India, March 5 -- Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, laid the foundation stones for four river lighthouses in Assam along the Brahmaputra River, marking the first time lighthouse infrastructure is being installed on an inland waterway in India.

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

The lighthouses will be constructed at Bogibeel in Dibrugarh district, Pandu in Kamrup (Metro) district, Silghat in Nagaon district, all along the south bank, and Biswanath Ghat in Biswanath district on the north bank. These sites ...