Lok Sabha Question No. 1801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Scheme to connect River Ports
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Hemant Patil

## GOVERNIVIENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  ,I801

ANSWERED ON 1611212022

## SCHEME TO CONNECT RIVER PORTS

1801, SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM  PATIL:

Will the lvlinister  of PORTS,  SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS be pleased  to state: c-n-{,  drd  qft-{f,r  3if{ EmcFl qfi

- (a) whether there is any scheme  to connect cities situated on the banks of major rivers  to ports through  the rivers,
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the total number of rivers and cities selected for the same, State-wise including  lvlaharashtrai  and
- (c) if not, the reasons  therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)& (b) To promote lnland Water Transport in lndia, 111 waterways  (including 5 existing  and 106 new) spread over 24 states have been declared as National WateMays under the National Waterways Act, 2016. Out of these, 19 NWs provide hinterland  connectivity with malor ports connecting the cities situated on the banks of these Nws/rivers with the major ports. The NWs linking the land locked States with Ports in the coastal  States are detailed at Annex.  -1. Out of  '19  NWs listed  in Annex.-1. projects for the development of  '16  NWs including  2 NWs of Maharashtra namely, NW'10-  Amba River & NW-28-Dabhol  Creek Vashisthi River have been approved.
- (c) Does not arise.

## Annex.-1  .

## Maior Ports connectivitv  to hinterland  throuqh National waterwavs

|                                                              | eonrlectitry with Naiional Watenarays (NWs)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Haldia Port and Shyama Prasad ookerjee Po Authority, Kolkata | NW-1 (3".SrShrS"rthtHoogli river system -'1620 km Farakka (WB)-Sahibganj (Jharkhand)-Patna (Bihar aranasi (UP) and PraYagrai (UP). .NW-2 (river Brahmaputra - 891 km) with NW'9 Sunderbans-172 km) (WB) via lndo-Bangladesh P ute through Bangladesh (741 6 km) - Dhubri (Assam) ndu, Guwahati (Assam) - Jogighopa (Assam) - Nea Assam) and Sadiya (Assam). NW-86 (river Roopnarayan 72 kr)l1ly9!!Bel99L |
| Cochin Port Authority                                        | i (West coast "anaffrom Kozhikode to Kollam hampakara canal &Udhoygamandal canal - 205 + 1 ), NW-8(Alapuzha-Chenganassery Canal- 29 km) &NW (Alapuzha - Kottayam - Athirampuzha canal - 40 km) t                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|                                                              | - 27 (Cumberjua canal), NW-58 (river Mandovi), NW 111 (river Zuari) and NW-25 (Chapora river) in the State                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Ennore Port Authority, Kakinada Port (Minor Port)            | -4 lcodavari, Kakinada canal' Eluru canal iver, Commamur canal, Bakingham - Puduchery canal lB90 km) in the States of Andhra Pradesh' Telangana amil Nadu and U.T. of Puducherry.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Paradip Port Authority                                       | -5 (Brahrxani- Kharsua - Tantighai- PanduaNa heiNala- KaniDhamra- river System, harbatia Stretch of East Coast canal, Charbatia- Dham of Matai river and Mahanadi Delta rivers (588)                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority                              | -10 (Amba river (45) / Maharashtra), -28 (Dabhol Creek-Vashisti river (45) / Maharashtra) -85 (Revadanda Creek- Kundalika river (31) / -73 (Narmada river (227) / Maharashtra & Gujarat) river (164) / Maharashtra & Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Karwar Port                                                  | 52 (River Kali -10 Km)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |