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[ March 27, 2026 ] Kavach and telecom upgrade works approved across Indian Railways Railways
[ March 27, 2026 ] Vinci Highways set to acquire Macquarie’s India road assets for Rs 150 billion Roads and Bridges
[ March 27, 2026 ] REC approves Rs 1.6 trillion market borrowing plan for 2026-27 Power
[ March 27, 2026 ] Avantel wins Rs 4.6 billion contract from Zetwerk to supply real-time train information system devices for Indian Railways Telecom
[ March 27, 2026 ] BSNL to add up to 60,000 more mobile towers; FY26 operating profit to grow in double digits, says union minister of communications Telecom
[ March 26, 2026 ] Union Cabinet approves modified UDAN scheme with Rs 288.40 billion outlay Aviation
[ March 26, 2026 ] Government of Haryana approves Delhi-Karnal RRTS Project Urban Infrastructure
[ March 26, 2026 ] Bathinda-Lalgarh Rail Line Doubling Project in Punjab, Rajasthan approved Railways
[ March 26, 2026 ] Kavach commissioned on Prayagraj-Kanpur section of Delhi-Howrah corridor Railways
[ March 26, 2026 ] Pratap Technocrats signs Rs 80.25 billion contract with BSNL for three packages under BharatNet Phase 3 Telecom

Untapped Potential: IWT offers environment-friendly, cost-effective alternative

November 8, 2016

India has a potentially navigable river network of about 14,500 km, of which about 2,968 km or 20.4 per cent is operational. The central government has declared five waterways as national waterways (NWs). Of these, […]

Changing Course: Initiatives to promote IWT in a big way

June 13, 2016

India’s extensive inland waterways network of 28,511 km, spread across 14 states, remains remarkably underutilised. Inland waterways carry less than 1 per cent of the country’s total inland traffic. From 2010-11 to 2014-15, the total […]