Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said that the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) will be dredging at 88 locations along the Brahmaputra river.
The minister for ports, shipping and waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal on November 21 reviewed the progress of 25 projects worth Rs 1,100 crore being implemented in the last two years in the Northeast region under his ministry.
Addressing the media at the end of the review meeting, Sonowal said that as per the study of the Inland Waterways Authority of India, the depth of water had decreased at 88 places in the Brahmaputra river. For which the concerned department has been directed to dig at 88 places in this Brahmaputra river to facilitate the movement of ships.
Sonowal said that the concerned departments have been directed to complete the projects already implemented in the last two years in the Northeast under the ministry of AYUSH and ministry of ports, shipping and waterways by January next year.
The work on those projects which have not been started yet has been ordered to be started from January next year, he added.
He informed that the construction of the Yoga and Naturopathy Hospital in Dibrugarh will begin in December.
The central government has approved the setting up of 100 Ayush pharmacies in Assam. Also, 33 Ayush hospitals and four Ayurvedic colleges have been approved, he added.
