Inland water transport
BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT
Government efforts to offer alternatives to the relatively creaky roadways is a welcome sign of thinking outside the box. Opening up possibilities of reducing transportation costs, the movement of some Maersk containers from Varanasi to Haldia via NW1 has the potential of being a game changer.Such utilisation of waterways is also environmentally friendly while generating additional employment too! I hope it develops further in the years to come. Given below is a write-up on this recent event.