Lok Sabha Question No. 1078 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Water Transport
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 1078

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27TH JUNE, 2O'19

## WATER TRANSPORT

## 1078. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM,

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

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- (a) whether the Government  proposes  to Start water transport in the main cities situated  on the banks  of the rivers in the country;
- (h) if so, the details thereof  indicating the name of those  cities; and
- (c) whether these waterways  would be used as freight transport  or public transport and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) 11'l inland waterways  (including 5 National Waterways  declared  earlier) have been declared  as  'National waterways' (NWs) under the National waterways Act, 2016.  The list of operational National  waterways  with regular cargo.  passenger  or river cruise movements  is at Annex.

Devetopment of Nationat waterways is primarily aimed  to promote an economical, environment  friendly and sustainable  mode of transport for cargo. Passenger ferry services in National waterways is within the purview  of the respective  state Governments.  However,  in order to assist the State Governments  to decongest  urban transport systems  in cities,  lnland waterways  Authority  of lndia (lwAl), under the Jal Marg Vikas Project  (JMVP) commissioned M/s MIT and Thompson  Design Group, USA to prepare feasibility studies for development  of ferry services  at var,anasi,  Patna, Munger, Bhagalpur, Kolkata and Haldia.  Thane Municipal  corporation  has also appointed  a consultant  to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for development of Ro-Ro and ferry services in the NW-53 (Ulhas river of Maharashtra) to decongest  the road traffic of Mumbai city.

Annex. National Waterwavs which are operatiof al/naviqable beinq used reqularlv for transportation

|   st. No. | National Waterway No.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Length (km)   | Location (S)                           | Location (S)   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------|----------------|
|         1 | National Waterway-1: Ganga-Bhagirathi- Hooghly River System (Haldia - Allahabad)                                                                                                                                                        | 1620          | Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Benqal       | Bihar, West    |
|         2 | National Waterway 2:Brahmaputra River (Dhubri - Sadiya)                                                                                                                                                                                 | 891           | Assam                                  |                |
|         3 | Nationa! Waterway 3:West Coast Canal (Kottapuram - Kollam), Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals                                                                                                                                           | 205           | Kerala                                 |                |
|         4 | Nationa! Waterway 4(Phase-l) :Vijaywada to Muktyala                                                                                                                                                                                     | 82            | Andhra Pradesh                         |                |
|         5 | National Waterways in Maharashtra i)National Wateruray 10 (AMBA RIVER) ii)National Watenruay 85 (REVADANDA CREEK - KUNDALIKA RIVER SYSTEM)                                                                                              | 45            | Maharashtra                            |                |
|         6 | National Waterways in Goa a) NW-27-Cumberjua - confluence with Zuari to confluence with Mandovi river (17 km) ia) NW 68 - Mandovi- Usgaon Bridge to Arabian Sea (41 km) iii) NW 111 - Zuari- Sanvordem Bridge to Marmuqao Port (50 km). | 17 41 50      | Goa                                    |                |
|         7 | Alappuzha - Kottayam - Athirampuzha Canal (NW-9): Boat Jetty, Alappuzha to Athirampuzha (38 km) in Kerala.                                                                                                                              | 38            | Kerala                                 |                |
|         8 | Tapi (NW-100)                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 173           | Gujarat                                |                |
|         9 | Sunderbans Waterways (NW-97):                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 201           | West Bengal (through Bangladesh Route) | lndo- Protocol |