SWTD ferry crew getting used to new catamaran vessels
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Services launched on Ernakulam-Vypeen-Fort Kochi route
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The first catamaran ferry of the SWTD conducting trial run through the Kochi backwaters. | Photo Credit:
Thulasi Kakkat
Services launched on Ernakulam-Vypeen-Fort Kochi route
One of the two catamaran ferries that were withdrawn from service soon after their launch here in February has commenced service on the Ernakulam-Vypeen-Fort Kochi route.
The modern ferry was put to trial runs and kept in standby to be put in operation in case any of the five old vessels in service was withdrawn.
They were withdrawn for installing fans, grab handles, and a few other additions, in accordance with suggestions made by people’s representatives and others to improve the quality of service and to reduce heat within. Crew members who are familiar with single-hull ferries also had to get acclimatised with double-hull vessels, which have an eng
KCCI seeks development of waterway in and around Mangaluru
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April 06, 2021 10:35 IST
It will usher in a new era of economic development in the region by boosting various sectors
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The Gurupura (Phalguni) river front at Sulthan Bathery is one of the waterways being proposed by Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Mangaluru.
It will usher in a new era of economic development in the region by boosting various sectors
The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has urged the government to develop a full-fledged waterway between Bantwal and Malavoor through the Netravathi and the Gurupura (Phalguni) for the overall development of Mangaluru.
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KCCI seeks development of waterway in and around city
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April 05, 2021 23:21 IST
It will usher in a new era of economic development in the region by boosting various sectors
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The Gurupura (Phalguni) river front at Sulthan Bathery is one of the waterways being proposed by Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Mangaluru.
It will usher in a new era of economic development in the region by boosting various sectors
The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has urged the government to develop a full-fledged waterway between Bantwal and Malavoor through the Netravathi and the Gurupura (Phalguni) for the overall development of Mangaluru.
‘Results of similar exercise were visible between Ullal and Someshwara’
Nearly a kilometre-long sand wall, 10 inshore berms (groyens), and two offshore reefs have come up along the Someshwara-Batapady beachfront to protect the seashore from erosion.
The works are being undertaken by the Ports and Inland Water Transport Department under the sustainable coastal protection and management investment project being funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The project involves protection of the seashore from Ullal to Batapady and is divided into two areas Ullal to Someshwara and Someshwara to Batapady.
Programme’s Joint Project Director Gopal Naik told
The Hindu the results were already visible on the Ullal stretch while sand deposits were being witnessed on the Someshwara-Batapady stretch too. Some visible results should be available before the onset of monsoon on the Batapady stretch, he said.