Lok Sabha Question No. 78 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Development  of  Inland  Waterways
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED  QUESTION  NO.-78

TO tsE ANSWERD  ON 6III FEBRUARY,  2O2O

## DEVELOPMENT  OF INLAND WATERWAYS

- " 18. SHRI MAGUNTA SR[fNIVASULU  REDDY:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state: 'iraqft+rc nil

- (a)theCurrentStatusofthedevelopmentofthel06newlydeclaredNationallnland WaterwaYS;
- (b)thefundsallocatedforthewaterwaysinthecountryincludingAndhraPradeshandthe amountthathasalreadybeenreleasedforthepurposesofar;and
- (c)thestatusofimplementationoftheactionplanforinlandwaterwaysinAndhra Pradesh rn 202Ot

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR SHIPPING (SHRI MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a) to (c)  A Statement  is laid on the Table of the House'

## f Lok Sablra'S. ti referred to in r enivas Hon'ble  M.P. on r  06.02.2020 bv Shrf Effipment  of lnl,nd Waterwavs

- (a)Basedontheoutcomeoftechno-economicfeasibilityand (DPRs) for the 106 new National Waterways  (NWs) undertaken Authority of lndia (lWAl), 20 NWs have been found technically navigation.Developmentactivitieshavebeeninitiatedonl0 Annex.-1. Detailed  Project  RePorts by the lnland  WatenruaYs feasible for shiPPing  and new NWs as detailed  at
- (b) To enable lwAl to undertake  development  of NWs' grants are released  to it by the Government.  rwAr was arso authorized to raise Extra Budgetary  Resources  (EBR) of Rs'1000 crore as fully serviced, Government of lndia Bonds' During the last five years' the Budgetary/Revised  Estimates  amount raised  by the rwAr as Bonds  and expenditure  incurred by the rwAr on the deveropment  of NWs in the country  incruding in Andhra  pradesh,  is given below:

| Budget Estimate                  | Revised Estimate                 |                                                      |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 323.19 (Grants)                  | 321 91(Grants)                   | 321.91                                               |
| BE 391 01 (Grants) + EBRs 340.00 | RE 362 31 (Grants) + EBR 340 00  | 358 41 (Grants) + 237 32 (EBR)                       |
| 270 oo (ciants) + 660 00 (EBRs)  | 426 0914 (Grants) + 660 00 (EBR) | 426.0914 (Grants) + 335.2686 (EBR)                   |
| 480.00 (Grants)                  | 862 49 (Grants)                  | 111e4 (EBR) AAZ qg (Grants) +                        |
| 750 ao (Grants)                  | 536 27 (Grants)                  | h) tazs (Giints) + 116 25 (EBR) (up to- 31 ,12 2019) |

(Rs. in crore)

Pradesh during the last five  Years Expenditure  incurred for the development  of NWs in Andhra is as under-

| is as under-   |         |         |          | (R9. in crore)   | (R9. in crore)   |
|----------------|---------|---------|----------|------------------|------------------|
|                | 201s-16 | 2016-17 | 2017 -18 | 2018-19 I        | 2o1e-20          |
|                | 257     | 096     | t4.ta    | 2673|       | +zz              |

- (c) The status of implementation  of Action Plan for 2020 is at Annex.-2. National  Watenrvays  in Andhra Pradesh in

## List of 10 new National  Waterways on which development  activities

## have been initiated

| Name of the WaterwaY                                                    | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                         | Development at i cost of Rs' 76'01 Crore for Phase -1 of NW- 16 from Silchar to Bhanga has commenced This includes maintenancedredging,u-pgradationofterminalsatBadarpur and Karimganl. Waterway is operational with limited infrastructure facilitY. -                                                                                                                       |
| 2. niver GanOat< (NW-37)                                                | lnitial Oevetopment process has been requirement. Further .development per be completed as process will synchronized with ca1g9 dem?Ld syncrllOlllzcu vvrtl L,1: vY. y':l': 'r,:                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| WatenvaYs in Goa 3. NW-27-Cumberjua 4. NW 68 - Mandovi 5. NW 111 -Zuari | - - ' nTripariite Mou *iff,bovi oi Coa and Mormugao Port Trust i'r."n[""r '"rig^;o for the commencement of works ^, D^ O"u"foprnent oJ NWs in Goa at an estimated cost of Rs' 2265 crore is going on. lnstallation of 3 nos' floating Jetties costing Rs 11.3a crire on river Mandovi and one no' on river C;;6, on EPC basis have been taken up' NWs of Goa are operational. |
| 6. AlaPPuzha - KottaYam - AthiramPuzha Canal (NW-g)                     | Waterway is already operational for ferry services Maintenance scheme for development at a cost of Rs' 0'82 crore was approved in tvtay, 2019 for execution during 2019- i o r.r i g h n a-v q tt o-1 tq c i!,!lgg .! qv-erle gn usla llq 9,,                                                                                                                                 |
| River RuPnaraYan (NW- 7 86)                                             | 1 ig oeverSpment o? inJ wiiJrwiv ii an estimated cost of Rs 24 OO crore has commenced' Work has been awarded for ."tt,ng up of floating terminal' Waterway is operatlonal                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| B.Sunderbans (NW-e7) WateruraYs                                         | Development of *Jtet*ay jt an estimated cost of Rs 1B'10 crore has commenced. The infrastructure at Hemnagar is being upgrated to h,nOfu Cargo/ Passenger or Customs/ lmmigration r.uqrir"ments' Waterway is part ..of lndo- Bangladesh Protocol route and already operational for vessels.                                                                                   |
| 9. River Kosi (NW-58)                                                   | oevetopment ProceiJ demand. wifi ne sYnchronized with cargo                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| iO. niuei Ghagra (NW-40)                                                | Development Process will demand. Oe sYnchronized with cargo                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

## StatusofimplementationofActionPlanforNationalWaterwaysinAndhra Pradesh in 2020

- (i) Dredging  in Phase -'l stretch of NW 4 from Vijayawada  to Muktyala  in Krishna River in AndhraPradeshhasbeencompletedaSpercurrentrequirement.
- (ii)Fabricationofthreefloatingpontoonsoutoffourfloatingpontoonsasperrequirement ofGovernmentofAndhraPradeshforNW-4fromVijayawadatoMuktyalainKrishnaRiver hasbeencompletedandfabricationoffourthpontoonisprogressing'
- (iii) Land acquisition  for fixed terminals  (4 nos  )  at lbrahimpatnam'  Harischandrapuram' Muktyala  and Madipadu  is progresstng'