Lok Sabha Question No. 447 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: Waterways Projects
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: MANOJ RAJORIA, BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL, YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY, M. K. RAGHAVAN, RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.447

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016 WATERWAYS PROJECTS

## †447.   DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL:

SHRI Y.V. SUBBA REDDY:

SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

## पोतप�रवहनमंत्

- (a) the present status of progress made towards development of national waterways as per the National Waterways Bill, 2015;
- (b) the list of rivers proposed to be developed as national waterways in the country, State-wise;
- (c) whether river Sutlej/Beas and Conolly Canal have been included in that list and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the extent to which these waterways are likely to boost transportation of goods and passengers and reduce transportation cost; and
- (e) whether the Government has started inviting bids for these projects and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a):The National Waterways Act, 2016 has been enforced with effect from 12 April 2016. A decision to undertake  development  of  National  Waterways  (NWs)  declared  under  this  Act,  is  based  on  Techno Economic Feasibility Study and Detailed Project Report, commissioned on each of them, by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI). It has been decided to undertake development of 37 NWs in the next three years.

- (b):   A State-wise list of 111 NWsdeclared under the National Waterways Act 2016 is at Annexexure .
- (c):  Specified stretches of River Sutlej and Beas have been included in the list of declared NWs as NWs No. 17 and 98 respectively.

(d):As per a RITES Report of 2014 on 'Integrated National Waterways Transportation Grid (INWTG)' the cost comparison between Inland Water Transport (IWT) mode and rail and road transport is given below:

| Mode     |   Pre tax freight tonne km) |   (R Post Service tax freight (Rs. per tonne km) |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Railways |                        1.36 |                                             1.41 |
| Highways |                        2.5  |                                             2.58 |
| IWT      |                        1.06 |                                             1.06 |

The  significant  cost  saving  shows  that  the  promotion  of  Inland  Water  Transport  (IWT)  would  have positive impact on reduction of overall logistics cost.

(e): On  NW-1  (River  Ganga),  works  have  been  awarded  under  the  Jal  Marg  Vikas  Project  for construction of Multimodal Terminals at Varanasi and Sahibganj and Navigational lock at Farakka and award of work for Multimodal Terminal at Haldia is in the final stage. On NW-2 (River Brahmaputra), Ro-Ro transportation between Dhubri and Hatsingamari has commenced and slipway facilities are being constructed at Pandu. Normal development works are ongoing on NW-3. On NW-4, award for tender for dredging of shoals between Vijaywada and Muktiyala on River Krishna is in the final stage. On NW-5, work  for  development  of  fairway  in  the  non-tidal  stretch  between  Erada  and  Padanipal  has  been awarded. Tendering for award for projects on the remaining 32 NWs to be undertaken in the next three years will begin from November 2016 and go on till December 2018.

## Annexure

## LIST OF 111 - NATIONAL WATERWAYS

|   Sl. No | National Waterway    |   Approximate Length(Km.) | State                                  |
|----------|----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|        1 | National Waterway-1  |                    1620   | UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal      |
|        2 | National Waterway-2  |                     891   | Assam                                  |
|        3 | National Waterway-3  |                     365   | Kerala                                 |
|        4 | National Waterway-4  |                    2890   | Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telanagana |
|        5 | National Waterway-5  |                     588   | Odisha, West Bengal                    |
|        6 | National Waterway-6  |                      71   | Assam                                  |
|        7 | National Waterway-7  |                      96   | West Bengal                            |
|        8 | National Waterway-8  |                      28   | Kerala                                 |
|        9 | National Waterway-9  |                      38   | Kerala                                 |
|       10 | National Waterway-10 |                      45   | Maharashtra                            |
|       11 | National Waterway-11 |                      98   | Maharashtra                            |
|       12 | National Waterway-12 |                       5.5 | UP                                     |
|       13 | National Waterway-13 |                      11   | Tamil Nadu                             |
|       14 | National Waterway-14 |                      49   | Odisha                                 |
|       15 | National Waterway-15 |                     137   | West Bengal                            |
|       16 | National Waterway-16 |                     121   | Assam                                  |
|       17 | National Waterway-17 |                     191   | HP &Punjab                             |
|       18 | National Waterway-18 |                      73   | Assam                                  |
|       19 | National Waterway-19 |                      68   | UP                                     |
|       20 | National Waterway-20 |                      94   | Tamil Nadu                             |
|       21 | National Waterway-21 |                     139   | Telangana Karnataka                    |
|       22 | National Waterway-22 |                     156   | Odisha                                 |
|       23 | National Waterway-23 |                      56   | Odisha                                 |
|       24 | National Waterway-24 |                      60   | UP                                     |
|       25 | National Waterway-25 |                      33   | Goa                                    |
|       26 | National Waterway-26 |                      53   | J&K &Punjab                            |
|       27 | National Waterway-27 |                      17   | Goa                                    |
|       28 | National Waterway-28 |                      45   | Maharashtra                            |
|       29 | National Waterway-29 |                     135   | West Bengal                            |
|       30 | National Waterway-30 |                     114   | Assam                                  |

|   31 | National Waterway-31                      |   110 | Assam                      |
|------|-------------------------------------------|-------|----------------------------|
|   32 | National Waterway-32                      |    63 | Assam                      |
|   33 | National Waterway-33                      |    61 | Assam                      |
|   34 | National Waterway-34                      |   130 | West Bengal                |
|   35 | National Waterway-35                      |   113 | West Bengal                |
|   36 | National Waterway-36                      |   121 | West Bengal                |
|   37 | National Waterway-37                      |   300 | Bihar &UP                  |
|   38 | National Waterway-38                      |    62 | Assam &West Bengal         |
|   39 | National Waterway-39                      |    49 | Meghalaya                  |
|   40 | National Waterway-40                      |   340 | Bihar &UP                  |
|   41 | National Waterway-41                      |   112 | Karnataka                  |
|   42 | National Waterway-42                      |   518 | UP                         |
|   43 | National Waterway-43                      |    10 | Karnataka                  |
|   44 | National Waterway-44                      |    64 | West Bengal                |
|   45 | National Waterway-45                      |   650 | Haryana, Punjab &Rajasthan |
|   46 | National Waterway-46                      |    35 | J&K                        |
|   47 | National Waterway-47                      |   131 | West Bengal                |
|   48 | National Waterway-48                      |   590 | Rajasthan &Gujarat         |
|   49 | National Waterway-49                      |   110 | J&K                        |
|   50 | National Waterway-50                      |    43 | Meghalaya &Assam           |
|   51 | National Waterway-51                      |    23 | Karnataka                  |
|   52 | National Waterway-52                      |    54 | Karnataka                  |
|   53 | National Waterway-53                      |   145 | Maharashtra                |
|   54 | National Waterway-54                      |    86 | UP &Bihar                  |
|   55 | National Waterway-55                      |   364 | Tamil Nadu                 |
|   56 | National Waterway-56                      |    23 | Jharkhand                  |
|   57 | National Waterway-57                      |    46 | Assam                      |
|   58 | National Waterway-58                      |   236 | Bihar                      |
|   59 | National Waterway-59                      |    28 | Kerala                     |
|   60 | National Waterway-60                      |    77 | West Bengal                |
|   61 | National Waterway-61                      |    28 | Meghalaya                  |
|   62 | National Waterway-62                      |   100 | Assam                      |
|   63 | National Waterway-63                      |   327 | Rajasthan                  |
|   64 | National Waterway-64                      |   425 | Odisha                     |
|   65 | National Waterway-65                      |    81 | West Bengal                |
|   66 | National Waterway-66                      |   248 | Gujarat                    |
|   67 | National Waterway-67                      |    94 | Karnataka                  |
|   68 | National Waterway-68                      |    41 | Goa                        |
|   69 | National Waterway-69                      |     5 | Tamil Nadu                 |
|   70 | National Waterway-70                      |   242 | Maharashtra, &Telangana    |
|   71 | National Waterway-71                      |    27 | Goa                        |
|   72 | National Waterway-72                      |    60 | Maharashtra                |
|   73 | National Waterway-73                      |   227 | Gujarat                    |
|   74 | National Waterway-74                      |    78 | Karnataka                  |
|   75 | National Waterway-75                      |   141 | Tamil Nadu                 |
|   76 | National Waterway-76                      |    23 | Karnataka                  |
|   77 | National Waterway-77                      |    20 | Tamil Nadu                 |
|   78 | National Waterway-78                      |   265 | Maharashtra &Telangana     |
|   79 | National Waterway-79                      |    29 | Andhra Pradesh             |
|   80 | National Waterway-80 National Waterway-81 |   125 | Tamil Nadu Bihar           |
|   81 | National Waterway-82                      |    35 | Assam                      |
|   82 |                                           |    72 |                            |

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National Waterway-98

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Maharashtra

HP & J&K

Maharashtra

West Bengal

Gujarat

Goa

Maharashtra

Karnataka

Maharashtra

West Bengal

Meghalaya

Bihar

Assam

Jharkhand, West Bengal &

Odisha

West Bengal

Punjab & HP

Tamil Nadu

Maharashtra &  Gujarat

Nagaland

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UP

Telangana, Karnataka & AP

Karnataka

Meghalaya

Tamil Nadu

UP

Maharashtra &Telangana

Haryana, UP & Delhi

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