The terminal is set for completion in December 2023 to increase freight movements connecting Nepal to Kalughat and Kalughat to Haldia via waterways.
Soak in the country's sights and sounds along its many waterbody cruises; here's a list of some cruises plying on the rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra in the east and the Vembanad Lake in the south.
Union Minister Sarbananada Sonowal welcomed the world’s longest river cruise at its culminating destination in Dibrugarh on February 28. Sonowal hailed MV Ganga Vilas trip as a historic and path-breaking event to be witnessed in the Inland Waterways sector since India’s Independence 75 years ago.
Prime Minister Modi on Friday flagged off the world's longest river cruise — MV Ganga Vilas — which will cover 3,200 km across 27 river systems in five states in India and Bangladesh in 51 days.
The luxury cruise will cover a distance of more than 3,200 kilometre across 27 river systems in 5 states in India and Bangladesh.