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IWAI keeps its promise: PM receives first batch of containers transported on NW-1
By IndianMandarins- 12 Nov 2018
764Prime Minister Narendra Modi
received the first consignment of containers moving on the Ganga from Kolkata
to Varanasi on November 12 as the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
kept its promise and established the National Waterways-1 between Kolkata and
Varanasi within the targeted deadline. Inaugurating the first of the
four multi-modal terminals being constructed on the National Waterway-1 (river
Ganga) as part of the World Bank-aided Jal Marg Vikas project of the Inland
Waterways Authority of India, PM Modi said that he was lucky to be a part Ganga
darshan today. "Today's day is historic for all of Kashi, Purvanchal, east
India and the whole of India. Today Varanasi and the whole country have become
witness to that work of development which was supposed to be done decades ago
but wasn't done", he said. Many projects to strengthen the efforts to
reduce pollution in the river Ganga have been dedicated to the people today. The Prime Minister was
accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Transport,
Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari and BJP state president Mahendra
Nath Pandey, who is also the MP of the neighboring Chandauli Lok Sabha
constituency. The Jal Marg Vikas Project,
implemented by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), involves the
construction of three multi-modal terminals (Varanasi, Sahibganj and Haldia),
two inter-modal terminals, five roll-on-roll-off terminal pairs, a new
navigation lock at Farakka in West Bengal, integrated vessel repair and
maintenance facility, differential GPS, river training and river information
system. The total estimated cost of the project is Rs 5,369.18 crore, which
will be equally shared between the Government of India and the World Bank. Explaining the benefits to accrue
from IWAI project, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari pointed out that while it takes
Rs 10 a KM to travel through road, Rs 6 through railways, river transport would
merely cost Re 01. He said though the decision to
use water as a means of transport was taken in 1986, no work was properly
started before Modi Ji became the PM in 2014. This year we will transport 80
lakh tonnes of cargo through the Ganga. After this, within 1-2 years, 270 lakh tonnes of cargo will be transported through the Ganga, he added.
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IWAI keeps its promise: PM receives first batch of containers transported on NW-1
By IndianMandarins - 2018-11-12 20:43:01
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
received the first consignment of containers moving on the Ganga from Kolkata
to Varanasi on November 12 as the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
kept its promise and established the National Waterways-1 between Kolkata and
Varanasi within the targeted deadline.
Inaugurating the first of the four multi-modal terminals being constructed on the National Waterway-1 (river Ganga) as part of the World Bank-aided Jal Marg Vikas project of the Inland Waterways Authority of India, PM Modi said that he was lucky to be a part Ganga darshan today. "Today's day is historic for all of Kashi, Purvanchal, east India and the whole of India. Today Varanasi and the whole country have become witness to that work of development which was supposed to be done decades ago but wasn't done", he said. Many projects to strengthen the efforts to reduce pollution in the river Ganga have been dedicated to the people today.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari and BJP state president Mahendra Nath Pandey, who is also the MP of the neighboring Chandauli Lok Sabha constituency.
The Jal Marg Vikas Project, implemented by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), involves the construction of three multi-modal terminals (Varanasi, Sahibganj and Haldia), two inter-modal terminals, five roll-on-roll-off terminal pairs, a new navigation lock at Farakka in West Bengal, integrated vessel repair and maintenance facility, differential GPS, river training and river information system. The total estimated cost of the project is Rs 5,369.18 crore, which will be equally shared between the Government of India and the World Bank.
Explaining the benefits to accrue from IWAI project, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari pointed out that while it takes Rs 10 a KM to travel through road, Rs 6 through railways, river transport would merely cost Re 01.
He said though the decision to use water as a means of transport was taken in 1986, no work was properly started before Modi Ji became the PM in 2014. This year we will transport 80 lakh tonnes of cargo through the Ganga. After this, within 1-2 years, 270 lakh tonnes of cargo will be transported through the Ganga, he added.
