Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
UNCTAD's Review of Maritime Transport has provided 44 years of uninterrupted coverage of the key developments affecting international seaborne trade, shipping, the world fleet, ports, freight markets, and transport-related regulatory and legal frameworks. The Review also covers inland transport and intermodal connections. Keeping track of both long-term trends and the …
- Karimganj-bound cargo ships from both countries set to sail from Calcutta this week. Silchar: India and Bangladesh are on happy waters again after reviving a protocol to use the neighbouring country’s rivers. The sailing of cargo ships from Calcutta river port to the trading town of Karimganj in Assam …
It is for the first time that while formulating National Transport Policy, a separate attention has been paid to the transport needs of the North Eastern Region. The Working Group decided to look at the situation under three categories: Intra-Regional Need; Inter-Regional Need; and Trans Border Movement. The Working Group …
GUWAHATI: The Assam Government has announced a special scheme of Rs 10 crore for the development of inland water service and road communication in Dhubri district which recently witnessed one of the worst ferry mishaps in the State. State Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain, while addressing a press conference here on …
MUMBAI: While work to invite bids for the creation of infrastructure for the Nariman Point-Borivli water transport project has been initiated, it is yet to procure a vital permission from the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). A permission to extend the deadline for completion of the project work till …
New Delhi: For the first time since the Teesta water treaty between India and Bangladesh fell through, both countries are moving ahead again. Last September, the accord had come unstuck during PM Manmohan Singh’s visit to Dhaka after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee objected to the quantum of water …
Silchar Dec. 18: The Union ministry of shipping and road transport is finalising modalities and financial aspects to upgrade the Barak as part of the national waterways to link south Assam’s traffic with the mainland through Bangladesh. A senior official of the Central Inland Water Transport Corporation in Karimganj town …
The 2011 Review of Maritime Transport, published by the UNCTAD highlights challenges of adapting maritime transport to the impacts of climate change, primarily sea-level rise, and provides an update on the development of measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from maritime transport. A chapter on developments in sea-borne trade …
SILIGURI, 5 AUG: The minister for irrigation and waterways, Dr Manas Bhuniya, today said the state would demand at least Rs 307 crore from the Centre to carry on the construction work of the Teesta Barrage Project (TBP). Dr Bhuniya (see sns photo) said: "The Centre had allotted Rs 83 …
The objective of this transport policy is to evolve a conducive transport regime for Kerala state geared to meet requirements of faster mobility, safety, access to social and economic services and minimizing the impact of negative externalities.
More than 80% of international trade in goods is carried by sea, and an even higher percentage of developing-country trade is carried in ships. The Review of Maritime Transport, an annual publication prepared by the Division on Technology and Logistics - UNCTAD secretariat, is an important source of information on …
Guwahati, Nov. 19: The Centre will expedite inland waterways projects in the Northeast despite the dismal response to the scheme for promotion of smaller waterways in the region. The Centre has found that the main reason for the lack of proposals is non-availability of technical organisations and expertise with the …
If trade is an instant reminder of the importance of the seas, the global imperative to curb greenhouse gas emissions adds a dimension to the usefulness of waterways. The decision, as reported in The Financial Express, of the shipping ministry
Faced with criticism over the delay in sanctioning of Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) projects, Union Minister for DoNER and Mines Bijoy Krishna Handique traced the lapse on part of the States in securing the mandatory clearance from Central ministries to delay in sanctioning of projects by the concerned …
Dhubri, Sept. 20: Two digital global positioning system (GPS) towers installed by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) at Jogighopa river port in Bongaigaon district were swept away by the rising water of the Brahmaputra last week.
As the city here expands to become a business hub of the region due to growing trade and commerce, leading organisations and intellectuals here have felt that the second national waterway of India
The ambitious passenger water transport project by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) on the western coast of the city got a major fillip. Financial bids submitted by the sole bidder - a consortium led by Pratibha Industries along with Kakade Infrastructure and Malaysia-based Inai Kiara - were opened …
