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As part of an ambitious plan to make the Ganga navigable, Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday laid the foundation stone of a ₹211-crore multi-modal terminal here. “The multi-modal hub here will take the State to a growth trajectory. This hub, with rail, road and waterways connectivity, will change the face of UP,” he said at a function here.
Gadkari said phase 1 of the terminal would be built at a cost of ₹211 crore and will be ready by August 2018.
The terminal is part of the ₹4,200-crore Jal Marg Vikas project to enable commercial navigation of vessels with capacity of 1,500-2,000 DWT tonnage from Varanasi to Haldia.
After the completion of phase 1, the terminal’s cargo handling capacity is estimated to be 1.2 MTPA
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