Of the 111 national waterways in the country, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has three declared national waterways, i.e., River Chenab (NW-26), River Jhelum (NW-49) and River Ravi (NW-84).
"In yet another watershed moment in the logistics sector of Assam, the Inland Waterways Authority of India, the nodal agency of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, successfully felicitated one huge Over Dimensional Cargo (ODC), a Vaccum Tower, headed towards Numaligarh Refinery,
As per the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, "Besides the officials of the ministry, other employees from Sagarmala Development Company Limited, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), and young professionals working with the min
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, visited the Noida Head Office of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) on Tuesday. During his visit, Sonowal was briefed about the status of the 111 National Waterways in the country and how inland waterways are e
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 11: Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works Ltd has received the Letter of Award (LoA) from the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) for the maintenance of the "Farakka-Kahalgaon stretch (146 Km) of National Waterway - 1 (River Ganga)". The contract
The Inland Waterways Authority of India, under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways (MoPSW), is set to host the inaugural 'Inland Waterways Development Council' meeting in Kolkata on Monday.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday between the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and e-commerce company Amazon to promote cargo movement and transportation of customer shipments and products via inland waterways using river Ganga through National Waterway 1.
The model is aimed at improving the cargo movement of existing 0.5 million MT to increase to 3 million MT of exports from Assam and the Northeast. This new agreement is also likely to generate potential employment to at least 73,000 man-days of employment per year during the tenure of the ag
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a review meeting regarding the formation of Uttar Pradesh Inland Waterways Authority in a high-level meeting on Sunday and gave instructions to expedite completion of the process for formation.
The collaboration was made for supplying such products through IWAI's upgraded jetty at Jogighopa in Assam, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways said.
Development of the Riverine Based Tourism Circuit is a huge shot in the arm for the tourism sector in Assam said Union Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday while a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed for the development of 'Riverine Based Religious Tourism Circuit' among Inland Wa
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal confirmed the historic agreement signed between Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), an autonomous body under MoPSW, and Dredging Corporation of India to dredge more than 120 kms of waterways in Assa