Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated an Inland Multi-Modal Terminal Port constructed at the cost of 207 crore rupees on river Ganga at Ramnagar in Varanasi.

This is the first of the four Multi-Modal Terminals being constructed on National Waterways-I on River Ganga as part of the World Bank-aided Jal Marg Vikas project of the Inland Waterways Authority of India.

The other three terminals are under construction at Sahibganj, Haldia and Gazipur. In a major push to India’s Inland Waterways Transportation sector, the Prime Minister also received a large container vessel which travelled for the first time on Inland Waterways in the country.

During his day-long visit to his parliamentary constituency -Varanasi, Mr Modi will also dedicate and inaugurate several projects costing over 2400 crore rupees including two National Highways to the people.