Patna-Pandu Water Connectivity: ‘Gateway of NE'

A Merchant Vessel, MV Lal Bahadur Shastri, carrying food grains from Bihar's Patna to Guwahati's Pandu was recently flagged off.
This 2,350 km voyage will open a new gate to the 'Gateway of North East' (Assam) and ensure seamless waterways connectivity to North Eat Region through Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers.
This route from Patna can prove to be a viable alternative to the conventional mode of movement of foodgrains and goods for the North-East region.
For seamless navigation to the North-East region, 2 stretches of Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route are being developed with Bangladesh.
The 25-30 days voyage will be an integrated Inland Water Transport (IWT) movement via National Waterway-1 (River Ganga), NW-97 (Sunderbans), Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route and NW-2 (river Brahmaputra).

Kalughat Intermodal Terminal

The foundation stone of an intermodal terminal at Kalughat of Bihar was recently unveiled.
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) Terminal at Kalughat is located on river Ganga at Saran District in Bihar and the terminal is directly connected to NH 19.
The planned intermodal terminal at Kalughat will provide a boost to the region's socio-economic development and create multiple job opportunities.
This will also help decongest the roads of North Bihar and provide an alternative route for the transportation of cargo in this area.