UltraTech’s
participation in the pilot was supported by the Inland Waterways Authority of
India and Inland & Coastal Shipping, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shipping
Corporation of India. Use of inland
waterways over roadways and railways will result in significant carbon
emissions reduction. It will also help decongest roads and rail routes.
UltraTech’s
participation in the pilot provides a boost to the Government’s efforts to
promote use of inland waterways. The project has been enabled by the GoI’s
revised Cargo Movement policy.
KC Jhanwar, Managing Director, UltraTech Cement
said the company had partnered with the Government in promoting use of inland
waterways in line with Maritime India Vision 2030 and Maritime Amrit Kaal
Vision 2047.
The pilot movement
over National Waterway 1 underscores UltraTech’s commitment to green logistics
as an enabler to realise its Net Zero goal by 2050, he said.