Germany to design vessels for National Waterway -1

Q.  Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has asked whom to design vessels for National Waterway -1?
- Published on 23 Sep 16

a. Japan
b. Germany
c. France
d. Russia

ANSWER: Germany
 
  • With its objective of providing safe, environment friendly and economical mode of transportation through National Waterway-1 (NW-1), The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), Ministry of Shipping signed a contract with M/s DST, Germany to design vessels, especially suited to navigate the 1620 km stretch of NW-1.
  • The objective of IWAI is to go along with nature and disturb the river minimally.
  • 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 navigate on low draft, with high carrying capacity, and are economically viable and environment friendly.

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