Sonowal Lays Foundation for Four River Lighthouses on Brahmaputra

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday laid the foundation stones for four river lighthouses along the Brahmaputra River, marking the first lighthouse infrastructure on an inland waterway in India.

The ceremony was held at Lachit Ghat in Guwahati and organised by the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships and the Inland Waterways Authority of India.

The lighthouses will be built at Bogibeel (Dibrugarh), Pandu (Kamrup Metro), Silghat (Nagaon) and Biswanath Ghat (Biswanath) with a total project cost of about ₹84 crore. Each 20-metre lighthouse will run on solar power and support safe 24×7 river navigation.

The project aims to boost cargo and passenger movement on National Waterway 2, while also developing tourism facilities such as museums, amphitheatres and public spaces at the sites.