Tightrope walk for Gadkari as Ganga rejuvenation, inland waterways clash

NGT recently issued a notice over the Centre's plan to run a water taxi service on the Yamuna

Union minister Nitin Gadkari’s ambitious plan of starting a 'water taxi' service from the national capital suffered a setback last month when the National Green Tribunal (NGT) sent a notice to the government over the project. This is just one example of how the minister in charge of inland waterways and the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation will need to balance out the objectives of his two ministries.

The Ministry of Shipping and the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) had envisaged a 'water taxi' project on the Yamuna, which would run from Delhi's Wazirabad barrage