Lok Sabha Question No. 4009 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: Development of River Network
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4009 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th AUGUST, 2017

## LOK SABHA DEVELOPMENT OF RIVER NETWORK

## 4009. SHRI B.V. NAIK:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to develop a river network on the lines of road-network across the country; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)&(b):To  promote  Inland  Water  Transport  (IWT)  in  the  country,  111  National Waterways, (NWs), including the five NWs which had been notified earlier, have been declared as National Waterways under the National Waterways Act, 2016.  The list of these NWs is at Annexure -1 .

Out  of  the  106  newly  declared  NWs,  32  NWs  have  been  found technically  feasible  and  20  NWs  found  unviable  for  development  for navigational purposes as per feasibility reports. Out of the 32 viable NWs, the  development  process  has  been  initiated  on  7  NWs  and  the  status  of development  of  these  NWs  is  at Annexure-II. Feasibility  studies  on  the remaining  52  waterways  are  being  done  by  IWAI  and  studies  for  2  NWs have been taken up by the respective State Governments separately.

## 111 - NATIONAL WATERWAYS LIST

## Annexure-I

|   National Waterway Number | Name of National Waterways                                   |   Len- gth | State                                  |
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------------------------|
|                          1 | Ganga - Bhagirathi - Hooghly                                 |     1620   | UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal      |
|                          2 | Brahmaputra                                                  |      891   | Assam                                  |
|                          3 | West Coast Canal alongwithChampakara&Udyogmandal 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                            |
|                         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 66 | Mahananda                                                  | 81 248 | West Bengal                |
|       | Mahi                                                       |        | Gujarat                    |
| 67    | Malaprabha                                                 | 94     | Karnataka                  |
| 68 69 | Mandovi Manimutharu                                        | 41 5   | Goa Tamil Nadu             |
| 70    | Manjara                                                    | 242    | Maharashtra, &Telangana    |
|       | Moide river                                                | 27     | Goa                        |
| 71    | Mapusa/                                                    |        |                            |
| 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 82 | Punpun                                                     | 35     | Bihar                      |
| 83    | Puthimari Rajpuri creek                                    | 72 31  | Assam Maharashtra          |
| 84    | Ravi                                                       | 42     | HP &J&K                    |
| 85    | Revdanda Creek/ Kundalika river                            | 31     | Maharashtra                |
| 86    | Rupnarayan River                                           | 72     | West Bengal                |
| 87    | Sabarmati                                                  | 212    | Gujarat                    |
| 88 89 | Sal Savitri River (Bankot creek)                           | 14 46  | Goa                        |
| 90    | Sharavati River                                            | 29     | Maharashtra 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                    |
| 97   | Bidya river                              | 654     | West Bengal                    |
| 97   | ChhotaKalagachi (ChhotoKalergachi) river | 654     | West Bengal                    |
| 97   | Gomar                                    | 654     | West Bengal                    |
| 97   | Haribhanga river                         | 654     | West Bengal                    |
| 97   | Hogla (Hogal) - Pathankhali river        | 654     | West Bengal                    |
| 97   | Kalindi (Kalandi) river                  | 654     | West Bengal                    |
| 97   | Katakhali river                          | 654     | West Bengal                    |
| 97   | Matla river                              | 654     | West Bengal                    |
| 97   | Muri Ganga (Baratala) river              | 654     | West Bengal                    |
| 97   | Raimangal river                          | 654     | West Bengal                    |
| 97   | Sahibkhali (Sahebkhali) river            | 654     | West Bengal                    |
| 97   | Saptamukhi river                         | 654     | West Bengal                    |
| 97   | Thakurran river                          | 654     | 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                                    | 20,27 5 |                                |

## Annexure - II

|   S. No. | Status of Development of Seven new National Waterways                           | Status of Development of Seven new National Waterways                                                                                                                                                                   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | River Barak (NW 16):                                                            | Dredging work for development of fairway has been awarded. Consultant has been engaged for preparation of DPR for upgradation of terminals at Badarpur, Karimganj and construction of new floating terminal at Silchar. |
|        2 | 03 (Three) Waterways in Goa (NW- 27:Cumberjua, NW68 - Mandovi, NW111 - Zuari ): | A proposal for development of these NWs at a cost of Rs.22.65 crores has been approved on 02.06.2017. Work would be executed through Government of Goa with the assistance of Mormugao Port Trust.                      |
|        3 | Alappuzha-Kottayam- Athirampuzha Canal (NW-9) :                                 | Proposal for development of the fairway at a cost of Rs.1.60 crores has been approved on 02.06.2017.                                                                                                                    |
|        4 | River Gandak (NW-37) :                                                          | Proposal for development of the fairway and two floating terminals at a cost of Rs.12.91 crores has been approved on 02.06.2017.                                                                                        |
|        5 | River Rupnarayan (NW-86) :                                                      | Proposal for development of fairway and one floating pontoon at a cost of Rs.24.00 crores has been approved on 02.06.2017.                                                                                              |

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