Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched the Roll-on-Roll-off (RoRo) service which will ferry people and goods vehicles to provide much needed connectivity to Majuli river island.
About:
“Ro-Ro” stands for Roll-on & Roll-off.
These waterways projects comprise of Ro-Ro ships/vessels which are designed to carry wheeled cargo (such as cars, trucks etc) that are driven on and off the ship on their wheels or using a platform vehicle and related port terminal and approach connectivity infrastructure.
While passenger jetties are used solely to ferry passengers, Ro-Ro jetties have built-in or have shore-based ramps that allow the cargo to be efficiently rolled on and off the vessel when in port.
Ro-ro vs Lo-Lo: It is different from the so-called Lo-Lo services in which vehicles can’t roll on and roll off the boat, but are lifted on and off by a crane.
Recent development:
The RoRo service was launched in collaboration between Inland Waterways Authority of India and Assam government.
This Ro-Ro facility will cut down the circuitous road route of 423 KMs that trucks take from Neamati to Majuli Island via Tezpur Road Bridge, by limiting the distance to only 12.7 KM with the use of river route.
The vessel which is 46.50-meter-long and 13.30-meter-wide has a carrying capacity of eight trucks and 100 passengers. The vessel can sail at the speed of 22 km per house.
Earlier, IWAI had started a similar Ro-Ro service between Dhubri and Hatsingimari which reduced the travel distance by 190 KMs.
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