Lok Sabha Question No. 198 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Multi-Modal Waterways Terminal
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PORTS,  SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.  -198

ANSWERED ON 1011212021

## MULTI-MODAL WATERWAYS TERMINAL

-198. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

## Will the Minister of PORTS,  SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS be pleased to state: q{il{, fi-dqftd-f,{  ofu u-e-qrrf dfl

- (a) whether  the Multi-Modal Terminal  (MMT) built on Ganga river at sahibganj in Jharkhand is the second riverine MMT in the country  and if so, the details  thereof;
- (b) the details of the freight and barrage  traffic passing through this MMT;
- (c) the details of works proposed  to be undertaken  in the Phase ll of this prolect;
- (d) whether the Government  proposes  to develop more inland waterways  in Jharkhand  and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has assessed/proposes  to assess the viability of developing inland waterways on the sone and Koel rivers flowing through Palamu and if so, the details and outcome  thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF PORTS,  SHIPPING  & WATERWAYS (SHRI SARBANANDA  SONOWAL)

- (a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House'

Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.-198  tor 10.12.2O21 raised by Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram, Hon'ble M.P. on "Multi-Modal  Waterways Terminal"

- (a) & (c) Under the Jal Marg Vikas Project, two Multi-Modal  Terminals (MMTs)  have been completed on the River Ganga and Sahibganj Mutli-Modal Terminal  is one of them. The details are at Annex.-|.
- (b) The details of freight and barge traffic data passing  through MMT Sahibganj are at Annex.-ll.
- (d)  ln addition to the existing NW-1 (The Ganga) in .lharkhand, 2 more NWs namely NW-56 (Kherkai river from confluence with Subarnarekha river at Jamshedpur  to RCC bridge near Gangia village-22 km) and NW-96 (Subarnrekha  river from Chandil Dam to confluence  with Bay of Bengal-311 km out of which 149 km in Jharkhand) were declared vide National Waterways Act, 2016. Based on the feasibility studies/ Detailed  Project  Report (DpR)  of NW-56  and NW-96 have been found unviable for development  for cargo/ passenger movement.
- (e) Sone river from Ganga Confluence  at Todarpur  to lndrapuri  Barrage  Near Dehri (14'1 km) in Bihar  has been declared NW-94 vide the National  Watemays  Act, 2016. As per feasibility study completed in september-2O18,  the stretch is viable for shipping and navigation.  However,  the stretch of sone river flowing on the border of Jharkhand from Khokha to Dangwar is not declared as National waterway  and no assessment  on its viability  has been done.

Koel river of Jharkhand has not been declared as NW and therefore its viability  has not been assessed  by lnland Waterways  Authority of lndia (lWAl)

## Details of works undertaken  on MMT Sahibganj, Jharkhand

|   SI No. | Project Description                              | Details of Activities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Phase-l of Multi-Modal Terminal Sahibganj the at | ln phase-|, a Multi-Modal Terminal at Sahibganj has been constructed at the cost of Rs. 280.90 crore. ln phase-l all major works, including jetty work, Administrative, workers amenity and security buildings; electrical sub-station; storage shed; pump house; sewerage treatment plant, overhead tank; internal roads; underground reservoir and conveyor systems, Barge Loader have been completed. lt also has provisions for road connectivity to NH-80. The capacity of the Sahibganj MMT is 3.03 MMTPA. The terminal is operational. |
|        2 | Phase-ll of the multimodal terminal              | ln phase-ll, expansion beyond on-shore civil constructions and achieve terminal capacity of 5.48 the Phase-l infrastructure with rail connectivity is planned to MMTPA.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |

## DETAILS OF VESSELS AND CARGO HANDLED AT SAHIBGANJ MMT BY IWAI

As this sector is at nascent stage,  there have been pilot movements via Sahibganj Multi-Modal Terminal, the details are as under .-

Cargo in Matric Tones (MT)

| TeiminA- Name     |                        | 18-19      | 19-20                    | 19-20      | 2020-21                  | 2020-21    | 2021-22 ltill now)       | 2021-22 ltill now)   |
|-------------------|------------------------|------------|--------------------------|------------|--------------------------|------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
|                   | Year of Commissio ning | Cargo (MT) | No. of Vessel S Handle d | Cargo (MT) | No. of Vesse ls Handl ed | Cargo (MT) | No. of Vessel S Handl ed | Cargo (MT)           |
| VIMT              | September- 2019        |            | 11                       | 7,952      | 7                        | 4,962      | NIL                      |                      |
| Ro-Ro Cperatio n# |                        | 4,94,574   |                          | 5,1 7,360  |                          | 4,73,400   |                          | 69,600"              |