MOPSW has identified 101 projects for completion by 2024
Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MOPSW) Sarbananda Sonowal will lay the foundation stones for 8 and inaugurate 7 Community Jetties on NW-1 (River Ganga) at Ravidas Ghat, Varanasi, at the ‘PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit’ to be held 11-12 November 2022.
MOPSW has identified 101 projects, costing about Rs.62,627 crore, for completion by 2024 under the GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP).
Also, the completion target for the nine high-impact projects costing Rs.1,913 crore is by the end of this fiscal year, MOPSW said on 9 Nov 2022.
Speaking about the Summit, Sonowal said, “The NMP is a transformative approach for improving logistics efficiency and reducing logistics cost to ensure first and last mile connectivity for seamless movement of people and goods.
The summit, by the Indian Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), is to be held at the Deendayal Hastkala Sankul (Trade Centre and Museum) Varanasi.
It will bring about greater awareness about the PM Gati Shakti National Masterplan with focus on infrastructure development in the waterways.
IWAI Chairman Sanjay Bandopadhyaya elaborated, “The Summit will provide a networking platform for key stakeholders from central government and state governments, industry and think tanks to share and discuss the national master plan.”
The PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan aims to provide Multimodal connectivity infrastructure to various SEZs and enhancing logistical efficiency.
The plan aims to integrate the implementation of all existing and proposed infrastructure development initiatives to support faster and efficient movement of people and goods, said the Ministry. fiinews.com
