LET’S SET SAIL: A gangway-cum-pontoon jetty constructed by the WBITDC at Panihati, in North 24-Parganas. Pictures by Kishor Roy Chowdhury

Diptimoy Ghosh: You had built several jetties in the Sunderbans area. Do you have any plan to implement any such provisions for river traffic?

We will soon be constructing about 50 jetties along the Hooghly as part of a central government project. The jetties will help increase and ease river traffic. After the jetties are ready, ferry services may be plied along the route.