NEW DELHI: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday between the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and e-commerce firm Amazon to advertise cargo motion and transportation of buyer shipments and merchandise through inland waterways utilizing river Ganga by Nationwide Waterway 1.
On the event, the MoU was signed within the presence of Union Ports and Delivery Minister Sarbananda Sonowal together with Secretary TK Ramachandran and IWAI chairman Sanjay Bandopadhyaya amongst different senior officers.
Delivery Ministry stated that the collaboration between IWAI and Amazon marks a major stride in advancing the transportation of e-commerce cargo alongside our Inland Waterways.
“This partnership seeks to harness the effectivity and sustainability of water transport to optimize logistics, diminish environmental footprints, and promote financial improvement. In accordance with a World Financial institution Report, rail and street transport devour 18.5 per cent and 91.6 per cent extra gas than water transport, making it essentially the most environmentally pleasant mode of transportation,” the ministry stated.
Talking on the event, Union Minister Sonowal stated, “This marks one other essential leaf within the progress story of India’s waterways. Underneath the dynamic management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the waterways have at all times been given particular consideration to allow it to develop into a wider and extra in style type of transportation.”
“The Authorities is working tirelessly in the direction of the realisation of this imaginative and prescient of Modi ji to allow the waterways to develop into the rejuvenated conduit of progress as India strikes forward to develop into an Atmanirbhar Bharat. This partnership could be an essential step in the direction of enhancing the motion of e-commerce cargo by our Inland Waterways,” he added.
Sonowal stated that the purpose of this partnership is to leverage the effectivity and sustainability of water transport to streamline logistics, cut back environmental impression and foster financial progress.
“With the start of this service, the artisans, the entrepreneurs and the merchants of India’s hinterland will discover a possibility to promote their merchandise within the wider market, each nationally and internationally, fairly, simply at an reasonably priced value through an environment friendly mode of transportation. The maiden ship with e-commerce cargo can be flagged off from Patna to Kolkata quickly,” he stated.
Ministry stated that Amazon will be capable of make the most of all attainable modes of transport within the nation, together with Rail, Air, Water, and Floor, to make sure sooner, cost-effective, sustainable and extra dependable supply of buyer packages and supply a wider attain to its tens of millions of sellers.
“This partnership won’t solely profit Amazon by decreasing their transportation value but additionally open up new potentialities for all e-commerce corporations to leverage the in depth inland waterways in India,” an official assertion stated.
The transport ministry additional acknowledged that it goals to extend inland water transport volumes by greater than 200 MMT by 2030 and obtain the goal of greater than 500 MMT by 2047.
On the event, the MoU was signed within the presence of Union Ports and Delivery Minister Sarbananda Sonowal together with Secretary TK Ramachandran and IWAI chairman Sanjay Bandopadhyaya amongst different senior officers.
Delivery Ministry stated that the collaboration between IWAI and Amazon marks a major stride in advancing the transportation of e-commerce cargo alongside our Inland Waterways.
“This partnership seeks to harness the effectivity and sustainability of water transport to optimize logistics, diminish environmental footprints, and promote financial improvement. In accordance with a World Financial institution Report, rail and street transport devour 18.5 per cent and 91.6 per cent extra gas than water transport, making it essentially the most environmentally pleasant mode of transportation,” the ministry stated.
Talking on the event, Union Minister Sonowal stated, “This marks one other essential leaf within the progress story of India’s waterways. Underneath the dynamic management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the waterways have at all times been given particular consideration to allow it to develop into a wider and extra in style type of transportation.”
“The Authorities is working tirelessly in the direction of the realisation of this imaginative and prescient of Modi ji to allow the waterways to develop into the rejuvenated conduit of progress as India strikes forward to develop into an Atmanirbhar Bharat. This partnership could be an essential step in the direction of enhancing the motion of e-commerce cargo by our Inland Waterways,” he added.
Sonowal stated that the purpose of this partnership is to leverage the effectivity and sustainability of water transport to streamline logistics, cut back environmental impression and foster financial progress.
“With the start of this service, the artisans, the entrepreneurs and the merchants of India’s hinterland will discover a possibility to promote their merchandise within the wider market, each nationally and internationally, fairly, simply at an reasonably priced value through an environment friendly mode of transportation. The maiden ship with e-commerce cargo can be flagged off from Patna to Kolkata quickly,” he stated.
Ministry stated that Amazon will be capable of make the most of all attainable modes of transport within the nation, together with Rail, Air, Water, and Floor, to make sure sooner, cost-effective, sustainable and extra dependable supply of buyer packages and supply a wider attain to its tens of millions of sellers.
“This partnership won’t solely profit Amazon by decreasing their transportation value but additionally open up new potentialities for all e-commerce corporations to leverage the in depth inland waterways in India,” an official assertion stated.
The transport ministry additional acknowledged that it goals to extend inland water transport volumes by greater than 200 MMT by 2030 and obtain the goal of greater than 500 MMT by 2047.
