Iwai Ship Carrying Bhutanese Cargo flagged off from Assam to Bangladesh

In a first ever movement of its kind, IWAI (Inland Waterways Authority of India) ship carrying Bhutanese cargo was flagged off from Dhubri in Assam to Narayanganj in Bangladesh over Brahmaputra River and the Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route.The cargo carrying ..

Tags: Brahmaputra River • Dhubri • India-Bangladesh • India-Bhutan • Inland Waterways

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019

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.LADISAn assured depth of waterway is required for seamless movement of vessels. The Portal will provide real-time ..

Tags: Indo-Bagladesh Protocol route • Inland Waterways • Inland Waterways Authority of India • Iwai • LADIS

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019

Kolkata-Patna become India’s 2nd container cargo sector on Inland Waterways

Kolkata-Patna has become the India’s second container cargo sector on Inland Waterways. The Inland Waterways Authority of India’s (IWAI) vessel ‘MV RN Tagore’ will be the first cargo vessel to reach Patna’s Gaighat IWT terminal on river Ganga (National Waterway-1). ..

Tags: Gaighat • Inland Waterways Authority of India • Ministry of Shipping • Navigability • Patna

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 SrivastavaHe is 1984 batch Indian Administrative ..

Tags: appointments • Inland Waterways • Inland Waterways Authority of India • Iwai • Jalaj Srivastava

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018

Jalaj Srivastava appointed as new chairman of Inland Waterways Authority of India

Jalaj Srivastava, a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has been appointed the new chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI). Prior to this post, he was working as Additional Secretary in Ministry of Agriculture. He is ..

Tags: Government of India • India • Inland Waterways Authority of India • Iwai • Lok Sabha

India’s first multi-modal terminal inaugurated on Ganga

On November 11, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first multi-modal terminal on the Ganga river in his parliamentary constituency in Varanasi and received the country’s first container cargo transported on inland waterways from Kolkata. This is the first of ..

Tags: Ganges • Inland Waterways Authority of India • Intermodal transport • Iwai • Ministry of Shipping