Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan launched the
bulk movement of coal through the national waterways recently. The shipment included the 2,100 DWT coal barges of Jindal ITF Ltd on the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System – National Waterways -1.
The Minister termed termed the waterway transport as a unique project where government, public and private sectors joined hands to provide a good alternative mode of transport. Vasan added that the Kolkatta Port Trust would also get revenue from this project.
Vasan said that Jindal ITF has already started moving imported coal on National Waterway-1 from Sandheads in Bay of Bengal to Farakka Thermal Power Plant of NTPC in Murshidabad district of West Bengal using inland vessels.
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