Lok Sabha Question No. 2836 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Jal Marg Vikas Project
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya, Ganesan Selvam, Soyam Babu Rao, Dhanush M Kumar, Vijay Kumar Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2836

To BE ANSWERED  oN 5rlr DECEMBER, 2019

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SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI SOYAM BAP.U RAO:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

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- (a) whether the Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) for capacity  augmentation  of navigation on National  Waterway-l is being implemented with the support of World llank;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the quantum of fund released by the World Bank and utilized;
- (c)  the name of the States  that are being covered under the project and its present status,
- (d) the details  of the estimated direct  and indirect employment  opportunities  to be generated on completion  of various ongoing projects under JMVP; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government  to ensure that the projects under JMVP are qualitatively  executed in a time bound manner?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b)  yes,  Sir. Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) is being implemented  at an estimated  cost of Rs. 5369.1g crore for capacity augmentation  of navigation on National Watennray-1  (NW-1) on the Haldia  Varanasi stretch of Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly  River System with the technical  and financial assistance of the World Bank. The salient features  of the project are development of various infrastructures  like construction of multi modal  terminals at Varanasi, Sahibganj & Haldia, Ro-Ro terminals,  navigational lock at Farakka, channel marking  systems, integrated vessel repair & maintenance facilities,  automated  information  techniques of DGPS and River lnformation  System (RlE), 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.

World Bank disbursement is Rs. 605.84 crore as on date (as per disbursement  register  of CAAA, DEA, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of lndia) for loan no. 8752-lN,  JMVP. An expenditure of Rs. 1443.52 crore has been incurred on JMVP till 31 .10.2019 as per the details  given below.

| Years                      |   2014- 15 |   2015-16 | 2016- 17   |   2017-18 |   2018- 19 |                                |
|----------------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------------|
| Expenditure (Rs. in crore) |       2.78 |    141.52 | 301 92     |    348.53 |     427.03 | | 221.74 | 31 .10.20 |

(c) to (e) I he NW-1 passes through  the states of uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand & wcst Bengal  and as such all these four States  are covered under JMVP. A Project  Oversight committee  (POC) comprising  representatives of central & state Governments has been constituted in September, 2O14 to give critical  guidance and evaluation  of the project. Direct employment  of 46000 persons  and indirect employment  of 84000 persons is estimated  to be created on completion  of JMVP.  Thew mechanism for monitoring and evaluation of Jal Marg Vikas Project  for capacity augmentation  of navigation on NW  '1  is at Annex'

## of navioation  on NW-1.

- (1) lnland Waterways Authority of lndia (lWAl) monitors the progress of implementation  of the project  through^
2. . The  project  lmplementation  Units (PlUs) at the important  project  sites.  [/onthly  reports are submitted  by the PlUs to lWAl Head Offtce in the prescribed  templates
3. . The  project  Management  Consultants  (M/s PwC) and the PMU at lWAl Head Office evaluate the rePorts  submitted.
4. . Real time monitoring  of the project is done by the Project Director and the Project Manager through ccTV network installed  at the project sites  and through video conferencing.
5. . project  Review Meetings are held periodically  at the lWAl Head Office as well as at the project sites  with the contractors
- (2) The World Bank monitors the project implementation  through-
7. o  Project lmplementation  Missions to the project sites.
8. . Periodical  topical  discussions in meetings  with the  project managenlent  and consultants/ contractors,  where compliance  of the procurement,  social & envtronmental safeguard guidelines and civjl construction  framework are discussed and action  points identified  for follow up.
9. . Regular  monthly  progress  reports on compliance  of social and environment  safeguards are also submitted to the World Bank for review.
10. Tripartite Project Review Meetings  are held by the DEA with the world Bank and the Proiect lmplementing  Agency (lwAl) from time to time, in whlch the progress  of rmplementation  of the project is reviewed and action points are agreed upon for follow up (3)
11. AProjectoversightCommittee(PoC)comprisingofChairman/Chairperson'ViceChairman and Members of lwAl; representative  from the Ministry  of shipping, representative  from the central water commission:  and representatives from the Governments  of uttar Pradesh, Bihar,  Jharkhand  and West  Benga| was set up in September,  2014 to give critical guidance  and evaluationoftheproject.TenmeetingsofthePOChavealreadybeenheldandthePOC deliberated on critical issues affecting  project implementation' (4)
12. ln the case of clearances  obtained  from the Ministry of Environment,  Forest & climate change, regularreportsoncomplianceoftheenvironmentSafeguardmeasuresaresenttothatMinistry, (5)