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Ministry of Shipping waives waterways usage charges to promote inland wate
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): The Ministry of Shipping on Friday decided to waive waterway usage charges with immediate effect considering the Government of India's vision to promote inland waterways as a supplementary, eco-friendly and cheaper mode of transport. The charges have been wa
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New waterway connecting Tripura to Bangladesh within 3 months, says CM Bip
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], May 29 (ANI): Movement of vessels ferrying goods would soon be made operational on the Sonamura-Daudkandi (93 km) stretch of Gomati River under the first Protocol Route of Tripura, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on Friday.
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Ferry boat services resume in Brahmaputra
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 9 (ANI): The ferry boat services have re-started from May 7 at the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati even as the coronavirus-induced lockdown continues.
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Goa's Drishti Marine lifeguards step in to feed stray animals amid lockdow
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 23 (ANI): Drishti Marine, Goa's lifeguarding agency, has stepped in to provide water and a daily meal to stray animals across the beaches of Goa and in the inlands too amid the lockdown.
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Uttarakhand man sends out wedding invite to 1,500 guests on inland letters
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Adopting a unique way for the wedding invitation card, a man has invited around 1,500 guests to his son's wedding via inland letters in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand on Monday.
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World Bank, Centre sign $88 mn loan agreement for Assam inland water trans
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): The central government, Assam government and the World Bank signed a loan agreement of USD 88 million here on Thursday to help modernise Assam's passenger ferry sector that runs on its rivers including Brahmaputra.
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Centre approves Loktak Inland waterways project in Manipur
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Union Ministry of Shipping on Wednesday approved the long pending demand of Manipur government for the development of Loktak Inland Waterways project in the state.
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Andhra govt set to unveil mega plans to set up infrastructure, technology
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Nov 20 (ANI): In a bid to put Andhra Pradesh on the world fisheries map, the state government is set to unveil mega plans in setting up of the infrastructure and technology for inland and marine fisheries and aquaculture to raise production.
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Country's largest container cargo en route to Patna from Haldia
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata(West Bengal) [India], July 31 (ANI): 52 containers loaded on Inland Vessel MV Bhavya on Tuesday sailed for Patna from Haldia on river Ganga (National Waterway-1).
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Mansukh Mandaviya digitally flags off IWAI ship carrying Bhutanese cargo t
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): In a first, the Minister of State for Shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya, on Friday digitally flagged-off a vessel from Assam's Dhubri to Bangladesh's Narayanganj, carrying 1000 MT of Bhutanese stone.
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MoS Mandaviya to flag off cargo vessel from Bhutan to Bangladesh tomorrow
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Minister of State for Shipping (Independent Charge) and Chemical and Fertilizers, Mansukh Mandaviya will flag off an inland waterways vessel containing cargo from Bhutan to Bangladesh via Brahmaputra river and the Indo-Bangla Protocol Route tomorrow.
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Yamuna Water Taxi Project will be new means of urban transportation: Mansu
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Minister of State for Shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday inspected the Sonia Vihar site for proposed Yamuna Water Taxi Project of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) here said that the project will boost tourism in a sustainable way and reduce t
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