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Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh Mastan Rao Yadav has appealed to the Centre to make an integrated multi-modal logistics corridor on the Buckingham Canal successful SPSR Nellore district.
The Buckingham Canal measures 426 km successful length, comprising the bluish portion betwixt Pedaganjam and Chennai Central (316 km), and the confederate portion betwixt Chennai Central and Marakkanam (110 km), which is portion of the National Waterway-4 (NW-4).
Both stretches are tidal canals that stay adust during non-monsoon periods, and immoderate stretches are prone to encroachment.
Mr. Yadav precocious made a peculiar notation successful Parliament connected the request to make an integrated multi-modal logistics task on the canal. He said a aviator project, with a 60-metre canal corridor and a 30-metre roadworthy corridor betwixt Krishnapatnam and Ramayapatnam ports, would considerably bring down logistics costs.
Such a project, helium said, would trim postulation congestion connected the National Highways, enactment 5 to six concern cities successful the vicinity and make section employment.
Responding to the peculiar mention, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal pointed to the hydrographic survey undertaken by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) connected NW-4, of which the Buckingham Canal is simply a part, and asked Mr. Yadav to hold for its outcome.
He besides pointed to the relation of the State authorities successful removing encroachments and restoring damaged structures.
