New Routes for Inland waterway
December 26 , 2020
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- The Government of India recently identified new routes for ferry services through inland waterways.
- The new routes include Hazira, Somnath temple, Okha and Jamnagar.
- Also, destinations along the international routes have also been identified under the Sagarmala Project.
- The Sagarmala project aims to promote port led development in the country by using the 7,500 km long coastline.
- Around six international routes have been identified for this.
- These routes include four international destinations such as Seychelles, Chattogram of Bangladesh, Madagascar and Jaffna of Sri Lanka.
- The Inland Waterways Authority of India has planned to increase the cargo handling capacity of the country to 100 million tonnes by 2021-22.
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