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Union Minister Sonowal inaugurates three projects to bolster inland waterw
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal, inaugurated three major inland waterways infrastructure projects on Friday in Dibrugarh on National Waterway-2 (River Brahmaputra). He described the projects as a balanced approach of "Vikas and Virasat" under Pr
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PM Modi inaugurates Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu across Brahmaputra River in G
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The 6-lane extradosed Prestressed Concrete (PSC) bridge, built at a cost of around Rs 3,030 crore, connects Guwahati with North Guwahati and is the first extradosed bridge in Northeast India.
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Union Cabinet clears strategic rail-cum-road tunnel under river Brahmaputr
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, yesterday has approved the construction of a 4-lane access-controlled greenfield connectivity from Gohpur on NH-15 to Numaligarh on 715 section, including 15.79 Km of Road cum Rail Tunnel under the River Brah
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PM Modi to inaugurate Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu across river Brahmaputra co
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
During his day-long visit to Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu across the River Brahmaputra connecting between Guwahati and North Guwahati on Saturday.
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PM Modi to inaugurate Guwahati-North Guwahati bridge, IIM Guwahati during
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
"PM Modi will take off from Moran ALF, and he will come directly to Guwahati. At 1 pm, he will inaugurate the Guwahati-North Guwahati connecting bridge (constructed on the river Brahmaputra), and simultaneously, he will inspect the bridge. It is not only a bridge, but it is also an archit
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Assam: Six people missing after boat capsizes in Brahmaputra River in Barp
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
At least six people went missing after a boat capsized on the river Brahmaputra in Assam's Barpeta district, officials said. The incident took place at Rahampur area of the district.
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India seeks transparency from China over construction of mega dam on River
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that they were carefully monitoring China's hydropower project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo (upper reaches of the Brahmaputra) River in Tibet.
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India "carefully monitoring" China's mega hydropower project on River Brah
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Minister of State for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, said that the government carefully monitors all developments related to the Brahmaputra River and takes necessary measures to protect its interests. The government has consistently conveyed its views and concerns to the Chinese aut
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Fresh tender floated to build bridge over Brahmaputra to connect Majuli wi
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The construction work for the bridge had to be stalled in late 2024 after the contractor withdrew from the project. A new tender has been floated today.
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India urges China to ensure dams on upstream Brahmaputra don't harm downst
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The remarks came close on the heels after reports emerged that the Chinese side is constructing a mega dam upstream of Brahmaputra on Chinese soil. The river Brahmaputra is locally known as Yarlung Tsangpo in the Tibet region of China.
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Sarbananda Sonowal flags off ships, commences fixed scheduled service of c
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal on SUnday unveiled a major policy for Cargo Promotion - 'Jalvahak' - incentivising movement of long haul cargo via National Waterways 1 (river Ganga) as well as for National Waterways 2 (river Brahmaputra) and
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Assam: Seaplane makes historic landing at Brahmaputra in Guwahati
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
De Havilland Canada, in collaboration with the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Friday successfully conducted a demonstration flight of a seaplane from Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati which was landed on the river Brahmaputra at Pandu Ghat in Guwahati.
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