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Patna-Pandu Water Connectivity: ‘Gateway of NE'

  • 07 Feb 2022

  • A Merchant Vessel, MV Lal Bahadur Shastri, carrying food grains from Bihar's Patna to Guwahati's Pandu was recently flagged off.
  • This 2,350 km voyage will open a new gate to the 'Gateway of North East' (Assam) and ensure seamless waterways connectivity to North Eat Region through Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers.
  • This route from Patna can prove to be a viable alternative to the conventional mode of movement of foodgrains and goods for the North-East region.
  • For seamless navigation to the North-East region, 2 stretches of Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route are being developed with Bangladesh.
  • The 25-30 days voyage will be an integrated Inland Water Transport (IWT) movement via National Waterway-1 (River Ganga), NW-97 (Sunderbans), Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route and NW-2 (river Brahmaputra).

Kalughat Intermodal Terminal

  • The foundation stone of an intermodal terminal at Kalughat of Bihar was recently unveiled.
  • Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) Terminal at Kalughat is located on river Ganga at Saran District in Bihar and the terminal is directly connected to NH 19.
  • The planned intermodal terminal at Kalughat will provide a boost to the region's socio-economic development and create multiple job opportunities.
  • This will also help decongest the roads of North Bihar and provide an alternative route for the transportation of cargo in this area.