Lok Sabha Question No. 324 (STARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Development of National Inland Waterways
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: VINCENT H PALA

## GOVERNMENT  OII INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.*324 To BE ANSWERD oN 3o" JANUARY,20lg

## DEVELOPMBNT OF NATIONAL  INLAND WATERWAYS

## *324. SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:

|            | SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:                                                                                                                                 |
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| (a)        | the current status of tlie developrnent of the 106 new National Inland Waterways declared during 2016;                                                |
| (b)        | the funds allocated for the 20 Natiorral Waterways in the North-East Region and the amount that has already been released for the purpose so far; and |
| (c)        | the status of implementation of the Action Plan for Inland Waterways lrlorth-Eastern Region- Vision 2020?                                             |
| ANSWER     | ANSWER                                                                                                                                                |
| (a) to (c) | A Statement is laid on the Table of the House'                                                                                                        |

## Statement  referred to in reply to  parts (a) to  (c)  of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*324 for 03.01.2019 raised bv Shri Vincent H. Pala. Hon'ble M.P. on "Development  of Naltional  Inland Waterways"

- (a) Techno  -  economic  leasibility studies have been Lrndertaken  for all the new 106 National Waterways  OlHs)  declared under the National Waterways Act, 2016. Based on the feasibility reports completed so far for the new NWs, Detailed  Project Reports (DPRs) of 30 technically  viable NWs have beerr prepared. Their tist is at Annex-I. Out of these 30 NWs, developmental  activities have been initiated  orr l0 NWs  as per details at Annex-I[.
- (b) The funds allocated  and expenditure incurred fbr the development  of National  Waterways  in North Eastern Region  tiom 20 l4- I 5 onwards is as under:

(Rs. in crore)

| 20t4-t5               | 20t4-t5   | 20t5-16   | 20t5-16   | 20 I 6-17   | 20 I 6-17   | 20t7-t8   | 20t7-t8   | 2018-r9   | 2018-r9                  |
|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------|
| Budget Estimates (BE) | E*p.      | I}8,      | Exp.      | Bll,        | l', x p.    | Bl.       | Exp.      | BE        | Exp.                     |
| 8r.70                 | 37.34     | 90.08     | 79.39     | 93.3C       | 14.67       | 93.00     | I16.44    | r20.00    | 49.15 (upto 30.1 1.2018) |

- (c) River Brahmaputra  from Dhubri to Sadiya (891 km) was declared as NW-2 in 1988. NW-2 has been developed with fairway  of required depth and width, navigational  aids, terminal with mechanized handling facilities for loading and unloading of cargo. The details of existing  facilities  and status of projects under  implementation  on NW-2 and NW-16 (river Barak) are at Annex-III.

l9 new inland waterways (ll  in Assam; 5 in Meghalaya;  I each in Arunachal  Pradesh,  Mizoram & Nagaland) were declared as NWs under tlre National Waterways Act, 20l6in the North East Region  in April, 2016. Phase-l (Silchar to Bhanga) development works commenced on new NW-16 (river Barak) in 2017-18. Thc status of work on l9 new National Waterways in NER is at Annex-IV.

## LIST OF 30 NATIONAL  WATERWAYS FOUND FEASIITLE:

## Final DPRs available for 30 NWs :

| sl. No.   | I{iver/Can:rl (NW#)                                                | States                | l,cngth (km)   | DPR'S Status      |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------|-------------------|
| I         | GHACHRA RrVER 0!W-40)                                              | U.P & Bihar           | i,.01 tl       | 30 DPRs available |
| )         | KOSI RIVER (NW_58)                                                 | Bihar                 | :i5 4 i'.36    |                   |
| 3         | GANDAK RrvEn (NW-37)                                               | Bihar & U.P.          | i,.96          |                   |
| 4         | SUNDERBANS WATERWAY (NW-97)                                        | West Bensal           |                |                   |
| 5         | cUMBERJUA RIVER (NW-27)                                            | Goa                   |                |                   |
| 6         | MANDOVI II.I VER (N W-68)                                          | Goa                   | tl             |                   |
| 1         | ZUARI RIVER (NW-I I I                                              | Goa                   | 50             |                   |
| B         | BARAK RrVER (NW-r6)                                                | Assanr                | t2t            |                   |
| 9         | RU PNARAYAN Rr VER (N W-86)                                        | West Bengal           | 45             |                   |
| 0         | SUBANSTRI RIVER (NW-95)                                            | Assarn                | 106            |                   |
| I         | BATTARNT r{rVER (NW-14)                                            | Odisha                | 48             |                   |
| 2         | MAHANADI .LUNA RIVER (NW-64)                                       | Odisha                | 98             |                   |
| )         | AMBA RIVER (NW-IO)                                                 | Maharashtra           | 45             |                   |
| t4        | REVADANDA CREEK - KUNDALIKA RrvER (NW-8s)                          | Maharashtra           | 3l             |                   |
| 5         | MAHI RIVER (NW-66)                                                 | Guiarat               | 241            |                   |
| 6         | NARMADA RrVER (NW-73)                                              | Guiarat & Maharashtra | 226            |                   |
| l         | 'fAPr RrvER (NW-100)                                               | Guiarat               | 173            |                   |
| 8         | SUBARNAREKHA RIVER (N W.96)                                        | Odisha                | 1n             |                   |
| 9         | AioY (AJAY) RrVER CNW-7)                                           | West Bengal           | t9             |                   |
| 20        | ICHAMATI RIVER (NW-44)                                             | West Bensal           | 63             |                   |
| 2l        | KABTNT RrVER (NW-sr)                                               | Karnataka             | 23             |                   |
| 22        | CHN PORA RIVI]R (NW.25)                                            | Goa                   | 25             |                   |
| Z)        | DABHOL CREEK - VASHISHTI RIVER (NW- 28)                            | Maharaslrtra          | 45             |                   |
| 24        | MAPUSA - MOrDE RrVER (NW-7r)                                       | Goa                   | 21             |                   |
| 25        | SAVITRI RIVER (BANKOT CREEK) (NW-89)                               | Maharashtra           | 45             |                   |
| 26        | GURUPUR RrVER (NW-43)                                              | Karnataka             | l0             |                   |
| 21        | ALAPPUZHA- CHANGANASSERY CANAL (NW-8)                              | Kerala                | 29             |                   |
| 28        | ALAPPUZHA. KOTTAYAM ATHr RAM PUZH A CANAL (N W-9)                  | Kerala                | 5Z             |                   |
| 29        | KOTTA YAM-VA rKOM CANA L (N W-59)                                  | Kerala                | l)             |                   |
| 30        | Kalyan-Thane-Mumbai Waterway, Vasai Creek and Ulhas river Q\W- 53) | Maharashtra           | 1,15           |                   |

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## Develorrment activities initiated  on 10 nerv NWs

| Name of the Waterway                                                     | Status and Time-frame                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| River Barak (NW-16)                                                      | D"*iop'r"nt at a cost of Rs. 76.01 crore for years 2016-17 to 2Ol9-20 lor Phase -l of NW-16 frorn Silchar to Bhanga has comrnenced. Maintenance dredging for fairway development work in Silchar-Bhanga stretch has commenced. Consultant has been engaged for the upgradation of terminals at Badarpur, Karimganj and new floating terminal at Silchar. Waterway is operational with I im ited infrastructure faci lity. |
| 2. River Carrdak (NW-37)                                                 | O"u"lop,r1.pt at a cost of Rs. 12.91 crore for years 2017-18 to 2018-19 including fairway maintenance work has commenced. Waterway is operational with limited infrastructure facility.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Waterways in Goa 3. NW-27-Curnberjua 4. NW 68 - Mandovi 5. NW lll -Zuari | A p.posul for the development of NWs in Goa at an estimated cost of Rs. 22.65 crore fbr years 201 7- I 8 to 201 8- I t has been approved. 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 colntnencement of works. Tendering for four floating ietties is under process. NWs of Coa a.e operationa                         |
| 6.A lappuzha- Kottayam- Athirampuzha Canal (NW-9) :                      | Pr"p*rl f"r. d"velopment of the waterway at an estimated cost of Rs. 1.60 crore for years 2017-18 to 2018-19 has been approved. Night navigation facilities has been procured and installed. Dredging is proposed departmentally. Waterway is already operational lor lerry services.                                                                                                                                     |
| 7. River Ruprrarayan 0!W-86)                                             | P-pot"l fr{"velopment of the waterway at an estimated cost of Rs.24.00 crore for years 2017-18 to 2018-19 has been approved. Work has been awarded for setting up of floating terminal. Tendering for dredging is at an advanced stage. Waterway is operational                                                                                                                                                           |
| S.Sunderbans WaterwaYs 0\w-97)                                           | P,.lcposal for. tl* development of waterway at an estimated cost of Rs. 18.10 crore for years 2017-18 to 2018-19 has been approved. Work order has been issued for dredging. Waterway is part of Indo-Bangladesh Protocol route and a]teady operational fu                                                                                                                                                                |
| 9. River Kosi (NW-58)                                                    | e.;".t proposal sanctioned for Rs. l5-68 crore for years 2018- l9 to 20l9-20 to develop the waterway with minimum required infrastructure (bandalling, channel marking, floating terminals and conducting rnonthly survey etc.). Waterway is operational.                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 10. River Ghagra 0{W-40)                                                 | An amount of Rs. been approved for channel rnarking, surveys. I I .60 crore for years fairway development creation of floating 2018-19 to 2019-20 has by bandalling and day terminals and rnonthly                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |

## The following  facilities have alreadv been created / constructed  / un4er rrrogress  on NW-2 (river Brahmaputra)  and NW-16  (river BaraF):

## NW-2 (river. Brah maputra)

- . Navigational  channel with least available depth of 2.5 m between  l]angladesh  Border  Neamati.  2.0 m between  Neamati  - Dibrugarh  and 1.5 m between  Dibrugarh - Sadia / Oriumghat is being maintained.  For this purpose, IWAI is having two Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD), two Hydraulic Surface  Dredger  (llSD) and 6 survey latrnches.
- o  Multirnodal terminal  at Pandu  with Low Level and High Level Jetty have been created.
- . Ro-Ro terminal at Dhubri with RCC Ro-Ro Jetty has been constructed.
- o  Floating  terrninal at Il  locations on NW-2 i.e. Hatsingimari,  Jogighopa,  Pandu, Tezpur, Silghat, Biswanathghat,  Neamati, Bogibeel, Sengajan,  Oakland/ Dibrugarh and Oriumghat are being maintained.
- . Differential Clobal Positioning System (DCPS) at Dhubri,  Jogighopa,  Biswanathghat and Dibrugarh  have been established  for safe navigation.
- o  Ro-Ro service fbr providing connectivity between  north bank (Dhubri)  and south bank (Hatsingirnari)  of river Brahmaputra. The Ro-Ro service has created eL direct link between Assam and Meghalaya  enabling trr.rcks/ vehicle to avoid circuitous  road route of approx. 220 km through  Jogighopa Bridge. The regular Ro-Ro services between Dhubri and Hatsingimari is carried out w.e.f. 01.01 .2017  .
- . Day navigational  aids for safe shipping  and navigation in entire stretches of NW-2 is being maintained.
- o  Night rravigational  aids fbr safe shippirrg arrd navigatiorr  in Bangladesh  Border-  Pandu and Pandu * Silghat stretches of NW- 2 is being rnaintained.
- r River Conservancy  Works like bandalling  and dredging  for maintaining navigable  depth  in shallow locations are being carried out.
- o  Fortnightly/  Monthly Thalweg  Survey irr entire stretches of NW-2 is being conducted.
- o  Cargo service on NW- 2 is carried out by IWAI through departmentzLl  tug and 400 tonne capacity barge (taken fl'om IWT Assarn).
- . Channelization of navigational route between  Burhaburhi to Hatsingimari  in Bangladesh Border  -  Pandu stretch through Water Resource Department, Govt. of Assam is under progress.
- . Ro-Ro service between Nearnati-Kamlabari with length of 12.7 km by waterway which otlrerwise takes 4 l0 km of travel by road is operational w.e.f. I I . l0'201 8.

## NW-16 (river Barak)

- o  Developmentatacostof  Rs.76.01 croreforyears20l6-17to2019-20for  Phase-l ofNWl6 from Sitchar to Bharrga has commenced. Maintenance dredging for  rairway  development work in Silchar-Bhanga stretch  has commenced.
- . Consultant  has beerr engaged  fbr tlie upgradation of terminals at Badarpur, Karimganj  and new floating terminal at Silchar (NW- l6). Waterway is operational with limited infrastructure  faci I itY.

Annex-lV Sl'A'l'tlS OF S'l-tll)lES / l)EVELOI'}MI,INI'WORKS  IN NEW NATIONT\L  WA-l't.RWAYS : NOR'l-lI-EASTEI{N  STATES

| sl. no              | Name of the Waterways              | States                    | Length of the Waterway (km)   |                                                                                  | Status                                                                                                                                                   |
|---------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| I                   | BARAK RrVER (NW-r6)                | Assanr                    | t2t                           | DPR available. Dredging work from Ujjainigram to Bhanga- 48 km is under progress | DPR available. Dredging work from Ujjainigram to Bhanga- 48 km is under progress                                                                         |
| a                   | suBANSlRl RrVER (NW-95)            | Assarn                    | lrl                           | Stage-l: Feasibility study completed                                             | Stage-ll: Work awarded for preparation of DPR. Draft DPR received and comments issued for finalization of report.                                        |
| J                   | DHANSIRI i CHATHE RIVER (NW-3 r)   | Assam                     | ll0                           | Stage-l: Feasibility study cornpleted                                            | Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) requested for suggestions/terms of reference for preparation of Techno-Economic Feasibility Report/Fairway development |
| 4                   | TIZU - ZUNGKI RTVERS (NW- r0 r )   | Nagaland                  | 42                            | Stage-l: Feasibility study completed                                             | Govt. of Nagaland has requested to IWAI for engagement of consultant for preparation of DPR. Tender for appointment is under process.                    |
| 5                   | LOHrT RrVER (NW-62)                | Assam & Arunachal Pradesh | r00                           | Stage-l: Feasibility study completed.Not found technically feasible.             |                                                                                                                                                          |
| 6                   | AAr RrVER(NW-6)                    | Assarn                    | 7l                            | Final hydrographic survey reports received.                                      | Preparation of DPR will initiated for viable waterways. be                                                                                               |
| 7                   | BEKr RrVER (NW-r8)                 | Assam                     | t)                            | Final hydrographic survey reports received.                                      | Preparation of DPR will initiated for viable waterways. be                                                                                               |
| 8                   | DEHTNC RrVER (NW-30)               | Assan-r                   | |4                       | Final hydrographic survey reports received.                                      | Preparation of DPR will initiated for viable waterways. be                                                                                               |
| 9                   | DrKHU RrVER (NW-32)                | Assam                     | 63                            | Final hydrographic survey reports received.                                      | Preparation of DPR will initiated for viable waterways. be                                                                                               |
| t0                  | DOYANS RrVER (NW-33)               | Assam                     | 6l                            | Final hydrographic survey reports received.                                      | Preparation of DPR will initiated for viable waterways. be                                                                                               |
| lt                  | KOPTLT RrVER (NW-57)               | Assarn                    | 46                            | Final hydrographic survey reports received.                                      | Preparation of DPR will initiated for viable waterways. be                                                                                               |
| t2                  | PUTHTMART RrVER (NW-82)            | Assam                     | 72                            | Final hydrographic survey reports received.                                      | Preparation of DPR will initiated for viable waterways. be                                                                                               |
| t3                  | TLWANG (DHALESWART) RrvER (NW-r02) | Assam & Mizoram           | 86                            | Final hydrographic survey reports received.                                      | Preparation of DPR will initiated for viable waterways. be                                                                                               |
| l4                  | GANCADHAR RrVER (NW-38)            | Assam & West Bengal       | 62                            | Final hydrographic survey reports received.                                      | Preparation of DPR will initiated for viable waterways. be                                                                                               |
| t5                  | JTNJTRAM RrVER (NW-so)             | Assanr & Meghalaya        | 43                            | Final hydrographic survey reports received.                                      | Preparation of DPR will initiated for viable waterways. be                                                                                               |
| l6                  | cANOL RrVER (NW-39)                | Meghalaya                 | 49                            | Final hydrographic survey reports received.                                      | Preparation of DPR will initiated for viable waterways. be                                                                                               |
| t7                  | UMNGOT (DAWKT) RrVER (Nw-r06)      | Meghalaya                 | 20                            | Final hydrographic survey reports received.                                      | Preparation of DPR will initiated for viable waterways. be                                                                                               |
| t8                  | STMSANG RIVER (NW-93)              | Meghalaya                 | 62                            | Final hydrographic survey reports received.                                      | Preparation of DPR will initiated for viable waterways. be                                                                                               |
| t9                  | KYNSHT RrVER (NW-6r)               | Meghalaya                 | 28                            | Final hydrographic survey reports received.                                      | Preparation of DPR will initiated for viable waterways. be                                                                                               |
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