Kolkata: To reduce the carbon emission in the water transport sector in West Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee government has given a contract to defence shipyard, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), to design and construct a next generation electric ferry.
Special secretary of the state transport department Anindya Sengupta and GRSE director (shipbuilding) Commander (Retired) Shantanu Bose and signed the agreement.
The ‘Green’ vessel has the potential to replace the conventional diesel engine driven ferries operated in Hooghly river. The arrival of the electric ferry is set to transform the inland water transport system in National Waterway- 1 being developed from Haldia to Varanasi.
