{"id":188411,"date":"2022-04-10T00:27:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T18:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=188411"},"modified":"2022-04-10T00:27:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T18:57:42","slug":"two-day-conclave-in-assam-to-focus-on-optimum-use-of-ne-waterways-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/04\/10\/two-day-conclave-in-assam-to-focus-on-optimum-use-of-ne-waterways-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-day conclave in Assam to focus on optimum use of NE waterways: Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dibrugarh (Assam), Apr 9 (PTI) Union minister Shantanu Thakur, who is in Dibrugarh, said on Saturday that a two-day conclave, with focus on harnessing the domestic and international potential of northeast&#8217;s waterways, will be held here, starting April 11.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government, during the conclave, will also explore a possible collaboration between Assam and the Netherlands in river water management.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taking stock of the preparations for the two-day event, the union Mos for ports, shipping and waterways said, &#8220;The conclave will be attended by various stakeholders, including policy planners, senior government officials, domestic and international investors, and representatives of major ports well as the governments of maritime states.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister noted that discussions will largely revolve around ways to ensure optimal use of waterways of North East for improving connectivity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Representatives from the Netherlands, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh will also be participating in the conclave &#8212; being organised in line with the goals of PM Gati Shakti &#8211; National Master Plan for Multi-modal Connectivity, Thakur said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Union minister of road, transport and highways Nitin Gadkari, Union minister of ports, shipping and waterways &amp; AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal and Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, among others, will also take part in the event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dibrugarh (Assam), Apr 9 (PTI) Union minister Shantanu Thakur, who is in Dibrugarh, said on Saturday that a two-day conclave, with focus on harnessing the domestic and international potential of northeast&#8217;s waterways, will be held here, starting April 11. The government, during the conclave, will also explore a possible collaboration between Assam and the Netherlands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-188411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}