Pandu Port is a

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in the Indian state of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

, serving

Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

. This port has been developed on the bank of the Brahmaputra river. The port is the most important and the largest river port in Assam state. Many passenger ships at the port are anchored with the tourists. However, the state government has now allocated funds for the modernization of the port for national waterway development projects. In order to arrange a ship anchorage, a naval terminal or permanent jetty has been formed. The Port is included in the port of call agreement between India and Bangladesh.

History

The port has been working as the main river port of the

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for a long time centering Guwahati city. In the British India era, jute and tea were transported from the port to Kolkata Port and

Chittagong port The Chittagong Port ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বন্দর) is the main seaport of Bangladesh. Located in Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong and on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the port handles over 90 percent of Bangladesh' ...

. The necessary goods were imported by the port on the same track. But after independence, this path was started till 1956. After that it was closed.

Importance

Pandu port acts as a natural river harbour. It falls under Dhubri-Sadiya National Waterway-2 and is an important terminal cum transit point for goods and cargo as well as passenger and tourist vessels. Construction of both low-level and high-level jetty of fixed terminal, capable of handling container vessels, has been completed and has further enhanced revenue generation for the city. The port opened a new route for transporting goods in Assam and North East India.

and

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associated with Kolkata Port and Haldia Port by Pandu port.

Infrastructure

A low level jetty is operational for berthing of vessels. Two shore cranes of 20 ton capacity, one container crane of 75 ton capacity and ones floating crane are placed at terminal for handling of cargo. A high level jetty and B.G. siding is under construction at this location. * A permanent terminal for container transport. * The high and low level jetty of the river for shipping the goods.

RORO

Port has a

roll-on/roll-off Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...

(RORO) ferry service with 1 vessel operated on

National Waterway 2 National Waterway 2 (NW-2) is a section of the Brahmaputra River having a length of 891 km between the Bangladesh border near Dhubri and Sadiya in Assam. History It was declared as National Waterway No. 2 on 1 September 1988. Developmen ...

(NW2) by

Inland Waterways Authority of India Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is the statutory authority in charge of the waterways in India. It was constituted under IWAI Act-1985 by the Parliament of India.http://iwai.nic.in/showfile.php?lid=882 See section 3 of the act Its hea ...

(IWAR) with capacity of 200 passenger, 4 cars and 2 trucks.Inland Waterways Authority of India to provide Assam four new state-of-the-art Ro-Pax vessels
Economic Times, Jul 28, 2020.

References

External links

Pandu Port-WikiMapia
{{Indian Waterways Network, state=collapsed Ports and harbours of Assam River ports of India Transport in Guwahati