Guwahati, March 6 -- union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) Sarbananda Sonowal today laid the foundation stones for four river lighthouses along the banks of the Brahmaputra River, marking the first time when lighthouse infrastructure will be established on an inland waterway in the country.
The ceremony, held at Lachit Ghat in Guwahati, was jointly organized by the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships (DGLL) and the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), under the aegis of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW).
The four sites - Bogibeel in Dibrugarh district, Pandu in Kamrup (Metro) district, Silghat in Nagaon district, all along the south bank of the river, and Biswanath Ghat in Biswana...