Guwahati, March 5 -- India took a pioneering step in inland waterway navigation as Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal, laid the foundation stones for four river lighthouses along the banks of the Brahmaputra River, marking the first time lighthouse infrastructure will be established on an inland waterway in the country.

The ceremony, held at Lachit Ghat in Guwahati on Thursday, was jointly organised by the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships (DGLL) and the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), under the aegis of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW).

The four sites, Bogibeel in Dibrugarh district; Pandu in Kamrup (Metro) district; Silghat in Nagaon district, al...