Today Assam will get 4 state-of-the-art ships, six ships coming soon
State-of-the-art ship launch event at Pandu Port
E-ticketing system of Umanand ferry service to be released as well
Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sharma to launch 4 steel ketamaran ships
MV Meghna, MV Sudarshan, MV Padma, MV Indra to be released respectively
100 passengers on a ship have the capacity to transport 50 motorcycles
The ships will have two engines attached to 180 herspower X 6 cylinders
Life jacket for each passenger will be available on board
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that internal water transport work is being carried out by taking loans from the World Bank worth Rs 770 crore.
80% of that will be returned by the Government of India, the remaining 20% will be given by the Assam government.
10 shipbuilding plans are being taken.
Four of them were released today.
Construction of 10 new ships was undertaken
Four of them have been released today
Ships built with World Bank funds
New ships have been arranged after majuli ferry accident
Ticket purchase through app is being arranged in Majuli
26 lakh has been collected from it.
Two new ships to solve public problems at Ras utsav in Majuli
Arrangements to put up a merain engine in 5 boats in Majuli
There are a total of 10 ships in Majuli
We will make arrangements to improve the transport system of Majuli.
Two new ships added between Guwahati-North Guwahati
Book online tickets for ferry service to Guwahati-Umanand
After a few days passengers from Guwahati-North Guwahati will also be able to buy tickets online
Slowly we are planning to run government work 24 hours a day.