Lok Sabha Question No. 67 (STARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: Development of Waterways
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: ANANDRAO  ADSUL, Shrirang Appa Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.67 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 th JULY, 2017 DEVELOPMENT OF WATERWAYS

- *67. SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

- (a) the names and the length of National Waterways and Inland Waterways at present in the country;
- (b) the quantity of goods transported during each of the last three years and the current year, waterways-wise;
- (c) whether the full potential of navigable waterways in the country is being utilised for cargo, passenger and commercial purposes, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the Government has declared/proposes to declare some Inland Waterways as National Waterways in the country; and
- (e)if so, the details thereof along with the funds allocated to various States for the development of such waterways during the aforesaid period, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF SHIPPING (SHRI NITIN GADKARI)

(a)to(e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of LokSabha Starred Question No.67  for 20.07.2017 raised by Shri AnandraoAdsul& Shri ShrirangAppaBarne, M.Ps on 'Development of Waterways'

(a)to(e):Under the National Waterways Act, 2016, a total of 111 National Waterways (NWs), including the five existing NWs, spread across 24 States have been declared simultaneously. This Act came into force with effect from 12 th April, 2016.  The names and the length of the NWs are at Annexure. No new NWs are proposed to be declared at present.

The quantity of goods transported through the operational NWs during the last three years is given below:

## (In million tonnes)

| Year   |   NW -1 |   NW-2 | NW-3   | NWs in Goa#   |   NWs in Maharashtra# | Total         |
|--------|---------|--------|--------|---------------|-----------------------|---------------|
| 5.05   |    0.52 |   0.96 |        | -             |                  6.53 | 2014-15       |
| 6.24   |    0.6  |   1.06 | -      | -             |                  7.9  | 2015-16       |
|        |    0.61 |   1.03 | 15.65  | 33.29         |                 55.2  | 2016-17* 4.62 |

* Provisional

# Inland Waterways of these states declared as 'National Waterways' on 12 th April, 2016.

As  compared  to  roads  and  railways,  the  investment  in  the  Inland  Water Transport  (IWT)  mode  had  remained  low.    Consequently,  the  potential  of  IWT  was under  utilised  and  its  share  in  total  inland  cargo  transport  remained  insignificant.    In addition  to  the  enactment  of  the  National  Waterways  Act,  2016,  the  following  steps have  been  taken  in  the  last  three  years  to  develop  IWT  as  an  environment-friendly, economical and supplementary mode of transport:-

- i) The Jal Marg Vikas Project has been undertaken at a cost of Rs.5369 crore with support  of  the  World  Bank  to  strengthen  the  navigation  capacity  and  promote transportation of cargo and passengers on National Waterway - 1 (River Ganga) on the stretch from Haldia to Varanasi.  The project includes construction of multi modal terminals at Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Sahibganj (Jharkhand) and Haldia (West Bengal) and a new navigational lock at Farraka (West Bengal).
2. ii) On NW-2 (River Brahmaputra), Roll on-Roll of (RO-RO) services between Dhubri and Hatsingimari have commenced, reducing the circuitous road route of 220 km via Jogighopa to reach Hatsingimari.
3. iii) Construction of a 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.
4. iv) 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.

- v) An  MoU  has  been  signed  between  India  and  Bangladesh  on  08.04.2017  for dredging  and  development  of  Sirajganj  -  Daikhowa  and  Ashuganj  -  Zakiganj stretch on the Indo - Bangladesh Protocol route in Bangladesh to facilitate critical connectivity between  National  Waterway  -  1 (river Ganga)  and  National Waterway  -  2  (River  Brahmaputra)  and  enable  movement  of  vessels  from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh up to Sadiya in Assam via Bangladesh.

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, loan from the World Bank and through private sector participation.  Funds are allocated  for  development  projects  on  NWs  and  not  State  wise.      National Waterway wise expenditure during the last three years is given in the Table below:

## National Waterways wise Expenditure

(Rs. in Crores)

|   Sl. No. | National Waterway No.   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (Provisional) |
|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
|         1 | NW-1                    |   64.7974 |  189.332  |                  385.87 |
|         2 | NW-2 (North East Pool)  |   37.341  |   79.3928 |                   78.65 |
|         3 | NW-3                    |   10.6606 |    8.3173 |                    9.11 |
|         4 | NW-4                    |    1.7906 |    2.5697 |                    0.98 |
|         5 | NW-5                    |    0.6186 |    3.8514 |                   27.46 |

## 111 - NATIONAL WATERWAYS LIST

|   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&Udyogmandal Canal        |           365   | Kerala                                 |
|                          4 | Kakinada Puducherry Canal alongwith Godavari & Krishna rivers |          2890   | Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telanagana |
|                          5 | East Coast Canal alongwith Brahmani& 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 | AVM Canal (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                              |

## Annexure

| 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 29 | Maharashtra &Telangana      |
| 79    | Pennar                                                     |        | Andhra Pradesh              |
| 80    | Ponniyar                                                   | 125    | Tamil Nadu                  |
| 81    | Punpun                                                     | 35     | Bihar                       |
| 82    | Puthimari                                                  | 72     | Assam                       |
| 83    | Rajpuri creek                                              | 31     | Maharashtra                 |
| 84    | Ravi                                                       | 42     | HP & J&K                    |
| 85 86 | Revdanda Creek/ Kundalika river Rupnarayan River           | 31 72  | Maharashtra 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                              | 654    | West Bengal                       |
|       | ChhotaKalagachi (ChhotoKalergachi) river | 654    | West Bengal                       |
|       | Gomar                                    | 654    | West Bengal                       |
|       | Haribhanga river                         | 654    | West Bengal                       |
|       | Hogla (Hogal) - Pathankhali river        | 654    | West Bengal                       |
|       | Kalindi (Kalandi) river                  | 654    | West Bengal                       |
|       | Katakhali river                          | 654    | West Bengal                       |
|       | Matla river                              | 654    | West Bengal                       |
|       | Muri Ganga (Baratala) river              | 654    | West Bengal                       |
|       | Raimangal river                          | 654    | West Bengal                       |
|       | Sahibkhali (Sahebkhali) river            | 654    | West Bengal                       |
|       | Saptamukhi river                         | 654    | West Bengal                       |
|       | 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 | TOTAL                                    | 20,275 | 20,275                            |

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