Union minister of shipping Nitin Gadkari. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/MintNew Delhi: Shipping minister Nitin Gadkari and Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal will on Friday flag off the first vessels to carry cargo through National Waterways 2 (NW-2) on the river Brahmaputra. Of the 106 new National Waterways notified in April 2016 under the National Waterways Act, 2016, 19 are in the north-east region. The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) plans to initiate regular cargo movement through inland waterways under the Sagarmala programme on the same route. The IWAI, in a statement, said it had been working closely with major cement makers, who had shown interest in moving cargo through waterways.

Source: Mint December 28, 2017 20:15 UTC