India to invest Rs 5,000 cr. to develop Northeast waterways, says Minister

With an investment of Rs 5,000 crore earmarked, the Union Government has drawn up major initiatives in this regard, said Mr Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. He said that the Ministry has undertaken projects worth Rs 1,000 crore in the Northeast’s inland waterways sector over the past two years, with Rs 300 crore works completed and Rs 700 crore slated for completion by 2025. Major initiatives include permanent cargo terminals at Pandu, Jogighopa, Dhubri, 

Bogibeel, Karimganj and Badarpur; year-round fairway dredging; a new approach road to Pandu Port; heritage restoration in Dibrugarh; and tourist jetties worth Rs 299 crore. For Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura, the efforts are on to expand IWT infrastructure and promote water-based tourism. The operationalisation of the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBPR) offers new trade routes that bypass the Siliguri Corridor, thereby strengthening regional connectivity and aligning with the broader vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat, according to a report.

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