{"id":13890,"date":"2021-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/17-02-2021\/developmental-projects-in-assam\/"},"modified":"2021-02-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T00:00:00","slug":"developmental-projects-in-assam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/17-02-2021\/developmental-projects-in-assam","title":{"rendered":"Developmental Projects in Assam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister of India will virtually <strong>launch the Mahabahu-Brahmaputra Programme <\/strong>and lay the foundation stone of <strong>Dhubri Phulbari Bridge <\/strong>and <strong>Majuli Bridge<\/strong> in Assam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mahabahu-Brahmaputra Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aims:<\/strong> To provide seamless connectivity to the Eastern parts of India.\n<ul>\n<li>It includes<strong> various development activities <\/strong>for the people living around <strong>River Brahmaputra and River Barak<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inauguration of the Ro-Pax Vessel Operations<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Ro-Pax is an acronym for <strong>roll-on\/roll-off a passenger<\/strong>. It is a ro-ro vessel built for freight vehicle transport with passenger accommodation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benefit<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>These will help in <strong>reducing the travel time<\/strong> by <strong>providing connectivity between banks<\/strong> and thus <strong>reducing the distance<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Various Ro-Pax vessels connecting different places will result in a <strong>substantial impact on the logistics of small-scale industries<\/strong> of the region and also in a <strong>huge savings of time and money<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inland Water Transport <\/strong>(IWT) <strong>Terminal<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A permanent IWT Terminal will also be built at <strong>Jogighopa<\/strong> which will connect with the <strong>Multi-Modal Logistics Park<\/strong> also coming up at Jogighopa.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benefit<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It will help in <strong>reducing the traffic on the Siliguri Corridor <\/strong>towards Kolkata and Haldia.<\/li>\n<li>It will also <strong>facilitate the uninterrupted movement of cargo<\/strong> (even during flood season) to <strong>Meghalaya, Tripura, Bhutan and Bangladesh<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tourist Jetties on Brahmaputra<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Tourist jetties at <strong>Neamati<\/strong>, <strong>Biswanath Ghat<\/strong>, <strong>Pandu <\/strong>and <strong>Jogighopa <\/strong>will be constructed with the financial assistance of <strong>Rs. 9.41 crores from the Ministry of Tourism<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>A jetty is a <strong>long, narrow structure that protects a coastline from the currents and tides<\/strong>. Jetties are usually made of <strong>wood, earth, stone, or concrete<\/strong>. They stretch from the shore into the water.<\/li>\n<li>Jetties can also be used to<strong> connect the land with deep water<\/strong> farther away from shore for the purposes of<strong> docking ships<\/strong> and <strong>unloading cargo<\/strong>. This type of jetty is called a <strong>pier<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benefit:<\/strong> These will <strong>promote river cruise tourism<\/strong>, <strong>generate local employment <\/strong>and also <strong>generate growth for local business<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Digital Solutions for Ease-of-Doing-Business<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Cargo Data<\/strong> (Car-D) <strong>portal<\/strong> will <strong>collate cargo and cruise data<\/strong> on a <strong>real-time<\/strong> basis.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Portal for Asset and Navigation Information<\/strong> (PANI) will act as a one-stop solution for providing <strong>information about river navigation and infrastructure<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dhubri Phulbari Bridge<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It will be a <strong>four-lane bridge over the Brahmaputra<\/strong> between <strong>Dhubri <\/strong>(on North Bank) and<strong> Phulbari<\/strong> (on South Bank).<\/li>\n<li>It will be located on <strong>NH-127B<\/strong>, originating from Srirampur on NH-27 (East-West Corridor), and terminating at Nongstoin on NH-106 in the State of Meghalaya.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>19 km long bridge<\/strong> will be made with a cost of <strong>approximately Rs. 4997 crore<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benefit<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It will meet the <strong>long-standing demand for ferry services<\/strong> to travel between the two banks of the river.<\/li>\n<li>It will <strong>reduce the earlier distance<\/strong> of 205 km to 19 km.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Majuli Bridge<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It will be a <strong>two-lane bridge<\/strong> on the Brahmaputra between <strong>Majuli <\/strong>(North Bank) and <strong>Jorhat <\/strong>(South Bank).<\/li>\n<li>It will be <strong>located on NH-715K<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benefit<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This bridge has been a long <strong>demand of the people of Majuli<\/strong> who have been <strong>dependent on the ferry services to connect with the mainland of Assam<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Now, they will be able to <strong>use the bridge and enjoy access to the city<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:750px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top; width:6.5in\">\n<p><strong>Brahmaputra<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brahmaputra River (also known as <strong>Jamuna <\/strong>in Bangladesh, <strong>Tsangpo <\/strong>in Tibet, <strong>Yarlung Zangbo Jiang<\/strong> in China) is a major river of Central and South Asia.<\/li>\n<li>It originates from the <strong>Chemayungdung glacier of the Kailash range<\/strong> near the <strong>Mansarovar lake<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It passes through the <strong>Tibet<\/strong> Autonomous Region of China, the Indian states of <strong>Arunachal Pradesh and Assam<\/strong>, and <strong>Bangladesh<\/strong> and enters India <strong>west of Sadiya town <\/strong>in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributaries:<\/strong> Dibang, Lohit, Siang, Burhi Dihing, Tista, and Dhansari.<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>perennial river and has several peculiar characteristics<\/strong> due to the <strong>physiography <\/strong>and prevailing <strong>climatic conditions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In its lower course, the river is both <strong>a creator and a destroyer<\/strong> as it deposits <strong>huge quantities of fertile alluvial soil<\/strong> but also causes <strong>disastrous and frequent floods<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It flows around 2,900 km from its source in the Himalayas to its <strong>confluence with the Ganges<\/strong> (Ganga) River, after which the mixed waters empty into the Bay of Bengal at <strong>Sunderban Delta<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cfstatic.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/file_library\/mix_content\/43654225070306210_image.png\" style=\"height:308px; margin-left:50px; margin-right:50px; width:359px\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Image Courtesy: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/landslide-dams-tsangpo-river-3476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>DTE<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1698534#:~:text=Prime%20Minister%20Shri%20Narendra%20Modi,12%20noon%20via%20video%20conferencing.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In News The Prime Minister of India will virtually launch the Mahabahu-Brahmaputra Programme and lay the foundation stone of Dhubri Phulbari Bridge and Majuli Bridge in Assam. Mahabahu-Brahmaputra Programme Aims: To provide seamless connectivity to the Eastern parts of India. It includes various development activities for the people living around River Brahmaputra and River Barak. 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