Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launches multiple projects for development of Bogibeel. Foundation Stone laid for construction...
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launches multiple projects for development of Bogibeel.
Foundation Stone laid for construction of TWO Floating Jetties at Bogibeel & Guijan by Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) Bogibeel Riverfront Passenger Jetty by Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) inaugurated by Sarbananda Sonowal Developmental works at Bogibeel are being done as per PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan to make avenues & optimise inland waterways over Brahmaputra: Sonowal.
Bogibeel, Dibrugarh, 19 September, 2022: The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal today launched multiple projects for the development of the Bogibeel region near Dibrugarh in Assam. In this regard, the
foundation stones were laid by the Union Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal for construction of TWO floating jetties at Bogibeel and Guijan. The Minister also inaugurated Bogibeel Riverfront Passenger Jetty here today. The gala event was also attended by the Union Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Labour,
Rameswar Teli; the Chairman of IWAI, Sanjay Bandopadhyaya, IAS; and the General Manager of NF Railways, Anshul Gupta among prominent personalities & others. The Two floating jetties at Bogibeel in Dibrugarh district and Guijan
in Tinsukia district will be constructed as state-of-art terminals using the most advanced & updated technology. Both the jetties are being constructed by IWAI over the National Waterways - popularly known as River Brahmaputra. The work has been awarded
to Coastal Consolidated Structures Pvt. Ltd on an EPC contract mode (engineering, procurement, construction). The two jetties is estimated to be built at a cost of ₹ 8.25 crores and is scheduled to be completed by February, 2023.
The Union Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, also inaugurated Bogibeel Riverfront Passenger Jetty which has been developed by the Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) as part of Riverfront Development near the Bogibeel bridge. Further to this development, plans are afoot to construct an Open platform, a restaurant, 8 bio-toilets and 6 awnings as part of the Riverfront site. The entire structure has been constructed over railcolumns with angle frame covered by WPC board floorings. The estimated cost of the project was ₹ 2.5 crores. A total of 3560 square meters are being developed under this project.
Following a meeting at the Bogibeel at the behest of the Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, the Riverfront development work has been going on with a vision to make this area as a tourist hub in this region. Speaking at the event, the Union Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal,said, “The vision of our leader - Adaraniya Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji - is to harness the potential of an economic and ecologically sound logistics avenue of Inland waterways. The PM Gati Shakti National Master plan is exactly the key that we are using here today, to unlock the huge potential of inland water transportation in Assam using National Waterways 2, our river Brahmaputra. We must tap this opportunity and build an economic advantage which will power the whole of Northeast india as the New Engine of growth for India. Our government is also identifying avenues to promote inland navigation,river cruise tourism, and construction of suitable terminals across the Brahmaputra.” The Union Minister also added that India’s longest river cruise service will being from early next year between Varanasi and Bogibeel, traversing a distance of more than 4,000 kms via Ganga, IBPR and Brahmaputra. This is going to usher a novel opportunity for people of Assam to use inland waterways to promote their trade & livelihood in tourism and cargo transportation.
Further to the floating jetties, Ferry Ghats, floating restaurants, public eating stalls, tourist visits, picnic spots, eco resorts and so on
are also being planned. A permanent cargo terminal at Bogibeel is also being planned for conducive transport of cargo from the
neighbouring industries like Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer Limited, Brahmaputra Valley Fertiliser Corp etc. A Detailed Project Report (DPR) is being done in this regard. The proposed tourist terminal in the vicinity of the Guijan Ghat is located on the banks of river Lohit.
Adding further, the Union Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, said,
“The nature has bestowed us with one of the most powerful resource - the river Brahmaputra. Our civilisation has always prospered with the
help of its might, its capability and its promise. The vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji is to pick up this rich historical legacy that people of Assam share with the river Brahmaputra and energise multi modal avenues to unlock the huge economic growth potential that the
region possess. Our sincere effort is to re-energise the NW-2; i.e. Brahmaputra, so that the huge potential of cargo movement can be
availed by the businesses of the region.”
The Project Influence Area (PIA) for Bogibeel terminal is upper partof Assam which forms the Dibrugarh and encompasses districts of
Golaghat, Jorhat, Sibsagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and parts of Nagaland. The PIA is marked by the presence of paper industry, coal deposits, food processing units, tea estates, fertiliser production unit and refineries. Similarly, the huge potential of inland navigation,
river cruise tourism on Lohit & Brahmaputra will be explored, development jetties along the way to be considered & the opportunity for an ecologically sensitive economic development of
the region is aimed to be tapped. The event was also attended by Bijay Kumar Mishra, DRM, Tinsukia, NF Railway; Dr Jiten Hazarika, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of Dibrugarh University; Biswajit Pegu, IAS, Deputy Commissioner (DC),
Dibrugarh; Vijay Kumar Pal, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer Limited (BCPL), Lepetkata, Dibrugarh; Dr Saikat Patra, Hon’ble Chairman, Dibrugarh Municipal Board; Ujjal Phukon, Hon’ble Vice-Chairman, Dibrugarh Municipal Board; Akhim Hazarika, Hon’ble Chairman, Dibrugarh Development Authority; and many others.
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