Lok Sabha Question No. 357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-03
Subject: Haldia-Varansi River Road
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PORTS. SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 357

ANSWERED ON O3/02l2023

## HALDIA-VARANSI  RIVER ROAD

## 357, SHRI SISIR KUMAR  ADHIKARI,

## Will the Minister of PORTS, SHtpplNG AND WATERWAYS  be pteased  to state: q.fi,  +d cft{f,{  sfu  qdcrd  {*

- (a) whether the Government  has proposed  a river road map for Haldia\_Varanasi Waterway Development Project;
- (b) if so, the details  of the project  of ferry services and identification of tocations  in Haldia,  Kolkata, Bhagalpur,  Munger,  patna  and Varanasi route  and the present  status of navigation  therein, and
- (c) the time by which the dredging,  development  and maintenance  of other infrastructure  will be completed  on National  Waterway-i  ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PORTS, SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) lnland Waterways  Authority  of lndia, an autonomous  organisation  under Ministry of Ports,  Shipping  and Waterways has undertaken  implementatjon  of Jal Marg Vikas Project  (JMVP) for capacity  augmentation  of NW-.1  (Haldia  to Varanasi\_1390  kms) with the technical and financial  assistance  of the World Bank at a revised  estimated  cost of Rs. 4633.84 cr. to provide  Least  Avaitabte Depth  (LAD)  of 2.2 to 3.0 meters and bottom channel width  of 45 meters for at least 330 days in a year to make it navigable  for vessels up to 1500 - 2000 Dead Weight Tonnage.
- (b) Under A(h-canga (JMVp-ll),  Detailed  project  Report (DpR) has been completed for the development  of five pairs  of Ro-Ro terminals  at Buxar-saraikota, Bakhtiyarpur\_ Hasanpur, Kahalgaon-Tintanga,  Samdaghat-Manihari  and Rajmahal\_Manikchak locationsto enable  Ro-Ro/Ro-Pax/Ferry  services. At present  Hardia-varanasi  stretch of NW-l is navigable.
- (c) Completion schedule of major components of Jal Marg Vikas  project  on NW\_l is given  at Annexure.

Annexure

| MMT, Varanasi              | Completed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MMT, Sahibganj.            | Completed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| MMT, Haldia                | Completed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ffidal terminal at         | ZBq progress achieved                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| NavigmonI loCk at Farakka' |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                            | -gs.lgotoprogressachieved ii. Majhaua - GhaziPur iii. Barh - Majhaua 4. Tender for Quantity based Dredging of the following stretches of NW-1 have been Published i. Farakka - Katwa ii. Katwa - Tribeni ffiast Assured Dredging (LAD) of Farakka^ to Kahalgaon "*rid"d on gth APril 2018 ;ith 60 months comPletion schedule. 2. Contract for Least Assured Dredging (LAD) Sultanganj to ManenOiaPur and MahendraPur to Barh awaided on 12th APril' 2019 with 60 months comPletion schedule. 3. Tender for Quantity based Dredging - of the following stretches of NW-1 have been PrePared i. GhaziPur - Varanasi |