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The occasion is believed to have taken inland water transport, on two of Indias largest river systems, to the future.<\/p>\n<p>Around Independence, Assams per capita income was the highest in the country primarily because of access for its tea, timber, coal and oil industries to seaports on the Bay of Bengal via the Brahmaputra and the Barak River (southern Assam) systems. Ferry <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/services\">Services<\/a> continued sporadically after 1947 but stopped after the 1965 war with Pakistan, as Bangladesh used to be East Pakistan then.<\/p>\n<p>India has invested 80% of 305.84 crore to improve the navigability of the two stretches of the IBP (Indo-Bangladesh Protocol) routes  Sirajganj-Daikhowa and Ashuganj-Zakiganj in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-year dredging project on these two stretches <div class=\"youtube-subscribe-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNHT8lW-JmLC68rjBfZhdkg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"youtube-subscribe-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"youtube-icon\">\r\n               <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div>  <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\">\r\n                    <path d=\"M549.7 124.1c-6.3-23.7-24.8-42.3-48.3-48.6C458.8 64 288 64 288 64S117.2 64 74.6 75.5c-23.5 6.3-42 24.9-48.3 48.6-11.4 42.9-11.4 132.3-11.4 132.3s0 89.4 11.4 132.3c6.3 23.7 24.8 41.5 48.3 47.8C117.2 448 288 448 288 448s170.8 0 213.4-11.5c23.5-6.3 42-24.2 48.3-47.8 11.4-42.9 11.4-132.3 11.4-132.3s0-89.4-11.4-132.3zm-317.5 213.5V175.2l142.7 81.2-142.7 81.2z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Subscribe on YouTube\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> till 2026 is expected to yield seamless <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/navigation\">Navigation<\/a> to the north-eastern region.<\/p>\n<p>The Government has also undertaken the Jal Marg Vikas project with an <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/investment\">Investment<\/a> of 4,600-crore to augment the capacity of NW1 for sustainable movement of vessels weighing up to 2,000 tonnes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A month after setting sail on the Ganga from Patna, the MV Lal Bahadur Shastri carrying 200 metric tonnes of food grains for the (Fci), docked at Guwahatis Pandu port on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra on March 6. 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