Lok Sabha Question No. 2480 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Inter-State Waterways
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2480

TO BE ANSWERED  ON 5TH MARCH,  2O2O

## INTER-STATE WATERWAYS

## 2480 MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

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- (a) whether the Government has formulated any action plan for the development  of inter-State wateruvays;
- (b) if so, the details of the rivers and the waterways  of the country which have been included in the action  plan; and
- (c) the total financial  outlay made for this action plan?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  & (b)  To promote inland water transport in the country as an economical, environment friendly supplementary mode of transport to rail and road,  '1  11 inland waterways (including 5 National  Waterways declared earlier)  were declared as'National Waterways' under the National Waterways  Act, 2016. The list of these National Waterways including inter-State NWs, State wise, is at Annex-1 . Out of these, 25 NWs are inter-state NWs. Their list is at Annex.-2.

The details of projects initiated  on National  Wateruvays by the lnland Waterways Authority of lndia (lWAl) are as under:

(i) National  Watemay  (NW)-1 (Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly  river system from Allahabad to Haldia)  in Uttar Pradesh,  Bihar, Jharkhand  & West Bengal; NW-2 (River Brahmaputra from Dhubri to Sadiya)  in Assam;  NW-3 (West Coast Canal from Kottapuram to Kollam along with Udyogmandal  and Champakara  Canals) in Kerala, have already been developed with fairway navigational aids,  jetties and terminals with mechanized equipment handling  facilities  for loading and unloading of cargo. These NWs are operational and vessels are plying on them.  ln addition,  NW-10  (river Amba), NW-68 (river  Mandovi), NW-73 (river Narmada),  NW-83 (Rajpuri  Creek), NW-85 (Revadanda Creek - Kundalika  River System),  NW-9'1 (Shastri  river-Jaigad  creek system),  NW- 97 (Sunderbans  Waterways), NW-100 (river Tapi) and NW-1  '1  1 (river Zuari) are also operational.

At present,  cargo volume o'f 72.31 million tonnes per annum is being transported  on the above operational  NWs.

- (ii) Government  has taken up implementation  of the Jal Marg Vikas Project  (JMVP) at an estimated cost of Rs.5369.18 crore for capacity augmentation of navigation  on National  Waten,uay-1  (NW-1)  on the Haldia  -  Varanasi stretch of Ganga-BhagirathiHooghly  River System with the technical and financial assistance of the World Bank. The salient features of the project are development of various infrastructure like construction of multimodal  terminals  at Varanasi,  Sahibganj & Haldia, Ro-Ro terminals, navigational lock at Farakka,  channel marking systems,  integrated  vessel repair & maintenance  facilities, automated information techniques of Differential Global Positioning  System (DGPS)  and River lnformation System (RlS), day and night navigation aids, slipways, bunkering  facilities,  river training and river conservancy works. Projects worth Rs. 1800 crore (approx.) have commenced  on ground in a time period of three years after statutory clearances.
- (iii) Fainruay  development works in Vijayawada  -  Muktyala stretch of river Krishna  in Andhra Pradesh (Part of NW-4) under Phase-l  has been completed. Fabrication  of four floating pontoons and land acquisition for fixed terminals (4 nos.) at lbrahimpatnam, Harischandrapuram,  Muktyala and Madipadu has been taken up.
- (iv) Feasibility studies have been completed  for 106 new NWs and based on the outcome of feasibility studies and Detailed  Project  Reports  (DPRs),  20 new NWs have been found technically  feasible for development  of shipping and navigation  in addition  to 5 existing NWs by the lWAl. Details of development  activities initiated on 10 viable new NWs, State-wise, are detailed at Annex.-3.
- (c) The details of expenditure  by lWAl on development  of NWs in the last 5 years are given below:

(Rs. in crore)

| Year    | Expenditure as Grants - in Aid (GBS)/Extra Budgetary Resources (EBR)   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16 | 321.91                                                                 |
| 2016-17 | 362.31 + 340.00 (EBR)                                                  |
| 2017-18 | 426.0914 + 660.00 (EBR)                                                |
| 2018-19 | 862.49                                                                 |
| 2019-20 | 526.80                                                                 |

## List of 111 National Waterwavs

(Government of lndia has declared  111 waterways  as National Waterways  through National Watenrvays Act, 2016 enacted on 12.04.2016).

| st. No.   | National Waterway No.   |   Length (km) | Details of Waterways                                                                                       | STATES                                                                                     |
|-----------|-------------------------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | NationalWaterway 1      |        1620   | Ganga-Bhagirathi-HooghlY River System (Haldia - Allahabad)                                                 | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand & West Benqal                                              |
| 2         | NationalWaterway 2      |         891   | Brahmaputra River (Dhubri - Sadiya)                                                                        | Assam                                                                                      |
| 3         | NationalWateruvay 3     |         205   | West Coast Canal (KottaPuram - Kollam), Champakara and Udyoqmandal Canals                                  | Kerala                                                                                     |
| 3         | NationalWateruvay 3     |         170   | West Coast Canal (Kottapuram - Kozhikode)                                                                  | Kerala                                                                                     |
| 4         | NationalWaterway 4      |          50   | Kakinada Canal (Kakinada to Raiahmundry)                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 4         | NationalWaterway 4      |         171   | Godavari river (Bhadrachalam to Raiahmundrv)                                                               | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 4         | NationalWaterway 4      |         139   | Eluru Canal (Rajahmundry to Viiavawada)                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 4         | NationalWaterway 4      |         157   | Krishna river (Wazirabad to Viiayawada)                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 4         | NationalWaterway 4      |         113   | Commamur Canal $/ijayawada to Peddaoaniam)                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 4         | NationalWaterway 4      |         316   | North Buckingham Canal (Peddaganjam to Central Station of Chennai)                                         | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 4         | NationalWaterway 4      |         110   | South Buckingham canal (Central Station of Chennai to Marakanam)                                           | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 4         | NationalWaterway 4      |          22   | Marakanam to PuducherrY through Kaluvelly tank                                                             | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 4         | NationalWaterway 4      |        1202   | River Godavari (Bhadrachalam - Nashik)                                                                     | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 4         | NationalWaterway 4      |         636   | River Krishna (Wazirabad - Galaqali)                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 5         | NationalWatenruaY 5     |         256   | East Coast Canal and Matai river                                                                           | Odisha and West Bengal                                                                     |
| 5         | NationalWatenruaY 5     |         265   | Brahmani-Kharsua-Dhamra rivers                                                                             | Odisha and West Bengal                                                                     |
| 5         | NationalWatenruaY 5     |          67   | Mahanadi delta rivers (Consisting of Hansua river, Nunanala, Gobrinala, Kharnasi river and Mahanadi river) | Odisha and West Bengal                                                                     |
| 6         | NationalWatenivaY 6     |          68   | Aai River                                                                                                  | Assam                                                                                      |
| 7         | NationalWaterway 7      |          90   | Ajoy (Ajay) River                                                                                          | West Bengal                                                                                |
| B         | NationalWaterway B      |          29   | Alappuzha- Changanassery Canal                                                                             | Kerala                                                                                     |
| o         | NationalWaterway 9      |          40   | Alappuzha- Kottayam Athirampuzha Canal                                                                     | Kerala Alternate route: 1 1.5km                                                            |
| 10        | NationalWaterway 10     |          45   | Amba River                                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                                |
| 11        | National Wateruvay 11   |          99   | Arunawati - Aran River SYstem                                                                              | Maharashtra                                                                                |
| 12        | NationalWaterway 12     |           5.5 | Asi River                                                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                                                              |

## Annex-1

| st. No.   | National Waterway No.   | Length (km)   | Details of WaterwaYs                         | STATES                       |
|-----------|-------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 13        | National Watenaray 13   | 11            | Avm Canal                                    | Kerala & Tamil Nadu          |
| 14        | NationalWatenrvay 14    | 4B            | Baitarni River                               | Odisha                       |
| 15        | National Wateruvay 15   | 135           | Bakreswar - Mayurakshi River Svstem          | West Bengal                  |
| 16        | NationalWaterway 16     | 121           | Barak River                                  | Assam                        |
| 17        | NationalWaterway 17     | 189           | Beas River                                   | Himachal Pradesh & Puniab    |
| 1B        | NationalWatenruay 1B    | 69            | Beki River                                   | Assam                        |
| 19        | NationalWaterway 19     | 67            | Betwa River                                  | Uttar Pradesh                |
| 20        | NationalWatenruay 20    | 95            | Bhavani River                                | Tamil Nadu                   |
| 21        | NationalWaterway 21     | 139           | Bheema River                                 | Karnataka & Telanqana        |
| 22        | NationalWaterway 22     | 156           | Birupa - Badi Genguti- Brahmani River System | Odisha                       |
| 23        | NationalWatenivay 23    | 56            | Budha Balanga                                | Odisha                       |
| 24        | NationalWaterway 24     | 61            | Chambal River                                | Uttar Pradesh                |
| 25        | NationalWaterway 25     | 33            | Chapora River                                | Goa                          |
| 26        | NationalWaterway 26     | 51            | Chenab River                                 | Jammu & Kashmir              |
| 27        | NationalWaterway 27     | 17            | Cumberjua River                              | Goa                          |
| 28        | NationalWaterway 28     | 45            | Dabhol Creek -Vashishti River System         | Maharashtra                  |
| 29        | NationalWateruvay 29    | 132           | Damodar River                                | West Bengal                  |
| 30        | NationalWaterway 30     | 109           | Dehing River                                 | Assam                        |
| 3'1       | NationalWaterway 31     | 114           | Dhansiri / Chathe                            | Assam                        |
| 32        | NationalWatenruay 32    | 63            | Dikhu River                                  | Assam                        |
| 33        | NationalWaterway 33     | 61            | Doyans River                                 | Assam                        |
| 34        | NationalWatenruay 34    | 137           | Dvc Canal                                    | West Bengal                  |
| 35        | NationalWaterway 35     | 108           | Dwarekeswar River                            | West Bengal                  |
| 36        | NationalWateruvay 36    | 119           | Dwarka River                                 | West Bengal                  |
| 37        | NationalWatenruay 37    | 296           | Gandak River                                 | Bihar & Uttar Pradesh        |
| 38        | NationalWatenruay 38    | 62            | Gangadhar River                              | Assam & West Benqal          |
| 39        | NationalWatenruay 39    | 49            | Ganol River                                  | Meghalaya                    |
| 40        | NationalWateruvay 40    | 354           | Ghaghra River                                | Bihar & Uttar Pradesh        |
| 41        | NationalWaterway 41     | 112           | Ghataprabha River                            | Karnataka                    |
| 42        | NationalWateruuay 42    | 514           | Gomti River                                  | Uttar Pradesh                |
| 43        | NationalWateruuay 43    | 10            | Gurupur River                                | Karnataka                    |
| 44        | NationalWaterway 44     | 63            | lchamati River                               | West Bengal                  |
| 45        | NationalWaterway 45     | 650           | lndira Gandhi Canal                          | Punjab , Haryana & Raiashtan |
| 46        | NationalWaterway 46     | 35            | lndus River                                  | Jammu & Kashmir              |
|           | NationalWaterway 47     | 131           | Jalangi River                                | West Bengal                  |
| 47 4B     | NationalWaterway 48     | 590           | Jawai-Luni-Rann Of Kutch River System        | Gujarat & Rajasthan          |
| 49        | NationalWaterway 49     | 110           | Jhelum River                                 | Jammu & Kashmir              |

| sl. No.   | National Waterway No.   | Length (km)   | Details of Waterways                                              | STATES                                     |
|-----------|-------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 50        | NationalWateruray 50    | 43            | Jinjiram River                                                    | Assam & Meghalaya                          |
| 51        | NationalWaterway 51     | 23            | Kabini River                                                      | Karnataka                                  |
| 52        | NationalWateruvay 52    | 53            | Kali River                                                        | Karnataka                                  |
| 53        | NationalWateruuay 53    | 145           | Kalyan-Thane-Mumbai Wateruvay, Vasai Creek And Ulhas River Svstem | Maharashtra                                |
| 54        | NationalWatenruay 54    | B6            | Karamnasa River                                                   | Bihar & Uttar Pradesh                      |
| 55        | NationalWaterway 55     | 311           | Kaveri- Kollidam River System                                     | Tamil Nadu                                 |
| 56        | NationalWaterway 56     | 22            | Kherkai River                                                     | Jharkhand                                  |
| 57        | NationalWatenruay 57    | 50            | Kopili River                                                      | Assam                                      |
| 58        | Nationa Waterway 58     | 236           | Kosi River                                                        | Bihar                                      |
| 59        | Nationa Waterway 59     | 19            | Kottayam-Vaikom Canal                                             | Kerala                                     |
| 60        | Nationa Watenruay 60    | 80            | Kumari River                                                      | West Bengal                                |
| 61        | NationalWatenruay 61    | 28            | Kynshi River                                                      | Meghalaya                                  |
| 62        | NationalWaterway 62     | 86            | Lohit River                                                       | Assam & Arunachal Pradesh                  |
| 63        | NationalWaterway 63     | 336           | Luni River                                                        | Rajasthan                                  |
| 64        | National Watentuay 64   | 426           | Mahanadi River                                                    | Odisha                                     |
| 65        | NationalWaterway 65     | 80            | Mahananda River                                                   | West Bengal                                |
| 66        | NationalWateruvay 66    | 247           | Mahi River                                                        | Gujarat                                    |
| 67        | NationalWateruvay 67    | 94            | Malaprabha River                                                  | Karnataka                                  |
| 68        | NationalWaterway 68     | 41            | Mandovi River                                                     | Goa                                        |
| 69        | NationalWatenruay 69    | 5             | Manimutharu River                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                 |
| 70        | NationalWaterway 70     | 245           | Manjara River                                                     | Maharashtra & Telanqana                    |
| 71        | NationalWateruvay 71    | 27            | Mapusa / Moide River                                              | Goa                                        |
| 72        | NationalWaterway 72     | 59            | Nag River                                                         | Maharashtra                                |
| 73        | NationalWaterway 73     | 226           | Narmada River                                                     | Maharashtra & Guiarat                      |
| 74        | NationalWatenivay 74    | 79            | Netravathi River                                                  | Karnataka                                  |
| 75        | NationalWaterway 75     | 142           | Palar River                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                 |
| 76        | NationalWateruvay 76    | 23            | Panchagangavali (Panchagangoli) River                             | Karnataka                                  |
| 77        | NationalWaterway 77     | 20            | Pazhyar River                                                     | Tamil Nadu                                 |
| 7B        | NationalWaterway 78     | 262           | Penganaga - Wardha River System                                   | Maharashtra & Telanqana                    |
| 79        | NationalWatenruay 79    | 28            | Pennar River                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                             |
| 80        | NationalWaterway 80     | 126           | Ponniyar River                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                 |
| 81        | NationalWaterway 81     | 35            | Punpun River                                                      | Bihar                                      |
| 82        | NationalWaterway 82     | 5B            | Puthimari River                                                   | Assam                                      |
| 83        | NationalWaterway 83     | 3'1           | Rajpuri Creek                                                     | Maharashtra                                |
| B4        | NationalWaterway 84     | 44            | Ravi River                                                        | Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh & Puniab |
| B5        | National Watenruay 85   | 31            | Revadanda Creek - Kundalika River System                          | Maharashtra                                |

| sl. No.   | National Waterway No.   | Length (km)   | Details of Waterways                       | STATES                                |
|-----------|-------------------------|---------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 86        | NationalWateruuay 86    | 72            | Rupnarayan River                           | West Bengal                           |
| 87        | National Watenruay 87   | 210           | Sabarmati River                            | Gujarat                               |
| 88        | NationalWatenruay 88    | 14            | Sal River                                  | Goa                                   |
| 89        | NationalWatenruay 89    | 45            | Savitri River (Bankot Creek)               | Maharashtra                           |
| 90        | NationalWateruvay 90    | 29            | Sharavati River                            | Karnataka                             |
| 91        | NationalWaterway 91     | 52            | Shastri River - Jaigad Creek System        | Maharashtra                           |
| 92        | Nationa Wateruvay 92    | 26            | Silabati River                             | West Bengal                           |
| 93        | Nationa Waterway 93     | 63            | Simsang River                              | Meghalaya                             |
| 94        | Nationa Watenivay 94    | 141           | Sone River                                 | Bihar                                 |
| 95        | Nationa Waterway 95     | 106           | Subansiri River                            | Assam                                 |
| 96        | NationalWaterway 96     | 311           | Subarnrekha River                          | Jharkhand, West Benqal & Odisha       |
| 97        | NationalWaterway 97     | 172           | Sunderbans Waterway                        | West Bengal                           |
| 97        | NationalWaterway 97     | 56            | Bidya River                                | West Bengal                           |
| 97        | NationalWaterway 97     | 15            | Chhota Kalagachi (Chhoto Kalergachi) River | West Bengal                           |
| 97        | NationalWaterway 97     | 7             | Gomar River                                | West Bengal                           |
| 97        | NationalWaterway 97     | 16            | Haribhanga River                           | West Bengal                           |
| 97        | NationalWaterway 97     | 37            | Hogla (Hogal)-Pathankhali River            | West Bengal                           |
| 97        | NationalWaterway 97     | o             | Kalindi (Kalandi) River                    | West Bengal                           |
| 97        | NationalWaterway 97     | 22            | Katakhali River                            | West Bengal                           |
| 97        | NationalWaterway 97     | 99            | Matla River                                | West Bengal                           |
| 97        | NationalWaterway 97     | 28            | Muri Ganga (Baratala) River                | West Bengal                           |
| 97        | NationalWaterway 97     | 53            | Raimangal River                            | West Bengal                           |
| 97        | NationalWaterway 97     | 14            | Sahibkhali (Sahebkhali) River              | West Bengal                           |
| 97        | NationalWaterway 97     | 37            | Saptamukhi River                           | West Bengal                           |
| 97        | NationalWaterway 97     | 64            | Thakurran River                            | West Bengal                           |
| 9B        | NationalWaterway 98     | 377           | Sutlej River                               | Himachal Pradesh & Puniab             |
| 99        | NationalWateruvay 99    | 62            | Tamaraparani River                         | Tamil Nadu                            |
| 100       | National Watenivay 100  | 436           | Tapi River                                 | Maharashtra & Guiarat                 |
| 101       | National Wateruvay 101  | 42            | Tizu - Zungki Rivers                       | Nagaland                              |
| 102       | National Waterway 102   | 87            | Tlwang (Dhaleswari River)                  | Assam & Mizoram                       |
| 103       | National Waterway 103   | 73            | Tons River                                 | Uttar Pradesh                         |
| 104       | National Watenruay 104  | 232           | Tungabhadra River                          | Karnataka, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh |
| 105       | National Waterway 10s   | 15            | Udayavara River                            | Karnataka                             |
| 106       | National Waterway 106   | 20            | Umngot (Dawki) River                       | Meghalaya                             |
| 107       | National Wateruvay 107  | 46            | Vaigai River                               | Tamil Nadu                            |

| s!. No.   | National Waterway No.   | Length (km)   | Details of Waterways               | STATES                         |
|-----------|-------------------------|---------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 108       | National Waterway 108   | 53            | Varuna River                       | Uttar Pradesh                  |
| 109       | National Waterway'109   | '166          | Wainganga - Pranahita River System | Maharashtra &Telanqana         |
| 110       | National Waterway 110   | 1 080         | Yamuna River                       | Delhi, Haryana & Uttar Pradesh |
| 111       | National Watentuay 111  | 50            | Zuari River                        | Goa                            |
|           | Total Length            | 20162.5       |                                    |                                |

## List of lnter-state National  Waterwavs

| st. No.   | NationalWaterway No.   | Length (km)   | Details of Waterways                                                                                       | STATES                                                                                     |
|-----------|------------------------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | National Waterway-1    | 1620          | Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System (Haldia - Allahabad)                                                 | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand & West Benqal                                              |
| 2         | National Waterway-4    | 50            | Kakinada Canal (Kakinada to Raiahmundry)                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 2         | National Waterway-4    | 171           | Godavari river (Bhadrachalam to Rajahmq4g!ry) _                                                            | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 2         | National Waterway-4    | 139           | Eluru Canal (Rajahmundry to Viiavawada)                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 2         | National Waterway-4    | 157           | Krishna river (Wazirabad to Viiavawada)                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 2         | National Waterway-4    | 113           | Commamur Canal (Vijayawada to Peddaqaniam)                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 2         | National Waterway-4    | 316           | North Buckingham Canal (Peddaganjam to Central Station of Chennai)                                         | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 2         | National Waterway-4    | 110           | South Buckingham canal (Central Station of Chennai to Marakanam)                                           | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 2         | National Waterway-4    | 22            | Marakanam to Puducherry through Kaluvelly tank                                                             | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 2         | National Waterway-4    | 1202          | River Godavari (Bhadrachalam - Nashik)                                                                     | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| 2         | National Waterway-4    | 636           | River Krishna (Wazirabad Galaqali)                                                                         | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
| J         | National Waterway-5    | 256           | East Coast Canal and Matai river                                                                           | Odisha and West Bengal                                                                     |
| J         | National Waterway-5    | 265           | Brahmani-Kharsua-Dhamra rivers                                                                             | Odisha and West Bengal                                                                     |
| J         | National Waterway-5    | 67            | Mahanadi delta rivers (Consisting of Hansua river, Nunanala, Gobrinala, Kharnasi river and Mahanadi river) | Odisha and West Bengal                                                                     |
| 4         | National Waterway-13   | 11            | Avm Canal                                                                                                  | Kerala & Tamil Nadu                                                                        |
| 5         | National Waterway-17   | 189           | Beas River                                                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh & Puniab                                                                  |
| 6         | National Waterway-21   | 139           | Bheema River                                                                                               | Karnataka & Telanqana                                                                      |
| 7         | National Waterway-37   | 296           | Gandak River                                                                                               | Bihar & Uttar Pradesh                                                                      |
| 8         | National Waterway-38   | 62            | Gangadhar River                                                                                            | Assam & West Benqal                                                                        |
| I         | National Waterway-40   | 354           | Ghaghra River                                                                                              | Bihar & Uttar Pradesh                                                                      |
| 10        | National Waterway-45   | 650           | lndira Gandhi Canal                                                                                        | Punjab , Haryana & Raiashtan                                                               |
| 11        | National Waterway-48   | 590           | Jawai-Luni-Rann of Kutch River System                                                                      | Gujarat & Rajasthan                                                                        |
| 12        | National Waterway-50   | 43            | Jinjiram River                                                                                             | Assam & Meghalaya                                                                          |
| 13        | National Waterway-54   | B6            | Karamnasa River                                                                                            | Bihar & Uttar Pradesh                                                                      |

## Annex-2

|   sl. No. | NationalWaterway No.    | Length (km)   | Details of Waterways               | STATES                                     |
|-----------|-------------------------|---------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|        14 | National Waterway-62    | B6            | Lohit River                        | Assam & Arunachal Pradesh                  |
|        15 | National Waterway-70    | 245           | Manjara River                      | Maharashtra & Telanqana                    |
|        16 | National Waterway-73    | 226           | Narmada River                      | Maharashtra & Guiarat                      |
|        17 | National Waterway-78    | 262           | Penganaga - Wardha River SYstem    | Maharashtra & Telanqana                    |
|        18 | National Waterway-84    | 44            | Ravi River                         | Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh & Puniab |
|        19 | National Waterway-96    | 311           | Subarnrekha River                  | Jharkhand, West Benqal & Odisha            |
|        20 | National Waterway-98    | 377           | Sutlej River                       | Himachal Pradesh & Puniab                  |
|        21 | National Waterway-100   | 436           | Tapi River                         | Maharashtra & Guiarat                      |
|        22 | National Waterway-102   | 87            | Tlwang (Dhaleswari River)          | Assam & Mizoram                            |
|        23 | National Waterway-'1 04 | 232           | Tungabhadra River                  | Karnataka, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh      |
|        24 | National Waterway-109   | 166           | Wainganga - Pranahita River System | Maharashtra &Telanqana                     |
|        25 | National Waterway-110   | 1 080         | Yamuna River                       | Delhi, Haryana & Uttar Pradesh             |

## List of 10 new NationalWaterwavs  on which development activities have been initiated.

| Name of the Waterway and States                                         | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| l.River Barak (NW-16) in Assam                                          | Development at a cost of Rs. 76.0'1 crore for Phase-1 of NW-16 from Silchar to Bhanga has commenced. This includes maintenance dredging, upgradation of terminals at Badarpur and Karimganj. Watenrvav is operational with limited infrastructure facilitv.                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 2.River Gandak (NW-37) in Bihar                                         | lnitial development process has been Further development process will demand. completed as per requirement. be synchronized with cargo                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Waterways in Goa 3. NW-27-Cumberjua 4. NW-68 - Mandovi 5. NW-111 -Zuari | Work is proposed to be executed through Government of Goa with the assistance of Mormugao Port Trust. A Tripartite MoU has been signed for the commencement of works. Development of NWs in Goa at an estimated cost of Rs. 22.65 crore has commenced. NWs of Goa are operational. lnstallation of 3 nos. floating Jetties amounting to Rs.11.33 crore on river Mandovi and one no. on river Chapora on EPC basis in proqress. |
| 6. Alappuzha - Kottayam - Athirampuzha Canal (NW-9) in Kerala           | Dredging is proposed departmentally. Watenruay is already operational for ferry services. Maintenance scheme for development at a cost of Rs. 0.82 crore was approved in May, 2019 for execution durinq 2019-20. Niqht naviqation facilities have been installed.                                                                                                                                                              |
| 7. River Rupnarayan (NW-86) in West Bengal                              | Development of the waterway at an estimated cost of Rs. 24.00 crore has commenced. Work has been awarded for setting up of floating terminal. Wateruvay is operational.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| S.Sunderbans Waterways (NW-97) in West Bengal                           | Development of waterway at an estimated cost of Rs. 18.10 crore has commenced. The infrastructure at Hemnagar is being upgrated to handle Cargo/Passenger or Customs/lmmigration requirements. Watenvay is part of lndo-Bangladesh Protocol route and already operational for vessels.                                                                                                                                         |
| 9. River Kosi (NW-58) in Bihar                                          | Develooment orocess will be svnchronized with carqo demand.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 10. River Ghagra (NW-40) in Uttar Pradesh                               | Development process will be synchronized with cargo demand.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |