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LADIS Portal Launched
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) launched a new portal LADIS – Least Available Depth to aid in ensuring of optimum use of National Waterways. LADIS An assured depth of waterway is required for seamless movement of vessels. The Portal will ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Jalaj Srivastava appointed Chairman of Inland Waterways Authority of India
Union Government has appointed senior IAS officier Jalaj Srivastava as chairman of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI). IWAI comes under Union Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, currently headed by Nitin Gadkari. Jalaj Srivastava He is 1984 batch ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018
India, Nepal to develop inland waterways for cargo movement
India and Nepal have agreed to boost cooperation in connectivity sector as they decided to develop inland waterways for cargo movement within Protocol to Treaty of Transit between India and Nepal. It was decided during delegation-level talks between Prime Minister ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
CSL inks MoU with Russian firm to develop specialized vessels for Inland and Coastal shipping
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russian firm United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) to develop specialized vessels for Inland and Coastal shipping. Both firms will collaborate and engage in Design, Development and Execution of contemporary, state-of-Art ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
CCEA approves implementation of Jal Marg Vikas Project on NW-1
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved implementation of Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) for capacity augmentation of navigation on 1,380-km Haldia-Varanasi stretch of National Waterway-1 (NW1) on Ganga River. The project will be implemented at a cost ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Union Cabinet nod for IWAI bond issue
The Union Cabinet gave its nod to Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to raise Rs.660 crore in bonds for extra budgetary resources (EBRs) in 2017-18. The proceeds from the bonds will be utilised by IWAI for development and maintenance ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2017
World Bank approves $375 million loan for National Waterway-1
The World Bank has approved a loan of $375 million (around Rs 2,421 crore) for capacity augmentation of National Waterway-1 (NW-1) between Haldia in West Bengal and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh on the river Ganga under the Jal Marg Vikas ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Government funds Ro Pax Ferry Service in Gulf of Cambay under Sagarmala Programme
The Union Ministry of Shipping has sanctioned the Capital Dredging Project of Ro Pax Ferry Services between Gogha & Dahej, in Gulf of Cambay in Gujarat under Sagarmala programme. The total project cost is estimated to be Rs 234 Crore ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Union Government to invite bids soon for 36 inland waterways
The Union Government is going to soon float tenders to invite bids for the development for 36 inland waterways projects in the first phase. This move will help to tap the huge potential in the so-far-untapped inland waterways transport segment ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
National waterways project threatens Gangetic dolphins
According to the scientists and wildlife conservationists, the National Waterways (NW) project possesses serious environmental threat to Gangetic river dolphins. The development NW1 in the River Ganga is considered as single-largest threat to the survival of the species, whose numbers ..