Central team to study Krishna River Water Metro connecting Vijayawada and Amaravati

The Andhra Pradesh government has sought the Inland Waterways Authority of India’s (IWAI) clearance for a Water Metro covering the Krishna River Region, connecting Vijayawada with Amaravati, on the lines of the successful Kochi Water Metro project.

A team of the Government of India will be coming soon to do a preliminary study in response to the request by the A.P. Inland Waterways Authority (APIWA) Chairman Z. Siva Prasad.

In a letter to IWAI Chairman Sushil Kumar Lohani recently, Mr. Siva Prasad stated that three National Waterways (NW-4, NW-79 and NW-104) were passing through Andhra Pradesh, with the Krishna and Godavari rivers supporting about 250 operational inland vessels for cargo, ferries, and tourism.