New Delhi, May 15 -- Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has set up up its new office in Srinagar's Transport Bhawan.

The office space has been provided by J&K government. From today, this office will be central to all the IWT works being undertaken by the Authority in the region.

IWAI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to develop river navigation infrastructure in three national waterways in the Union Territory i.e. NW-26 (River Chenab), NW-49 (River Jhelum), NW-84 (River Ravi).

The Authority will now start the development works under the framework of the MoU. These works include setting up of floating jet...