VARANASI, Nov. 27 -- Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), the nodal agency under the ministry of ports, shipping and waterways (MoPSW) for development of waterways in the country, announced to develop and strengthen Uttar Pradesh's inland waterways network, signing key agreements at India Maritime Week 2025 (IMW) held in Mumbai in October.

IWAI signed MoUs worth over Rs.6,000 crore for the development and expansion of Inland Waterways network on river Ganga (NW 1) with an aim to strengthening river cruise tourism, ship repair infrastructure, multimodal connectivity and clean-energy transportation along National Waterway-1 (Ganga), according to an official communique.

As many as 25 MoUs were inked to support inland waterways devel...