THE National Waterways Act, passed in both Houses of
Parliament in March 2016, increased the number of national waterways across the
country from the earlier 6 to 111, with plans of connecting the country with
Myanmar via Bangladesh through waterways. In an interview to PTI in May 2017,
the Union Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said, “The Cabinet has
approved Rs. 2,000 crore from CFR and we can easily get works done worth Rs.
12,000 crore from that by raising more funds. It is my endeavour to
operationalise 10 waterways before December 2018.
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