Patna, June 16 -- Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced a major infra push to boost Inland Waterways in Bihar, reaffirming the collective effort to rejuvenate rivers in the country, especially the National Waterways. He said that Inland Water Transport (IWT) was an environmentally sustainable mode of transport.

The announcements were made at the inaugural session of the Consultative Workshop on Inland Waterways Development on National Waterways-1 (river Ganga), the first such workshop held in Patna on Monday.

Speaking at the workshop, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said, "Today, at this Consultative Workshop, we reaffirm our collective effort to rejuvenate our rivers, especially the National Waterw...