Inland River Lighthouses on Brahmaputra: ₹84 Crore Navigation & Tourism Infrastructure

Key facts

• Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) laid foundation stones for India’s first inland river lighthouses on Brahmaputra River.
• Four lighthouses will come up at Bogibeel (Dibrugarh), Pandu (Kamrup Metro), Silghat (Nagaon) on the south bank and Biswanath Ghat (Biswanath) on the north bank along National Waterway-2.
• Combined project outlay is approximately ₹84 crore; each 20-metre solar-powered lighthouse will give 14 nautical miles geographical range and 8–10 nautical miles luminous range.
• Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships (DGLL) signed on 8 April 2025 for all four sites.
• Every lighthouse complex will house a museum, amphitheatre, cafeteria, children’s play area, souvenir shop and landscaped public spaces to boost tourism.
• Completion target is 24 months from contract award after geotechnical investigation, topographic survey and detailed design.
• Cargo movement on NW-2 rose 53 percent in FY 2024–25, making 24×7 safe navigation critical for Assam’s tea, coal and fertiliser supply chains.