Lok Sabha Question No. 1997 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Development of Waterways
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUSHAWAHA, KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL, MANOJ RAJORIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1997 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th JULY, 2017 DEVELOPMENT OF WATERWAYS

†1997. SHRI RAVINDER KUSHAWAHA: SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL: DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to extend the waterways network in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has been taking special measures/efforts to develop the rivers as waterways in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of funds allocated and utilized during each of the last three years and the current year for the purpose;
- (d) the model of development proposed to be adopted for these waterways along with the estimated expenditure to be incurred therein;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to connect Dohrighat, Barhaj and Ballia of eastern Uttar Pradesh with Haldia; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof along with the time-frame set for the purpose and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a): A total of 111 National Waterways (NWs) including five existing NWs have been declared under the National Waterways Act, 2016. A list of the 111 NWs is at Annexure .  It is not presently proposed to extend the number of NWs in the country.
- (b):  Some of the major initiatives to develop the National Waterways recently are as under:
- i) To strengthen navigation capacity and promote transportation of cargo and passengers  on  National  Waterway-1  (NW-1),  on  the  Haldia-Varanasi stretch  of  Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly  River  System,  the  Jal  Marg  Vikas Project  (JMVP)  has  been  taken  up  for  development  with  technical  and investment  support  of  the  World  Bank  at  an  estimated  cost  of  Rs.5369 crore.

- ii) A  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  has  been  signed  by  India  and Bangladesh  for  dredging  in  the  Sirajganj  -  Daikhowa  and  AshuganjZakiganj  stretches  on  the  Indo-Bangladesh  Protocol  route  in  Bangladesh by sharing the cost of dredging by India and Bangladesh in the ratio 80:20. The  implementation of the MoU  would  facilitate critical connectivity between  National  Waterway-1  (River  Ganga)  and  National  Waterway-2 (River Brahmaputra).
- iii)     On NW-2 (River Brahmaputra), Roll on - Roll off (Ro-Ro) services between Dhubri  and  Hatsingimari  have  commenced,  reducing  the  circuitous  road route of about 220 km via Jogighopa to reach Hatsingimari.
- iv)            Construction  of  Slipway  at  Pandu  (Assam)  with  December,  2018  as  the target date of completion.  This will be the first dry dock repair facility in the NE Region. Presently, the vessels plying on NW-2 need to sail to Kolkata for dry dock repairs and maintenance.
- v)       On  NW-4,  Phase-I  development  of  the  stretch  between  Muktyala  to Vijayawada  (82  kms)  has  commenced.    This  will  provide  an  efficient logistics solution to boost the economic growth of the region and facilitate the development of the new  capital city Amravati (during its early development stage) of Andhra Pradesh as substantial construction material is expected to be transported on this stretch of NW-4.
- (c): The budgetary resources allocated and expenditure incurred during the last three years and current year are as under:-

(Rs. in crore)

| Year    | Budgetary Estimates (BE)                | Expenditure           |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 2014-15 | 267                                     | 117.21                |
| 2015-16 | 300                                     | 293.44                |
| 2016-17 | 350 + 1000 (Bonds to be raised by IWAI) | 517.89                |
| 2017-18 | 228 + 660 (Bonds to be raised by IWAI)  | 48.75 Upto 30.06.2017 |

- (d):  Under the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) Act, 1985, IWAI has been mandated  to  develop  NWs  for  the  purpose  of  shipping  and  navigation  in  the country.    The  funding  for  development  of  NWs  are  met  from  the  Government's Budgetary  Support  (through  Grants  to  IWAI),  External  Budgetary  Resources (EBRs)  by  raising  bonds,  Loans  from  World  Bank  and  through  Private  Sector participation.
- (e)&(f):Ballia  is  on  the  bank  of  river  Ganga  (NW-1),  is  already  connected  with  Haldia. Dohrighat and Barhaj are on the bank of river Ghaghra and the stretch of this river from  Faizabad  to  Manjhighat  has  been  declared  as  National  Waterway-40.      A decision on development of NW- 40 would be taken after completing its technical assessment and commercial viability.

## LIST OF NATIONAL WATERWAYS

|   National Waterway Number | Name of National Waterways                                   |   Length (Kms.) | State                                  |
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|                          1 | Ganga - Bhagirathi - Hooghly                                 |          1620   | UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal      |
|                          2 | Brahmaputra                                                  |           891   | Assam                                  |
|                          3 | West Coast Canal alongwithChampakara&Udyogma ndal Canal      |           365   | Kerala                                 |
|                          4 | Kakinada Puducherry Canal alongwith Godavari &Krishna rivers |          2890   | Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telanagana |
|                          5 | East Coast Canal alongwithBrahmani& Mahanadi Delta           |           588   | Odisha, West Bengal                    |
|                          6 | Aai                                                          |            71   | Assam                                  |
|                          7 | Ajoy (Ajay)                                                  |            96   | West Bengal                            |
|                          8 | Alappuzha- Changanassery Canal                               |            28   | Kerala                                 |
|                          9 | Alappuzha- Kottayam- Athirampuzha Canal                      |            38   | Kerala                                 |
|                         10 | Amba River                                                   |            45   | Maharashtra                            |
|                         11 | Arunawati/ Aran River                                        |            98   | Maharashtra                            |
|                         12 | Asi                                                          |             5.5 | UP                                     |
|                         13 | AVMCanal (Kanyakumari to Kollam)                             |            11   | Tamil Nadu                             |
|                         14 | Baitarni River                                               |            49   | Odisha                                 |
|                         15 | Bakreswar/ Mayurakshi River                                  |           137   | West Bengal                            |
|                         16 | Barak                                                        |           121   | Assam                                  |
|                         17 | Beas                                                         |           191   | HP &Punjab                             |
|                         18 | Beki                                                         |            73   | Assam                                  |
|                         19 | Betwa                                                        |            68   | UP                                     |
|                         20 | Bhavani River                                                |            94   | Tamil Nadu                             |
|                         21 | Bheema                                                       |           139   | Telangana Karnataka                    |
|                         22 | Birupa/ BadiGenguti/ Brahmani River System                   |           156   | Odisha                                 |
|                         23 | BudhaBalanga                                                 |            56   | Odisha                                 |
|                         24 | Chambal                                                      |            60   | UP                                     |
|                         25 | Chapora                                                      |            33   | Goa                                    |
|                         26 | Chenab                                                       |            53   | J&K &Punjab                            |
|                         27 | Cumberjua                                                    |            17   | Goa                                    |
|                         28 | Dabhol Creek/ Vasishti river                                 |            45   | Maharashtra                            |
|                         29 | Damodar                                                      |           135   | West Bengal                            |
|                         30 | Dehing                                                       |           114   | Assam                                  |
|                         31 | Dhansiri/ Chathe                                             |           110   | Assam                                  |
|                         32 | Dikhu                                                        |            63   | Assam                                  |
|                         33 | Doyans                                                       |            61   | Assam                                  |
|                         34 | DVC Canal                                                    |           130   | West Bengal                            |
|                         35 | Dwarekeswar                                                  |           113   | West Bengal                            |
|                         36 | Dwarka                                                       |           121   | West Bengal                            |

## Annexure

| 37    | Gandak                                                     | 300   | Bihar &UP                  |
|-------|------------------------------------------------------------|-------|----------------------------|
| 38    | Gangadhar                                                  | 62    | Assam &West Bengal         |
| 39    | Ganol River                                                | 49    | Meghalaya                  |
| 40    | Ghaghra River                                              | 340   | Bihar &UP                  |
| 41    | Ghataprabha                                                | 112   | Karnataka                  |
| 42    | Gomti                                                      | 518   | UP                         |
| 43    | Gurupur                                                    | 10    | Karnataka                  |
| 44    | Ichamati                                                   | 64    | West Bengal                |
| 45    | Indira Gandhi Canal                                        | 650   | Haryana, Punjab &Rajasthan |
| 46    | Indus                                                      | 35    | J&K                        |
| 47    | Jalangi                                                    | 131   | West Bengal                |
| 48    | Jawai-Luni river &Rann of Kutch                            | 590   | Rajasthan &Gujarat         |
| 49    | Jhelum                                                     | 110   | J&K                        |
| 50    | Jinjiram River                                             | 43    | Meghalaya &Assam           |
| 51    | Kabini                                                     | 23    | Karnataka                  |
| 52    | Kali                                                       | 54    | Karnataka                  |
| 53    | Kalyan - Thane - Mumbai Waterway, Vasai creek &Ulhas river | 145   | Maharashtra                |
| 54    | Karamnasa                                                  | 86    | UP &Bihar                  |
| 55    | Kaveri/ Kollidam river                                     | 364   | Tamil Nadu                 |
| 56    | Kherkai                                                    | 23    | Jharkhand                  |
| 57    | Kopili River                                               | 46    | Assam                      |
| 58    | Koshi                                                      | 236   | Bihar                      |
| 59    | Kottayam- Vaikom Canal                                     | 28    | Kerala                     |
| 60    | Kumari                                                     | 77    | West Bengal                |
| 61    | Kynshi River                                               | 28    | Meghalaya                  |
| 62    | Lohit                                                      | 100   | Assam                      |
| 63    | Luni                                                       | 327   | Rajasthan                  |
| 64    | Mahanadi                                                   | 425   | Odisha                     |
| 65    | Mahananda                                                  | 81    | West Bengal                |
| 66    | Mahi                                                       | 248   | Gujarat                    |
| 67    | Malaprabha                                                 | 94    | Karnataka                  |
| 68    | Mandovi                                                    | 41    | Goa                        |
| 69    | Manimutharu                                                | 5     | Tamil Nadu                 |
| 70    | Manjara                                                    | 242   | Maharashtra, &Telangana    |
| 71    | Mapusa/ Moide river                                        | 27    | Goa                        |
| 72    | Nag                                                        | 60    | Maharashtra                |
| 73    | Narmada                                                    | 227   | Gujarat                    |
| 74    | Netravathi                                                 | 78    | Karnataka                  |
| 75    | Palar                                                      | 141   | Tamil Nadu                 |
| 76    | Panchagangavali (Panchagangoli)                            | 23    | Karnataka                  |
| 77    | Pazhyar                                                    | 20    | Tamil Nadu                 |
| 78    | Penganga/ Wardha                                           | 265   | Maharashtra &Telangana     |
| 79    | Pennar                                                     | 29    | Andhra Pradesh             |
| 80    | Ponniyar                                                   | 125   | Tamil Nadu                 |
| 81    | Punpun                                                     | 35    | Bihar                      |
| 82    | Puthimari                                                  | 72    | Assam                      |
| 83    | Rajpuri creek                                              | 31    | Maharashtra                |
| 84 85 | Ravi Revdanda Creek/ Kundalika river                       | 42 31 | HP &J&K Maharashtra        |

| 86   | Rupnarayan River                         | 72     | West Bengal                    |
|------|------------------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------|
| 87   | Sabarmati                                | 212    | Gujarat                        |
| 88   | Sal                                      | 14     | Goa                            |
| 89   | Savitri River (Bankot creek)             | 46     | Maharashtra                    |
| 90   | Sharavati River                          | 29     | Karnataka                      |
| 91   | Shastri River/ Jaigad creek              | 52     | Maharashtra                    |
| 92   | Silabati                                 | 26     | West Bengal                    |
| 93   | Simsang River                            | 62     | Meghalaya                      |
| 94   | Sone                                     | 160    | Bihar                          |
| 95   | Subansiri                                | 111    | Assam                          |
| 96   | Subarnrekha River                        | 314    | Jharkhand, West Bengal &Odisha |
| 97   | Sunderbans Waterway                      | 654    | West Bengal                    |
|      | Bidya river                              |        | West Bengal                    |
|      | ChhotaKalagachi (ChhotoKalergachi) river |        | West Bengal                    |
|      | Gomar                                    |        | West Bengal                    |
|      | Haribhanga river                         |        | West Bengal                    |
|      | Hogla (Hogal) - Pathankhali river        |        | West Bengal                    |
|      | Kalindi (Kalandi) river                  |        | West Bengal                    |
|      | Katakhali river                          |        | West Bengal                    |
|      | Matla river                              |        | West Bengal                    |
|      | Muri Ganga (Baratala) river              |        | West Bengal                    |
|      | Raimangal river                          |        | West Bengal                    |
|      | Sahibkhali (Sahebkhali) river            |        | West Bengal                    |
|      | Saptamukhi river                         |        | West Bengal                    |
|      | Thakurran river                          |        | West Bengal                    |
| 98   | Sutlej                                   | 377    | Punjab&HP                      |
| 99   | Tamaraparani                             | 64     | Tamil Nadu                     |
| 100  | Tapi                                     | 436    | Maharashtra& Gujarat           |
| 101  | Tizu / Zungki Rivers                     | 42     | Nagaland                       |
| 102  | Tlawng (Dhaleswari)                      | 86     | Mizoram                        |
| 103  | Tons                                     | 73     | UP                             |
| 104  | Tungabhadra                              | 230    | Telangana, Karnataka &AP       |
| 105  | Udayavara                                | 16     | Karnataka                      |
| 106  | Umngot (Dawki) River                     | 20     | Meghalaya                      |
| 107  | Vaigai                                   | 45     | Tamil Nadu                     |
| 108  | Varuna River                             | 53     | UP                             |
| 109  | Wainganga / Pranahita River              | 164    | Maharashtra &Telangana         |
| 110  | Yamuna                                   | 1089   | Haryana, UP &Delhi             |
| 111  | Zuari                                    | 50     | Goa                            |
|      | TOTAL                                    | 20,275 |                                |