India’s first water taxi service inaugurated to connect South Mumbai with Navi Mumbai

India’s first water taxi service inaugurated to connect South Mumbai with Navi Mumbai

  • The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off India’s first water taxi service in Maharashtra on February 17, 2022, from the newly constructed Belapur Jetty.
  • The Belapur Jetty was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray same day.
  • Both the inaugurations were held virtually.
  • The Water Taxi service will connect the twin cities of Navi Mumbai to mainland Mumbai.
  • This will be for the first time that South Mumbai to Navi Mumbai will be connected by fast and reliable transport services which will help in reducing the travelling time .

Belapur Jetty

  • The Belapur Jetty project in Navi Mumbai has been built under the Sagarmala programme.
  • The project began in January 2019 and was completed by September 2021.
  • The overall cost of construction is Rs 8.37 crore, with equal funding by the Centre and state government. 

Source: The Hindu

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