M V Ram Prasad Bismil becomes longest vessel to sail on River Brahmaputra 

• The MV Ram Prasad Bismil has become the longest vessel ever to sail on the river Brahmaputra.
• The 90 meters long and 26 meters wide flotilla, loaded with a draft of 2.1 meters, achieved the feat on March 15, 2022, when it successfully completed the pilot run of heavy cargo movement from Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Haldia, to Pandu port in Guwahati.
• The cargo vessel was flagged off from the Haldia Dock in Kolkata along with two barges (DB Kalpana Chawla and DB APJ Abdul Kalam) by Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (PSW), Sarbananda Sonowal on February 16, 2022 and docked at Pandu port in Guwahati on March 15, 2022..
• Carrying 1793 metric tonnes of steel rods, the vessel covered the distance from Haldia to Pandu through Bangladesh on the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBPR).

Points to Remember:

1. Name of longest vessel ever to sail on the river Brahmaputra?
2. MV Ram Prasad Bismil was flagged off from which sea port and reached which sea port to become the longest vessel ever to sail on the river Brahmaputra.