Dredging Corporation of India Limited announced that Captain S Divakar, MD & CEO, AIC, of Dredging Corporation of India Limited has signed a Historic Agreement on 02.02.2023 with Ashutosh Gautam, Member Technical of Inland Waterways Authority (IWAI), under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India. This agreement was signed for the award of work for Development & Maintenance of fairway width of 32 m and depth of 2 m /2.5 m for 5 years in various National Waterways in North Eastern Region by undertaking required dredging, bandalling, channel marking, river training etc. to ensure safe navigation of vessels to Dredging Corporation of lndia Limited (DCl), Visakhapatnam.

As per the work awarded, DCI is going to undertake the following stretches: Dhansiri River (NW-31): Numaligarh jetty to Dhansiri Confluence (35 km); Barak River (NW-15):Bhanga to Badarpur (10.5 km); Kopili River (NW-57): Confluence at Brahmaputra to Kalongpar Bazar (10 km), Brahmaputra River (NW-2): Ro-Pax Routes along river Brahmaputra (NW-2) and adjacent area as below: Dhubri - Hatsingim ari/Fakirganj, (30 Km), Guwahati- North Guwahati and (5 Km), Neamati- Majuli (Kamalabari/Aphala) (30 km). The estimated cost of the awarded work is about INR 2,045 million initially for a period of 3 years.