Govt plans 17 waterway projects for North-East
The Centre has planned 17 waterway projects to improve links between North-East India and the adjoining states, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said. Further, one or two of the projects would link the Brahmaputra in Assam with the Bay of Bengal, he added. This comes after the Parliament passed the National Waterways Bill to convert 106 inland waterways into transport waterways. 