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Bogibeel in upper Assam is being planned as a tourist hub in Assam.
Apart from floating jetties, Ferry Ghats, floating restaurants,public eating stalls, tourist visits, picnic spots, eco resorts and so onare also being planned.
India’s longest river cruise service will start from early next year between Varanasi and Bogibeel, traversing a distance of more than 4,000 kms via Ganga, IBPR and Brahmaputra.
"This is going to usher a novel opportunity for people of Assam to use inland waterways to promote their trade and livelihood in tourism and cargo transportation" Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal said while launching multiple projects for the development of the Bogibeel region near Dibrugarh in Assam.
Sonowal said the huge potential of inland navigation, river cruise tourism on Lohit & Brahmaputra will be explored,
development jetties along the way to be considered and the opportunity for an ecologically sensitive economic development of the region is aimed to be tapped.
Sonowal laid foundation for construction of two floating jetties at Bogibeel and Guijan. The Minister also inaugurated Bogibeel Riverfront Passenger Jetty here today.
A permanent cargo terminal at Bogibeel is also being planned for conducive transport of cargo from the neighbouring industries like Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer
Limited, Brahmaputra Valley Fertiliser Corp etc. A Detailed Project
Report (DPR) is being done in this regard. The proposed tourist
terminal in the vicinity of the Guijan Ghat is located on the banks of
river Lohit.
Two floating jetties at Bogibeel in Dibrugarh district and Guijan
in Tinsukia district will be constructed as state-of-art terminals using
the most advanced & updated technology.
Both the jetties are being constructed by IWAI over the National Waterways - 2 (NW-2),
popularly known as River Brahmaputra. The work has been awarded
to Coastal Consolidated Structures Pvt. Ltd on an EPC contract mode
(engineering, procurement, construction). The two jetties is estimated to be
built at a cost of ₹ 8.25 crores and is scheduled to be completed by
February, 2023.
The Union Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, also inaugurated Bogibeel
Riverfront Passenger Jetty which has been developed by the
Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) as part of Riverfront
Development near the Bogibeel bridge. Further to this development,
plans are afoot to construct an Open platform, a restaurant, 8 biotoilets and 6 awnings as part of the Riverfront site. The entire
structure has been constructed over railcolumns with angle frame
covered by WPC board floorings. The estimated cost of the project
was ₹ 2.5 crores. A total of 3560 square meters are being developed
under this project. Following a meeting at the Bogibeel at the behest
of the Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, the Riverfront
development work has been going on with a vision to make this
area as a tourist hub in this region.
Speaking at the event, the Union Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal,
said The PM Gati Shakti National Master plan is exactly the key that we are using here today, to unlock the huge potential of inland water transportation in Assam
using National Waterways 2, our river Brahmaputra.
"We must tap this opportunity and build an economic advantage which will power the whole of Northeast india as the New Engine of growth for India. Our government is also identifying avenues to promote inland navigation, river cruise tourism, and construction of suitable terminals across the Brahmaputra" he said.
