off first vessel carrying rice from Patna to Guwahati
By IndianMandarins- 06 Feb 2022
2125New Delhi (06.02.2022): The Food Corporation of India (FCI) in collaboration with the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) on Saturday flagged off a cargo vessel carrying around 200 tonnes of rice from Patna in Bihar to Pandu in Guwahati, Assam. This is a major boost to India’s cargo movement infrastructure, with rice shipment from the IWAI terminal at Phulwari Shariff in Patna, moving on two of the world’s largest rivers—Ganga and Brahmaputra—sailing on international waters through the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route. The Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade between India and Bangladesh allows use of their waterways for the movement of goods between the two countries by vessels of both countries. National Waterway- 1 on Ganga is connected to National Waterway-2 on Brahmaputra and National Waterway-16 on Barak through the IBP routes. The vessel named MV Lal Bahadur Shastri, carrying rice in 3,700 double gunny packs is expected to take about 25 days to cover a distance of around 2,350 km and reach Pandu in Assam in the first week of March.
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FCI- IWAI flags off first vessel carrying rice from Patna to Guwahati
By IndianMandarins - 2022-02-06 08:59:00
New Delhi (06.02.2022): The Food Corporation of India (FCI) in collaboration with the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) on Saturday flagged off a cargo vessel carrying around 200 tonnes of rice from Patna in Bihar to Pandu in Guwahati, Assam.
This is a major boost to India’s cargo movement infrastructure, with rice shipment from the IWAI terminal at Phulwari Shariff in Patna, moving on two of the world’s largest rivers—Ganga and Brahmaputra—sailing on international waters through the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route.
The Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade between India and Bangladesh allows use of their waterways for the movement of goods between the two countries by vessels of both countries. National Waterway- 1 on Ganga is connected to National Waterway-2 on Brahmaputra and National Waterway-16 on Barak through the IBP routes.
The vessel named MV Lal Bahadur Shastri, carrying rice in 3,700 double gunny packs is expected to take about 25 days to cover a distance of around 2,350 km and reach Pandu in Assam in the first week of March.
