Dhubri-Sadiya Riverways Connectivity To be Completed by 2022

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced completion of 890 km Dhubri-Sadiya connectivity through riverways will be completed by 2022. She said this while placing her budget 2020 today in the Parliament.

Sitharamansaid that the Inland Waterways has received a boost in the last five years andthat the Jal Vikas Marg on National Waterway-1 will soon be completed. She said,"The government would consider corporatizing at least one major port andsubsequently it's listing on the stock exchanges."

Sitharamanfurther stated that developing waterways has its impact on the eco-system on boththe banks of the river. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conceptualized "ArthGanga" and that plans are afoot to energize economic activity along riverbanks.

The finance minister further informed that air traffic has been growing rapidly in the country as compared to the global average adding that one hundred more airports would be developed by 2024 to support the Udaan scheme. It is expected that the air fleet number shall go up from the present 600 to 1200 during this time.

She saidthat the government will provide R. 1.70 lakh crore for transportinfrastructure in 2020-21.