SL Ganga during the flagging-off ceremony in Kolkata on Thursday. PTI

Kolkata, June 1

The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) today unveiled two hydrographic survey and inspection vessels to be deployed in Ganga along the Haldia-Allahabad stretch of National Waterway-1. The vessels – SL Ganga and SL Jhanvi – were constructed at a cost of Rs 3.24 crore.IWAI chairman Nutan Guha Biswas said these specialised survey vessels would help identify the exact nature of dredging requirements and sites to get assured three-metre draft which the body has planned to maintain all along the stretch.In West Bengal, upstream of Tribeni there are six to seven pockets where dredging is required.Biswas met senior West Bengal Government officials to apprise them about the developments of the first phase of Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) on National Waterways-I between Haldia and Varanasi.The work on Farraka lock gate work has commenced and it is expected to be completed by 2019, IWAI officials said.Asked about the proposal for a second multimodal terminal at Kalyani, Tribeni or Balagarh, besides Haldia, they said the second one would depend upon the dedicated freight corridor coming up at Dankuni. — PTI

Navy sailor found dead aboard INS Rana in Vizag

Visakhapatnam, June 1

A 21-year-old sailor was found dead with bullet injuries on board Navy vessel INS Rana in Visakhapatnam today.A spokesman for Eastern Naval Command said there was no clue yet on whether sailor Vikash Yadav, hailing from Madhya Pradesh, shot himself or if his gun went off accidentally.“A Board of Inquiry is being constituted to investigate the incident,” the spokesman added.“Yadav, an electrical mechanic of power class 1, sustained a bullet injury while on duty as security sentry in the early hours today. He was immediately shifted to the navy hospital where he was declared brought dead,” the Navy spokesman said.He hailed from Bhind and was unmarried. No case has been registered so far. PTI