Jal Marg Vikas Project

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Jal Marg Vikas Project is an Indian government initiative to develop and modernize inland waterways infrastructure, particularly National Waterway-1 on the Ganga, to enable efficient, large-scale cargo and passenger transport.

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instanceOf infrastructure development project ⓘ
inland waterways project ⓘ
aimsTo integrate inland waterways with road and rail networks ⓘ
promote modal shift from road and rail to waterways ⓘ
provide year-round navigable depth on National Waterway-1 ⓘ
beneficiarySector freight and logistics ⓘ
inland water transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
component construction of intermodal terminals ⓘ
construction of multimodal terminals ⓘ
construction of river training and bank protection works ⓘ
construction of roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) terminals ⓘ
fairway development ⓘ
navigation aids ⓘ
provision of navigation locks and barrages (where required) ⓘ
river information system ⓘ
country India ⓘ
economicGoal improve connectivity of hinterland to ports ⓘ
support regional economic development along Ganga ⓘ
endPointOfWaterway Haldia ⓘ
environmentalGoal reduction of air pollution from transport ⓘ
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions ⓘ
focusesOn National Waterway-1 ⓘ
linked to: National Waterway 1
fundingSource Government of India ⓘ
World Bank (loan assistance) ⓘ
linked to: World Bank
implementedBy Inland Waterways Authority of India ⓘ
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways ⓘ
lengthOfWaterway_km approximately 1390 ⓘ
multimodalTerminalLocation Haldia ⓘ
Sahibganj ⓘ
Varanasi ⓘ
objective development of inland waterways infrastructure ⓘ
enable large-scale cargo transport ⓘ
enable passenger transport ⓘ
improve navigation safety ⓘ
modernization of National Waterway-1 ⓘ
provide environment-friendly mode of transport ⓘ
reduce logistics cost ⓘ
policyFramework National Waterways Act, 2016 ⓘ
relatedTo Bharatmala Pariyojana ⓘ
Sagarmala Programme ⓘ
startPointOfWaterway Varanasi ⓘ
status under implementation (as of mid-2020s) ⓘ
supportsCargoType bulk cargo ⓘ
containerized cargo ⓘ
over-dimensional cargo ⓘ
passenger vessels ⓘ
waterway Ganga River ⓘ
linked to: Ganges

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