Lok Sabha Question No. 788 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: National Waterways
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 788

TO BE ANSWERED ON 6I'I FEBURARY,  2O2O

## NATIONAL WATERWAYS

## 7S8. SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased  to state: ,lnqPas;{*

- (a)whetheritiSafactthatthedecisiontodeclarel06wateMaysofthecountryasNational WaterwayswasmetwithstrongoppositionfromtheCentre,stwomajordepartments, the NlTl Aayog and the Ministry  of Finance;
- (b)ifso'thedetailsthereofincludingtheobjectionsraisedbythesaiddepartments;and
- (c)theStatusofmakingthesenationalwateMaysoperationalandtheamountoffunds earmarked for the Purpose?

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## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) ln addition to the five existing National  Wateruays  (NWs)' 106 new NWs were  declared undertheNationalWaterwaysRct'zotowhichwasnotifiedon12.04.2016.Priortothe declaration of new NWs, under the proposed legislation,  inter Ministerial  consultations'  including withNlTlAayogandMinistryofFrnancewerenetd.TheNationalWaterwaysBill,20l5wasalso deliberatedbytheParliamentaryStandingcommitteeonTransport,TourismandCulturewhich presented its recommendationsio  Partiament in its 223'd Report.  The National Waterways  Bill' 20l5wasapprovedbyUnioncabinetandpassedbyParliamentasNationa|WatervvaysAct, 2016.
- (c)NationalWateMay(NW).1(Ganga.Bhagirathi.HooghlyriversystemfromAllahabadto Haldia), NW-2  (River Brahmaputra troin Onutri to Sadiya)' NW-3  (West Coast Canal from Kottapuram  to Kollam atong wiin udyogmandal  and champakara canals) have been developed with fairway  navigationat iio.,  i"tti"*  and terminals with mechanized  equipment handling facilities  for loading  anO unnaaini  of cargo. These NWs are operational  and vessels  are  plying on them. ln addition,  r'.rw-io  tnii,er  Amba), NW-68  (River  Mandovi),  NW-73  (River  Narmada)' NW-83(RajpuriCreek),NW-85(RevadandaCreek.KundalikaRiverSystem),NW.91(Shastri river\_Jaigadcreeksystem)'Nw.gz(SunderbansWaterways)'NW-100(RiverTapi)andNW. 111 (River zuati) are also operational.  Development  activities  have  been initiated on 10 viable NWs viz. NW-g, NW-16' NW-27,  NW-37' NW-40' NW-58' NW-68' NW-86' NW-97 and NW-111 aspertheDetailedProjectReports(DPRs)completedsofar.Fairwaydevelopmentworkson the vijayawada\_Muktyata  streich of river Krishna  (part of NW-4) has commenced  at a cost of Rs. 96 crore.

The Jar Marg Vikas  project  (JMvp) is being impremented  at an estimated  cost of Rs 5369'18 crore for capacity  augmentation  of navigatiJn  on the Hardia-Varanasi  stretch  of NW-'l with the technicar and financiat  assistance  of thJ worrd Bank.  prolects worth Rs.  '1800  crore  (approx ) have commenced  on ground in a time period of three  years after statutory  clearances'

To devetcrp the NWs, the Government  provides funds-to the lnland  y.,.:*,ys Authority  of lndia as Grants-in\_aid  and had  permitted rwAr to raise Government  of rndia fully serviced  Bonds (Extra  Budgetary  Resources)  of Rs. 1000 crore.  rn this regard, the details of Budgetary Estimates,RevisedEstimatesandExpenditureduringthelastfiveyearsaregivenbelow.

|                             | Budget Estimate                                  | Revised Estimate                                  | (Rs. in crore Exp. 321.91                                      |
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| I Veai [zoi s-i o l2olo-t z | 323.19 (Giants) BE 391.01 (Grants) + EBRs 340.00 | 321 .g1(Grants) RE 362 31 (Granis) + EBR 340.00 1 | 358.41 (Grants) + 237 32 (EBR)                                 |
| l lro ,r- ,u I              | 270.00 (Grants) + 660.00 (EBRs)                  | qZA.Oglq (Grants) + 660.00 (EBR) \                | 426.O914 (Grants) + 335 2686 (EBR)                             |
| I izor a-r s                | 480.00 (Grants) 750.36 (Grants)                  | . 862 49 (Grants) 536.27 (Grants)                 | 862.49 (Grants) + 111.s4 (EBR) 42r3835 (Grants) + 116 25 (EBR) |
| I 1201e-20 I                |                                                  |                                                   | (up to 31 12 2019)                                             |