DATE: 18/11/2018
SUNDAY
CURRENT AFFAIRS
SOURCE: THE HINDU and Indian Express
Prepared By: Maharana Sibasankar
- Ganga Waterway Project cleared after overruling the expert panel
- Ganga Waterway Project is India’s largest inland waterway project. Its one terminal is inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
- A committee of experts appointed by the Environment Ministry had recommended that public consultations and a fullfledged environment clearance, documents made available through the Right to Information (RTI) Act show.
- Government plans to make stretches of the 2,500kmlong Ganga suitable for transporting containers.
- A 1390 stretch of river between Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Haldia in West Bengal was decided to make navigable.
- The project entails construction of 3 multimodal terminals (Varanasi, Sahibganj and Haldia), 2 intermodal terminals, 5 Roll On–Roll Off (RoRo) terminal pairs, a new navigation lock at Farakka, assured depth dredging, an integrated vessel repair and maintenance facility, a Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS), a River Information System (RIS), and ‘river training’ and river conservancy works.
- The Project is funded by the World Bank.
- The cost of the project is ₹ 5369 Crores.
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