Multi-modal terminal in Kashi will be completed by November: IWAI

  • | Sunday | 22nd July, 2018

JMVP is scheduled to be completed by December 2022.The IWAI has also finalized 13 vessel designs suitable for inland water transport. VARANASI: The Inland Waterways Authority of India ( IWAI ) has claimed that the Rs 169.59 crore multi-modal terminal (MMT) being built at Varanasi under Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) will be completed by November.In a press statement issued on Friday, IWAI said the construction of Rs 280. The testing of these models has been completed and the final report is awaited. 90 crore MMT at Sahibganj in Jharkhand will be completed by May 2019 and the one at Haldia, being constructed at a cost of Rs 517.36 crore, is scheduled to be completed by December 2019.Besides, work on the Rs 359.20 crore state-of-the-art navigational lock at Farakka is to be completed by June 2019. Besides commercial development, IWAI is also working to facilitate pilgrimage movement during the 2019 Kumbh Mela on the lines of facilitation it has been providing at Ganga Sagar Mela and Guru Purab at Patna Sahib.Recently, the IWAI started a month-long dialogue series with stakeholders and local communities along the NW-1 from Varanasi on July 16 to discuss about the benefits of the project.Deevakar Anand of IWAI said, " Similar programmes will be held at Ghazipur, Mirzapur, Sahibganj, Farakka, Swaroopganj, Behrampore, Haldia and other hinterlands of UPBihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal along NW-1."

VARANASI: The Inland Waterways Authority of India ( IWAI ) has claimed that the Rs 169.59 crore multi-modal terminal (MMT) being built at Varanasi under Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) will be completed by November.In a press statement issued on Friday, IWAI said the construction of Rs 280. 90 crore MMT at Sahibganj in Jharkhand will be completed by May 2019 and the one at Haldia, being constructed at a cost of Rs 517.36 crore, is scheduled to be completed by December 2019.Besides, work on the Rs 359.20 crore state-of-the-art navigational lock at Farakka is to be completed by June 2019. Contract for maintenance dredging in the Farakka-Kahalgaon stretch of the river was awarded in April, 2018 for Rs 150 crore and work on this has started.JMVP is a Rs 5,369 crore World Bank-aided project on National Waterway-1 and aims at augmenting the navigational capacity of Varanasi-Haldia stretch of the Ganga and enable commercial navigation of at least 1500-2000 ton vessels.The project includes construction/setting up of multi-modal terminals at Varanasi, Sahibganj and Haldia, IMTs, navigational lock, Ro-Ro terminals, jetties, river information system, vessel repair and maintenance facilities, fairway development, channel marking, river training and conservancy works. JMVP is scheduled to be completed by December 2022.The IWAI has also finalized 13 vessel designs suitable for inland water transport. The testing of these models has been completed and the final report is awaited. Besides commercial development, IWAI is also working to facilitate pilgrimage movement during the 2019 Kumbh Mela on the lines of facilitation it has been providing at Ganga Sagar Mela and Guru Purab at Patna Sahib.Recently, the IWAI started a month-long dialogue series with stakeholders and local communities along the NW-1 from Varanasi on July 16 to discuss about the benefits of the project.Deevakar Anand of IWAI said, " Similar programmes will be held at Ghazipur, Mirzapur, Sahibganj, Farakka, Swaroopganj, Behrampore, Haldia and other hinterlands of UPBihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal along NW-1."

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