Inland Waterways Authority of India will provide support for

• Facilitating with adequate fairway.
• Handling of LPG cargo on IWAI terminals/ Multimodal Terminals at Haldia, Sahibganj and Varanasi as per notified provisions and rates on request of MOL.
• Providing Lease Available Depth (LAD) information on fortnightly/ monthly basis.

• Presently, 60% of the LPG is moved through road to the various locations with a cost of Rs. 5 to 6 per metric tonne per kilometre, which the oil companies are interested in reducing.
  
• At times, there are issues of strikes by transporters, road blockages which cause delay in transportation. 
  
• There are some areas which are difficult to approach through rail/ road especially in the North-East Region where IWT sector may provide usable solutions.
  
• Besides the parcel size as compared to road trucks which can carry 17 MT of LPG in case of barges shall be of bigger size depending on  the barge leading to economies of scale.