Explanation:

=> Recently Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has signed an MoU with Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) for stabilization of shipping channels at 17 locations along a stretch of river Ganga from Varanasi to Sahibganj.

• It follows an earlier morphological study of the Ganges by the Department of Civil Engineering, an institute sponsored by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.