Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday Nov 12,2018 inaugurated an inland port in Varansi on the Ganga River as part of a big development push in his Lok Sabha constituency ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The multi-modal waterways terminal will allow the navigation of large vessels starting on the river between the holy city in Uttar Pradesh and and Haldia in West Bengal.
The project was unveiled as the Prime Minister received India's first container vessel that sailed from Kolkata on the inland waterway on October 30, 2018 carrying cargo belonging to food and beverage giant PepsiCo India.
The vessel - MV Rabindranath Tagore - moved 16 containers, equivalent to 16 truckloads, on its inaugural journey
The vessel will make its return journey with fertilisers belonging to IFFCO that will be procured from its Phulpur plant near Allahabad.
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