IWAI - GS questions based on daily current affairs

1)   Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has asked whom to design vessels for National Waterway -1?

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

ANSWER: Germany

Explanation:

  • 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.
2)   Which of the following statements is/are correct about IWAI?

1. IWAI is the statutory authority in charge of the waterways in India.
2. National Waterways 6 is a proposed waterway between Lakhipur and Bhanga of the Barak River.

a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both

Explanation:
The Inland Waterways Authority of India will execute the National Waterways 6 project in two phases. The first will be completed by 2016-17 and the second by 2018-19, integrating the waterways in the northeast and helping cargo transport through Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh.

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