RS. 3.5 CRORES PACKAGE FOR WATERWAYS AT ALLAHABAD ANNOUNCED
In order to provide
a phillip to the initiatives being taken to devleop National Waterways
No. 1 at Allahabad, Union Minister of Shipping Shri Vedprakash
Goyal convenied a high-powered meeting of Inland Waterways officials
at Allahabad yesterday to take stock of the situation. The Minister
announced to construct a jetty worth Rs. 3.5 crores at Allahabad
within few months. He has also instructed the officials to complete
the dredging work in the navigational route within months time
after the water level recedes. The Minister said similar initiatives
are in the pipeline all along NW-1 at important points in the
route.
This 1620 kms long
Waterways No. 1 is spread from Allahabad to Kolkata , one of the
longest Waterways of the world. NW-1 may cater the water transport
cutting across the whole Indo-Gangatic plain of the country. Water
transport being one of the cheapest mode of transport and also
considering the availability of commerce in the hinterland of
this region, the development of NW-1 commands an unsurmountable
importance for the movement of different types of cargo and generation
of employment at local levels.
The activities of
inland Water Transport is being monitored on time bound basis
by Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).
