Centre sanctions over Rs 24 crore for dredging in Gomati River to boost Indo-Bangla waterway project.
The Centre has sanctioned over Rs 24 crore for dredging
in Gomati, a transboundary river between India and Bangladesh, and setting up
10 jetties for a waterway project, an official said here on Sunday. Of the
total 93-km proposed waterway from Sonamura in Tripura's Sepahijala district to
Daudkandi in the neighbouring country, around 15.5-km stretch needs dredging to
operationalise the route, he said.
"The Ministry of Shipping has sanctioned Rs 24.53 crore to undertake dredging works in Gomati and construction of 10 floating jetties from Udaipur in Gomati district to Sonamura," state transport department principal secretary L Darlong said.
Only 1.5-km stretch in India and 14-km in the neighbouring country are proposed to be dredged to improve navigability in the transboundary river, he said.
The state government has already requested the Inland
Waterways Authority of India to help the local administration for the strategic
project.
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