Govt eyes harnessing 50k km of sea, river fronts
The government is looking to harness India's 50,000 km of sea and river fronts as waterways and is mulling various ways to raise around ₹70,000 crore to develop these stretches, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday. His statement comes after the Parliament last week passed a bill to declare 111 rivers across the country into National Waterways.