Our Correspondent
Kohima | April 10
Government of Nagaland has set up Inland Water Transport wing in the transport department to liaise and coordinate with Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) under the Ministry of Shipping.
The Ministry has indentified four locations as having potential for inland water transport in the state, according to the Nagaland Economic Survey 2021-22 tabled at the recent state assembly session by Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Government of Nagaland.
The potentials inland water transport in the state includes; Tizu River from tri-confluence near Longmatra to Avangkhu of 42 km (approximately) for Indo-Myanmar, Dhansiri River from Samjuran to Numaligarh via Dimapur of approximately 110 kms of inter-state waterways of Nagaland-Assam.
The other 2 includes Dikhu River from Yangnyu to Naginimora, Nagaland of about 52 km for connections to Bharnaputra 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.
