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India’s first container movement on inland waterways PEPSICO to move 16 containers from Kolkata to Varanasi
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- Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) transported container cargo belonging to the food and beverage giant PepsiCo (India) from Kolkata to Varanasi on river Ganga (National Waterway-1).
- This was the country’s first container movement on inland vessel postindependence, and a milestone moment in the history of India’s IWT sector.
- PepsiCo (India) moved 16 containers – equivalent to 16 truckloads- filled with food and snacks in the vessel MV RN Tagore which will reach Varanasi in 9-10 days. MV RN Tagore will make its return journey with fertilizers belonging to IFFCO that will be procured from its Phulpur plant near Allahabad.
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- The government is developing NW-1 (River Ganga) under Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) from Haldia to Varanasi (1390 Km) with the technical and financial assistance of the World Bank at an estimated cost of Rs 5369 crore.
- The project would enable commercial navigation of vessels with capacity of 1500-2,000 DWT.
STATES COVERED
States covered under NW-1: States: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal.
BENEFITS OF CONTAINER MOVEMENT ON INLAND WATERWAYS:
- Container cargo transport comes with several inherent advantages.
- Even as it reduces the handling cost, allows easier modal shift, reduces pilferages and damage, it also enables cargo owners to reduce their carbon footprints.
KNOW ABOUT IWAI
- Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is the statutory authority in charge of the waterways in India. Its headquarters is located in Noida, UP.
- It does the function of building the necessary infrastructure in these waterways, surveying the economic feasibility of new projects and also administration.
NATIONAL WATERWAYS IN INDIA
There are 111 officially notified Inland National Waterways (NWs) in India identified for the purposes of inland water transport
NATIONAL WATERWAYS ACT, 2016
The Act merges 5 existing Acts which have declared the 5 National Waterways and proposes 106 additional National Waterways. The Act came into force from 12 April 2016
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