Pandu, Bogibeel, Silghat & Biswanath Ghat to station country\u2019s First Riverine Lighthouses DGLL, in collaboration with IWAI, to build Four Lighthouses with an investment of \u20b984 crores.<\/p>\n
\u201c<\/em>Brahmaputra\u2019s Lighthouses to Serve as Beacons for Safer Navigation and New Tourist Attractions\u201d<\/em>: Sarbananda Sonowal.<\/p>\n GUWAHATI, March 5, 2026 \u2014 India took a pioneering step in inland waterway navigation as Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stones for four river lighthouses along the banks of the Brahmaputra River, marking the first time lighthouse infrastructure will be established on an inland waterway in the country. The ceremony, held at Lachit Ghat, Guwahati, was jointly organised by the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships (DGLL)<\/strong> and the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)<\/strong>, under the aegis of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The four sites \u2014 Bogibeel in Dibrugarh district, Pandu in Kamrup (Metro) district, Silghat in Nagaon district, all along the south bank of the river, and Biswanath Ghat in Biswanath district, the only one in the north bank, \u2014 are located at strategic points along Brahmaputra (National Waterway-2), one of India’s most important inland cargo and passenger corridors. The combined project outlay for all four lighthouses stands at approximately \u20b984 crore. Each lighthouse will rise to 20 metres with a geographical range of 14 nautical miles and a luminous range of 8\u201310 nautical miles, powered entirely by solar energy. Alongside navigation infrastructure, every site will feature a museum, amphitheatre, cafeteria, children’s play area, souvenir shop and landscaped public spaces, positioning each lighthouse as a tourism landmark as well as a functional maritime asset.<\/p>\n The commissioning of river lighthouses on NW-2 is a direct response to a 53 percent surge in cargo movement on the Brahmaputra waterway in the financial year 2024\u201325, as recorded by IWAI. Cargo traffic on NW-2 has been growing consistently and the Brahmaputra corridor is now integral to supply chains serving Assam’s tea, coal and fertiliser industries, in addition to carrying passenger and tourism traffic. The new lighthouses will enable 24\u00d77 safe navigation, accommodate weather observation sensors and provide the navigational infrastructure necessary for the sustained growth of both freight and passenger movement on the river.<\/p>\n \u201cUnder the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji, inland waterways are not merely an alternative to roadways and railways but they are being energised and enabled as force multiplier for our economy. A tonne of freight moved by water costs a fraction of what road transport demands, generates a fraction of the carbon, and frees our highways for passengers and time-sensitive goods. These lighthouses on the Brahmaputra are a statement of intent: that India\u2019s rivers are open for business, round the clock,\u201d <\/em>said Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4400,"template":"","class_list":["post-5504","all_news","type-all_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.dzinepixel.com\/Paradipport_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/all_news\/5504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.dzinepixel.com\/Paradipport_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/all_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.dzinepixel.com\/Paradipport_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/all_news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.dzinepixel.com\/Paradipport_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.dzinepixel.com\/Paradipport_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}