Lok Sabha Question No. 4944 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Inter-State River Waterways
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4944 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25I11 MARCH, 2021

## INTER-STATE RIVER WATERWAYS

## 4944. SHRI PRATAPRAO  PATIL CHIKHLIKAR,

Will the Minister of PORTS, SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS  be pleased  to state: q-flfl.  +d  qfroEd  3fk Grf,arrt a-fr

- (a)  whether the Government has formulated a scheme  regarding inter-State  river waterways;
- (b) if so, the details thereof ;
- (c)  whether the Government has invited domestic and foreign investment for development of river routes of Ganga/  Yamuna and their tributaries; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF STATE (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE) FOR PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS (SHRI MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a)  & (b) To promote lnland Water  Transport  in the country,  'l  11 waterways have been dectared as National  Waterways (NWs) under the National Waterways  Act, 20'16 spread over 24 States in the country which came into effect from 12th April, 2016. Based  on the outcome of techno-economic feasibility and Detailed  Project Reports (DPRs) of NWs, lnland Waterways  Authority of lndra (lWAl) has concluded  that 23 NWs have been found viable for cargo movement  and river waterways tourism  purpose.  The list of the 23 NWs viable for cargo movement is at Annex-1.  Out of these, developmental  activities  have been taken up in 13 NWs. Some of these NWs viz. NW-1 , NW-4' NW-5, NW-73, NW-l00 pass through more than one state.
- (c) & (d) With the technical and frnancial assistance  of the World Bank, Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) has been taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 5369.18 crore (revised cost Rs.4633.81  crore) for capacity  augmentation of navigation  on National wateruuay-1  (NW1) on the Haldia-Varanasi stretch of Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly  River System for large barge movement.  Details of JMVP  with status  as on 28.O2.2021 is at Annex.2'

Annex.  -1

## LtsT oF 23 NATTONAL WATERWAYS  FOUND  EEASIBLE  FOR CARGO MOVEMENT

| N"fton"l W"t**ry No.   | Length (km)   | Details of WaterwaYs                                                    | STATES                                        | Status                                                                      |
|------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ionalWatenrvaY 1       | i6rn          | Ganga-Bhagirathi- Hooghly System River (Allahabad- Haldla)              | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand & West Benqal | Development taken up with Assistance from World Bank Jal Marq Vikas Project |
| ationalWaterwaY 2      | 891           | Brahmaputra River (Dhubri - Sadiya)                                     | Assam                                         | Development taken up as per aPProved SFC for FY 2O2O-21 lo 2024-25          |
| National WateruuaY 16  | 121           | Barak River                                                             | Assam                                         | Development taken up as per aPProved SFC for FY 2O2O-21 lo 2024-25          |
| ationalWatenruaY 3     | ,n5           | West Coast Canai (Kottapuram Kollam), Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals | Kerala                                        |                                                                             |
| ationalWaterwaY 4      | az            | Krishna Rivei (Vijayawada - Muktyala)                                   | I Andhra Pradesh                              |                                                                             |
| ationalWaterwaY 5      | 233           | Dhamra-ParadiP Mangalagadi Pankopal via to                              | [.*                                           | Mostly Operational                                                          |
| alWatenruaY B          | 29            | Alappuzha- ChanganasserY Canal                                          | Kerala                                        | Wateruays and development and maintenance work                              |
| ationalWaterwaY 9      | 4n            | lappuzha- Kottayam Athirampuzha Canal                                   | Kerala Alternate route. 11.5 km               | taken up.                                                                   |
| ational WaterwaY 27    | 17            | Cumberiua River                                                         | Goa                                           |                                                                             |
| ionalWaterwaY 68       | 41            | Mandovi River                                                           | ;", -                                         |                                                                             |
| ion'af Waterwiy        | 72            | Rupnarayan River                                                        | West Bengal                                   |                                                                             |
| ationalWaterwaY 97     | 172           | Sunderbans Waterway                                                     | yyI"                                          |                                                                             |
| al WaterwaY 111        | 50            | Zual River                                                              | _                                             |                                                                             |
| ationalWaterwaY        | 45            | Amba River                                                              | ":' Maharashtra                               | Work to be taken subsequent to SFCi EFC approval.                           |
| 10 tionalWaterwaY 44   | 63            | lchamati River                                                          | West Bengal                                   | Work to be taken subsequent to SFCi EFC approval.                           |
| ationalWaterwaY 52     | 53            | Kali River                                                              | ^-r*                                          | Work to be taken subsequent to SFCi EFC approval.                           |

| sl. No.   | National WaterwaY No.   | Length (km)        | Details of WaterwaYs                                 | STATES                                                                                                                     | Status                             |
|-----------|-------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 17        | National Wateru,ray     | Kopili River jxoni | Assam                                                |                                                                                                                            | 50                                 |
| 1B        | 57 National WaterwaY 73 |                    | Narmada River Maharashtra _Gujarat                   | &                                                                                                                          | zz6 l*",^                          |
| 19        | National WatenruaY 83   | 31                 | Rajpuri Creek io,i, Maharashtra                      | ubstantial                                                                                                                 | ca tidal                           |
| 20        | NationalWateruaY 85     | 31 I               | Revadanda Creek ndalika River iystgm lRev xur SYs er | moves waters/ under State Board. interventions contemplated lWAl as of Maharashtra Maharashtra Bihar Maharashtra & Guiarat | in river mouth resPective Maritime |
| 21        | National WaterwaY 91    | s2                 | hastri River Jaigad Sygtem I Isr,a                   | moves waters/ under State Board. interventions contemplated lWAl as of Maharashtra Maharashtra Bihar Maharashtra & Guiarat | No are bY                          |
| 22        | National WaterwaY 94    | 141 -              | one River                                            | moves waters/ under State Board. interventions contemplated lWAl as of Maharashtra Maharashtra Bihar Maharashtra & Guiarat | S now.                             |
| 23        | Waterway 100            | River 4eo          |                                                      | moves waters/ under State Board. interventions contemplated lWAl as of Maharashtra Maharashtra Bihar Maharashtra & Guiarat | api T                              |

## Al: Ja

us of implementation  as on

- '1 . Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP)  on National Waterway-1  (NW-1) from Haldia to Varanasi (1390 km) was approved by the CCEA on -03'dJanuary' 201.8 at l^,""o-t] ot n' 5369.1 8 crore. The loan agreement With the World Bank was signed on 02,,"February, zu 16.
2. The estimated cost of JMVP of Rs 5369.',18 crore (us$ 800.00 million) is to be utilized  as per the following funding  pattern
- (i) IBRD Loan- Rs 2,512 00 crore (US $ 375 00 million);
- iiil Government  of lndia counterpart  Funds  (budgetary  allocation \_and proceeds from issue of infrastructure  bonds:  Rs.2,556.00  crore (US  $ 380.00  million); and
- (iii)PrivatesectorparticipationunderPPPmode:Rs.301.00crore(US$45.00 m illion )
3. Detailed Feasibility,  EnVironmental & Social  lmpact Assessment;\_  and Market DevelopmentStrategyStudieswerecarriedoutonNW-1inFebruary2017,December, 20.16 & NovemOer, iOll to determine  the development  strategy on NW-1 . Further' the detailed  engineering  for key infrastructure  projects such as Varanasi MMT,  Haldia  MMT' srr,iogrni -rrrr rrrrr a  Fara(ka Lock were prepared by the Engineering consultant subsequentlY.
- 4'Thefollowingmandatoryclearanceswereobtainedinconnectionwiththe implementation of JMVP.
- under the Wildlife Protection  Act, 1972 for passage of vessels Kashi Turtle  Sanctuary,  Varanasi  on 12rh June, 2017' (i) Clearance through the
- (ii) Coastal Regulation Zone clearance for the Haldia multimodal terminal on 06rh November,2017.
- (iii) Clearances from the Mrnistry of WR, RD & GR and NGRBA for the new navigation lock at Farakka on 2Bth February  '  2016'
- (iv) MoEF&CC confirmed that inland waterways, terminals,  jetties etc.- are not coveredunderElANotification,2006requiringpriorenvironmentalc|earance on 21"rDecember,2017.
5. consequent to the review  held on 10.06.2020 through teleconferencing  by lt/inistry of Ports' Shipping & Waterways  under the chair of Secretary  (Shipping) with the lWAl,  the estimated cost JMVP was revised to Rs.4,633.8'1  crore from the original estimated cost of Rs.5,36g.lBcroreapprovedbytheCCEAon03'0l.20.l8,therebyeffectingasavingof Rs. 735.51 crore  lUdd  10g 78 million) in the proiect  cost. The savings comprise  of Rs. 387.10  crore (USb 57.78 mittion) from the IBRD loan component and Rs..348.41  crore from the counierpart  fund component.  The revised cost estimate also includes  several activities  aligned to the Arth Ganga concept  estimated to cost Rs. 746.00 crore. Consequentl!,  on the request of lWAl/ Ministry  of Ports, Shipping & Wateruuays' O"prrt,iunt  oi Economic Aifairs (llEA) has requested  the World  Bank on 17.06.2020 for

cancellationofUSD5TTBmillionfromtheoverall|BRDloanfortheJMVP.Asaresult, the IBRD loan component will get reduced to USD 317.22 million'

6. The project implementatton  ls progresslng  as p^er time schedule' The project has achieved  an overa' rinrnciri'piogr".s  of"abouti9.15%  of the revised cost of JMVP  and tf,"  pf'ly.i""f  progress  is about  40I8S%  Present status  of civil works  is as under'

- . Constructions  of multi-modal terminals at Varanasi and Sahibganj  have been .o,pr"t"oandthatofthemultimodalterminalatHaldiaandtheNavigationa| Lock at Farakka  have achieved  substantial  progress with 96 85% and 80 37% resPectivelY.
- .ContractsforprovidingLeastAssuredDepthof3mandbottomchannelwidth of 45 m on the stretch  between  Farakka  -  Kahalgaon'  S u ltanga ni-lt'{na h" n.d.':I: t and Mahendrapur-Barh  have been awarded on 09th April-201 B' 12r" April-2019 ,"i iiil  npiiizot  o respectiuety  and are currenily in progress with financial progr"rr of Rs. 82.g2 crore, Rs 28 83 crore and Rs 30 lg crore respectively'
- . Dredging Management  Plan (DMP) in consultation  with Expert Committee inctuiini  NTCp[/VC,  llT Madras  has been prepared  and approved by lWAl Board  for imPlementation.
- . Tender  process for the remaining civil construction  works of the  project has been initiated.