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IWAI-DST Contract Signed

The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) on 21 September 2016 signed a contract with DST, Germany to design vessels, especially suited to navigate the 1620 km stretch of National Waterway-1 (NW-1). 
•    DST will develop a combination of standardised vessels to meet the requirement of various types of cargo.
•    One of the most important navigational challenges for NW-1 is the kind of vessels that will play on the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly stretch.
•    Keeping in view the difficult hydro-morphological characteristics of the river in the upper reaches between Patna and Varanasi, it is important to have vessels which can ply on low draft, with high carrying capacity, and are economically viable and environment friendly.
•    Union Government is developing the National Waterway-1 under the Jal Marg Vikas Project, with assistance from the World Bank at an estimated cost of 4200 crore rupees.

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