Maruti Suzuki India Ltd(MSIL)to start pilot run of shipping cars down rivers from Aug 12,2016

 

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd is set to commence a pilot run from August 12 under which its cars would be transported from Varanasi to Kolkata on National Waterway-I, Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Monday Aug 08,2016

During Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, Gadkari said an MoU has been signed between Inland Waterways Authority of India and Maruti Suzuki for transportation of cars through inland waterways.

Cars are proposed to be transported from Varansi to Kolkata on National Waterway-I as a pilot run which would commence this month.

Gadkari also said he would inaugurate two ships from Varanasi — one ferrying the Maruti cars and other carrying construction materials, on August 12,2016

The Minister said the share of waterways in the country was a mere 3.6 % and efforts are on to take it over 7 %by 2018. He gave a comparison saying the share of waterways in transportation in China was 47 %, in Korea and Japan it was above 40 % and it played a key role in European countries.