• 12 floating terminals, 2 Multimodal Terminals at Pandu & Jogighopa and 2 permanent terminals at Bogibeel and Dhubri which arealso used for berthing of river cruise vessels.
• Fairway with required depth and width is also maintained for smooth plying of cruise vessels.
• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed on 19.05.2024 to take up the project of “Riverine based Religious Tourism Circuit in SPV framework” among Sagarmala Development Company Limited (SDCL), Assam Tourism Development Corporation Limited (ATDC), Directorate of IWT Assam (DIWT) and Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).
• The project aims to connect seven temples through waterways by deploying appropriate capacity of vessels on Hop on & Hop off basis as given below:-

(i) Kamakhya Temple, (ii) Pandunath Temple, (iii) Ashwaklanta Temple,       (iv) DoulGovinda Temple, (v)                                            Umanada Temple, (vi) Chakreshwar Temple & (vii) AuniatiSatra.

• IWAI’s mandate is to develop National Waterways for the purpose of Shipping and navigation. Hence, there is no plan to develop water sports on or along River Brahmaputra. However, if a request is received from the State Government for development of fairway related to water sports, it can be considered under the central sector scheme for development of IWT infrastructure in NER State.

For comprehensive development of the Brahmaputra and Barak rivers, three projects with an estimated investment of Rs 1010 crore have been approved by the Government. The details of three projects are mentioned below:-

1. Comprehensive Development of NW-2

· Sanctioned Cost – Rs. 474.00 Cr

· Total expenditure -Rs.378.60

· Overall physical progress -79.87% till October 2024

2. Development of Approach Road from Pandu Port Terminal to NH-27 and Development of Ship Repair Facility at Pandu, Guwahati (Assam)
   • Sanctioned Cost – Rs.388.00 Cr.

· Total expenditure –Rs.235.44 Cr.

· Overall physical progress -60.68% till October 2024

3. Comprehensive Development of NW-16 & Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBP)
   • Sanctioned Cost – Rs.148.00 Cr.

· Total expenditure -Rs. 24.26 Cr.

· Overall physical progress -16.39% till October 2024

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has approved Government of Assam’s proposal for construction of slipway at Majuli district in Assam on River Brahmaputra with outlay of Rs.96.60 Cr. for assistance under Sagarmala Scheme.Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has conveyed in-principle approval for the aforesaid project.

Progress on construction of six tourist jetties is as given hereunder-

• • The overall progress of development of floating RCC tourist jetties at Bogibeel and Pandu is 85%.
  • For development of tourist steel jetties at 04 locations, namely: Silghat, BishwanathGhat, Neamati&Guijan, the project has been assigned to Indian Port Rail & Ropeway Corporation Limited (IPRCL).