Our Correspondent
Kohima | April 15
The Nagaland State Government has set up an Inland Water Transport wing in the Transport Department to liaise and coordinate with the Inland Waterways of India (IWAI) under the Ministry of Shipping, Government of India.
Under this, the Nagaland State Transport is to act as a nodal department for identification of potential inland waterways and to undertake feasibility studies, prepare Detailed Project Reports (DPR) and monitor project implementation of water transport in the state.
This was stated in the annual administrative report 2016-17 of the Transport Department tabled in the just concluded State Assembly session by Minister of Transport, IT&C and Border Affairs, P Paiwang Konyak.
The report stated that the Ministry of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping, GoI and IWAI through M/S. Rites Ltd has identified four rivers as having potential for inland water transport in the state.
They are: Tizu river from tri-confluence near Longmatra to Avangkhu of 42 km (approx) for Indo-Myanmar; Dhansiri river from Samjuran to Numaligarh of approximately 110 km for inter-state waterways of Nagaland-Assam; Dikhu river from Yangnyu to Naginimora, Nagaland of about 52 km for connection to Brahmaputra river in Assam via Sibsagar for inter-state waterways of Nagaland-Assam; and Doyang river, 61 km length of the river from bridge near Sialmari, Assam for inter-state waterways of Nagaland-Assam.
