The proposed routes include Delhi, Jaipur, Delhi-Udaipur, Delhi-Jodhpur and Delhi-Badrinath among others, the
ports, shipping and waterways minister told reporters here.
The minister said the proposed services would also cover various islands of
Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep, Guwahati Riverfront and Umranso
Reservoir in Assam, Yamuna Riverfront / Delhi (as hub) to Ayodhaya, Tehri,
Srinagar (Uttrakhand), Chandigarh and many other tourist places.
These will be developed through collaboration between the Ministry of Ports,
Shipping and Waterways and the Ministry of Civil Aviation, he said.
Sagarmala Development Company Limited (SDCL), a CPSE under the shipping
ministry, has invited Expression of Interest (EoI) from airline operators for
seaplane services.
No separate budget has been provided as of now for this initiative, as per the
ministry, and the objective of the EoI is to assess the interest of the airline
operators for joint development and operation of the seaplane services with
SDCL.
Earlier, Mandaviya had said development of 14 more water aerodromes is
being planned pan India under the RCS-UDAN (Regional Connectivity
Scheme - Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik).
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA)
had requested the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to conduct a
hydrographic survey and later on requested assistance in setting up jetties for
facilitating the passenger movement.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on October 31 inaugurated India's maiden
seaplane service between the Statue of Unity near Kevadiya in Gujarat's
Narmada district and the Sabarmati Riverfront.
On the Chabahar port in Iran, Mandaviya said India has started operations
there and it will reduce logistics cost in container transport to
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, bypassing China and
Europe.
11/02/21 PTI/Economic Times
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