After Haldia-Ramnagar waterway, it is being planned that waterway from Delhi to Allahabad will be started by December 2018. A team of Inland Waterways Authority of India has reached Allahabad from Patna which will start survey to fathom the depth of water in Yamuna River. The machine to fathom the dept of river had already reached the city well in advance

Background

• A cargo vessel started from Kolkata reached Varanasi in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 12, 2018 completing the first such journey through inland waterways. To encourage waterways in India, the government has taken these inland waterway on priority.
• Once this project is complete, the work for connectivity from Allahabad to Ramnagar (Varanasi) will be started that will complete the project by connecting New Delhi, Agra, Mathura, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna and Haldia (West Bengal). This is to recall that on November 12, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a cargo ship at Ramnagar that was started from Haldia in West Bengal.
• Cargo ship will ply on Delhi and Allahabad route and even cruise ships will also be on this route and one such ship has already reached Allahabad. This will be plied locally in Allahabad. Terminals for ships are being planned in Allahabad, Kaushambi, Chitrakoot, Fatehpur, Agra and Mathura and terminal will be built there.