Brahmaputra (NW2) gets connected with Ganga (NW1)

Recently, the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways received the maiden voyage of food-grains from Patna to Pandu port (Assam) via Bangladesh.

  • The vessel started its sail from Patna on National Waterway-1 (river Ganga) and passed through Bhagalpur, Manihari, Sahibganj, Farakka, Tribeni, Kolkata, Haldia, Hemnagar; Indo Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route through Khulna, Narayanganj, Sirajganj, Chilmari and National Waterway-2 through Dhubri, and Jogighopa covering a distance of 2,350 km.

Significance

Economic Prosperity of Northeast

  • The start of cargo movement through Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBRP) marks the beginning of a new age of economic prosperity for the whole region ....
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