Lok Sabha Question No. 4978 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-01
Subject: Study on Waterway Transportation
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO- 4978

ANSWERED  ON 01IO4I2O22

## STUDY ON WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION

## 4978. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

## Will the Minister  of PORTS, SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS be pleased to state: qf,i, qld qft-frf,c  afo{ qmcFf qi

- (a) whether the Government is making optimal utilization of the potential of inland wateMays  transport anfrastructure  available  in the country, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor,
- (b) the details of  proposed,  developed  completed  and ongoing waterways projects;
- (c) whether the Government  has conducted any study to ascertain the potential  and feasibility  of inland waterways  transportation in recent  past,  if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  any routes of lnland waterways have been identified as economically unviable in transportation of cargo and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the details  of the cargo transported  and revenue generated  through  inland waterways  during the year, 201 5-2022, waterways-wise;  and
- (f) the details of adverse effects on environment of rivers  and communities who reside along rivers  on account  of development  of inland  waterways  in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) To promote  inland water transport (lWT) in the country, 111 National Waterways  (NWs) (including 5 existing and 106 new) were declared under the National Waterways Act, 2016. Based on the outcome of techno-economic feasibility and Detailed Project Reports  (DPRS) prepared for NWs, action plan has been formulated for 26 NWs found viable for cargo/passenger  movement  (Details at Annex-'l  ).  Development  activities have been initiated  in the first 13 NWs out of the 26 viable  NWs. ln addition to above,  the details  of other waterways  project  approved under Sagarmala Programme  for financial  assistance  is at Annex-2.
- (c) Subsequent to declaration  of 111 NWs, the following studies have been conducted  by lnland Waterways  Authority  of lndia (lWAl) so far-

- (i) 'lststage  Feasibility Studies of newly declared  106 NWs  for assessrng feasibility  for navigation  and
- (ii) 2nd stage DPR studies  for 36 NWs found feasible on 1"t stage feasibility studies. the completion  of

(d) Based  on the outcome  of the above  studies,  62 NWs have been identified as economically unviable  for cargo  transportation by ships  and list of such waterways  is at Annex-3.

- (e) Details  of cargo  transported  through NWs during  the year 2015\_16  to 2021\_22 and revenue generated  by lWAl are detailed at Annex4.
- and communities waterways in the (0 There is no adverse  effects reported on environment of rivers which reside along rivers on account of development  of inland country.

## Annex-1 LIST OF 26 NATIONAL WATERWAYS FOUND FEASIBLE FOR CARGO / PASSENGER  MOVEMENT:

| SI N o   | National Waterway     | Details of Waterways                                                      | STATES                                        | Status                                                                      |
|----------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | National Waterway 1   | Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System (Haldia Allahabad)                  | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand & West Bengal | Development taken up with Assistance from World Bank Jal Marg Vikas Proiect |
| 2        | National Waterway 2   | Brahmaputra River (Dhubri - Sadiva)                                       | Assam                                         | Development taken up as per approved SFC for FY to                          |
| J        | National Wateruray 16 | Barak River                                                               | Assam                                         | 2020-21 2024-25                                                             |
| 4        | National WateMay 3    | West Coast Canal (Kottapuram - Kollam). Champakara and Udyoqmandal Canals | Kerala Andhra                                 | Mostly Operationa I Waterways development maintenance and and work          |
| 5        | National Waterway 4   | Krishna River (Vijayawada - Muktyala)                                     | Pradesh                                       | Mostly Operationa I Waterways development maintenance and and work          |
| tl       | National Waterway 5   | Dhamra-Paradio via Manqalaqadi to Pankopal                                | Odisha                                        | Mostly Operationa I Waterways development maintenance and and work          |
| 7        | National Waterway 8   | Alappuzha- Changanassery Cana I                                           | Kerala                                        | Mostly Operationa I Waterways development maintenance and and work          |
| B        | National Waterway 9   | Alappuzha - Kottayam Athirampuzha Canal                                   | taken Kerala (Alternate route: 1 '1 .5km)     | up.                                                                         |
| I        | National Waterway 27  | Cumberjua River                                                           | Goa                                           | Mostly Operationa I Waterways development maintenance and and work          |
| '10      | National Waterway 68  | Mandovi River                                                             | Goa                                           | Mostly Operationa I Waterways development maintenance and and work          |
| 11       | National Waterway 86  | Rupnarayan River                                                          | West Bengal                                   | Mostly Operationa I Waterways development maintenance and and work          |
| 12       | National WateMay 97   | Sunderbans Watenitray                                                     | West Bengal                                   | Mostly Operationa I Waterways development maintenance and and work          |
| 13       | National Waterway 111 | Zuari River                                                               | Goa                                           | Mostly Operationa I Waterways development maintenance and and work          |
| 14       | National Waterway 10  | Amba River                                                                | Maharashtra                                   | rvelopment proposa appraisal stage.                                         |
| 15       | National Waterway 40  | Ghagra River                                                              | Bihar                                         | rvelopment proposa appraisal stage.                                         |
| 16       | National Waterway 44  | chamati River                                                             | West Bengal                                   | rvelopment proposa appraisal stage.                                         |
| 1-7      | National Waterway 52  | Kali River                                                                | Karnataka                                     | rvelopment proposa appraisal stage.                                         |
| 1B       | National Waterway 57  | Kopili River                                                              | Assam                                         | rvelopment proposa appraisal stage.                                         |

|   19 | I 25                    | pora River                               |                         |
|------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|   20 | National Waterway 37    | Gandak River                             | Bihar                   |
|   21 | Nationa I Waterway 28   | Dabhol Creek Vasisti River               | Maharashtra             |
|   22 | National Wateruray 73   | Narmada River                            | Maharashtra & G u iarat |
|   23 | National Watenrruay 85  | Revadanda Creek - Kundalika River System | Maharashtra             |
|   24 | Nationa I Waterway g4   | Sone River                               | Bihar                   |
|   25 | National Waten,rray 100 | Tapi River                               | Maharashtra & Guiarat   |
|   26 | National Waterway 31    | Dhansiri River                           | Assam                   |

## Annex-2.

## The details of other waterways  project approved  under Sagarmala Programme for financial assistance:

## l. Maharashtra  State:

| S. No.   | Name of Work on NW-53                               | Proiect cost (in Rs.)   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| (i)      | Construction of jetty at Dombivali, Dist Thane      | 21 ,30,13,083/-         |
| ( ii)    | Construction of jetty at Kolshet, Dist Thane        | 30,36,18,2681-          |
| (iii)    | Construction of jetty at Mira-Bhayander, Dist Thane | 24,46,21,2271-          |
| (iv)     | Construction of jetty at Kalher, Dist Thane         | 23,55,42,4901-          |
|          | Total                                               | 99,67,95,068/-          |

## ll. Karnataka  State:

|   S. No. | Name of Work                                                                                  |   Proiect Cost (in Rs./Cr.) |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | lntegrated Development Tadadi Aghanashini Watenryay in Kumta Taluka Uttar Kannada District of |                       20    |
|        2 | Development of watenruays from Almatti to Baqalkot in Karanataka (NW-41)                      |                       12.2  |
|        3 | Development of watenvays on Gurupur (NW-43) in Manqalore Taluka of Karnataka                  |                       29.62 |

## Annex-3

| st. No.   | Nationa I Waterw ay (NW)   |   Length (km) | Name of Waterways                            | STATES                        |
|-----------|----------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1         | NW-11                      |        98.9   | Arunawati - Aran river system                | Maharashtra                   |
| 2         | NW-12                      |         5.5   | Assi river                                   | Uttar Pradesh                 |
| 3         | NW-13                      |        11.3   | AVM Canal                                    | Kerala & Tamil Nadu           |
| 4         | NW-17                      |       189     | Beas river                                   | Himachal Pradesh & Punjab     |
| 5         | NW-19                      |        67.05  | Betwa river                                  | Uttar Pradesh                 |
| 6         | NW-21                      |       138.9   | Bheema river                                 | Karnataka & Telanqana         |
| 7         | NW-22                      |       152     | Birupa / BadiGenguti / Brahmani River system | Odisha                        |
| 8         | NW-26                      |        51.072 | Chenab river                                 | J&K                           |
| I         | NW-32                      |        63.205 | Dikhu river                                  | Assam                         |
| 10        | NW-33                      |        61.368 | Doyans river                                 | Assam                         |
| 11        | NW-34                      |       136     | DVC Canal                                    | West Bengal                   |
| 12        | NW-35                      |       113     | Dwarakeshwar river                           | West Bengal                   |
| 13        | NW-38                      |        62     | Gangadhar river                              | Assam &W.B                    |
| 14        | NW-39                      |        49.143 | Ganol river                                  | Meghalaya                     |
| 15        | NW-41                      |       111.76  | Ghataprabha river                            | Kanataka                      |
| 16        | NW-43,                     |        10.041 | Gurupur river                                | Kanataka                      |
| 17        | NW-45                      |       650.1   | lndira Gandhi Canal                          | Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan |
| 18        | NW-46                      |        34.67  | lndus river                                  | Leh                           |
| 19        | NW-48                      |       615.445 | Jawai-Luni-Rann of Kutch river system        | Gujarat and Rajasthan         |
| 20        | NW-49                      |       181.2   | River Jhelum                                 | Jammu & Kashmir               |
| 21        | NW-s1                      |        23.56  | Kabini river                                 | Karnataka                     |
| 22        | NW-s3                      |       143     | Vasai-Thane-Kalyan                           | Maharashtra                   |
| 23        | NW-54                      |        86     | Karamnasa river                              | Bihar & U.P.                  |

|   24 | NW-55   |     310 | Kaveri-Kollidam river          | Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra                 |
|------|---------|---------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|   25 | NW-56   |  22.104 | Kherkai river                  | Jharkhand                                  |
|   26 | NW-58   | 236     | River Kosi                     | Bihar                                      |
|   27 | NW-59   |  18.78  | Vechoor-Ath iram puzha Canal   | Kerala                                     |
|   28 | NW-60   |  80.446 | Kumari river                   | West Bengal                                |
|   29 | NW-61   |  27.87  | Kynshi river                   | Meghalaya                                  |
|   30 | NW-62   |  86     | Lohit river                    | Assam and Arunachal Pradesh                |
|   31 | NW-63   |  98     | Luni river                     | Rajasthan                                  |
|   32 | NW-64   |  98     | Mahanadi Luna river            | Odisha                                     |
|   33 | NW-65   |  80.391 | Mahananda river                | West Bengal                                |
|   34 | NW-66   | 246.98  | Mahi river                     | Gujarat                                    |
|   35 | NW-67   |  93.5   | Malaprabha river               | Karnataka                                  |
|   36 | NW-69   |   4.75  | Manimutharu river              | Tamil Nadu                                 |
|   37 | NW-70   | 245     | Manjira river                  | Maharashtra & Telanqana                    |
|   38 | NW-71   |  26.638 | Mapusa river                   | Goa                                        |
|   39 | NW-72   |  58.7   | Nag river                      | Maharashtra                                |
|   40 | NW-74   |  30     | Netravathi river               | Karnataka                                  |
|   41 | NW-75   | 141     | Palar river                    | Tamil Nadu                                 |
|   42 | NW-76   |  23     | Panchagangvali river           | Karnataka                                  |
|   43 | NW-77   |  20     | Pazhyar River                  | Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh                |
|   44 | NW-78   | 261.51  | Penganga - Wardha river system | Maharashtra & Telangana                    |
|   45 | NW-79   |  29     | Pennar River                   | Andhra Pradesh                             |
|   46 | NW-80   | 125.5   | Ponniyar River                 | Tamil Nadu                                 |
|   47 | NW-81   |  34.61  | Punpun river                   | Bihar                                      |
|   48 | NW-82   |  58.234 | Puthimari river                | Assam                                      |
|   49 | NW-84   |  44.276 | Ravi river                     | Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh & Puniab |
|   50 | NW-89   |  45.47  | Savitri River                  | Maharashtra                                |

|   51 | NW-92   | 26      | Silabati River                     | West Bengal                   |
|------|---------|---------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|   52 | NW-93   | 62.6    | Simsang river                      | Meghalaya                     |
|   53 | NW-96   | 30      | Subarnarekha River                 | Odisha                        |
|   54 | NW-98   | 377     | Sutlej river                       | Himachal Pradesh & Puniab     |
|   55 | NW-g9   | 64      | Tamaraparani River                 | Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh |
|   56 | NW-101  | 40.039  | Tizu -Zungki river                 | Nagaland                      |
|   57 | NW-102  | 87.1 36 | Tlwang (Dhaleswari river           | Assam & Mizoram               |
|   58 | NW-103  | 73.25   | Tons river                         | U.P.                          |
|   59 | NW-105  | 16      | Udayavara River                    | Karnataka                     |
|   60 | NW-106  | 20.05   | Umngot (Dawki) river               | Meghalaya                     |
|   61 | NW-107  | 45.6    | Vaigai river                       | Tamil Nadu                    |
|   62 | NW-109  | 165.78  | Wainganga - Pranahita river system | Maharashtra & Telangana       |

## (a)  Cargo movement throuqh National Watenravs

## Annex-4

## (ln Million Tonnes)

| Year       |   NW -1 |   NW.2 |   NW.3 | NW.4   | Goa Wate rway s   | Mahara shtra waterw ays' NW-10, 85&91   | Guja rat wate rway S- NW. 73 &100   | Sund erban water ways- NW- 96   | Total   |
|------------|---------|--------|--------|--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------|
| 2015-16    |    6.48 |   0.6  |   1.06 |        |                   |                                         |                                     |                                 | 8.14*   |
| 2016-17    |    4.89 |   0.61 |   1.03 |        | 15.6 5            | 33.29                                   | NA                                  | NA                              | 55.47   |
| 2017-18    |    5.48 |   0.56 |   0.42 |        | 11.0 I            | 25.96                                   | 11.5 2                              | NA                              | 55.03   |
| 2018-19    |    6.79 |   0.5  |   0.41 | 0.45   | 3.76              | 28.34                                   | 28.8 2                              | 3.23                            | 72.31   |
| 2019-20    |    9.11 |   0.39 |   0.55 |        | 2.93              | 24.39                                   | 31.0 2                              | 3.50                            | 73.65   |
| 2020-21    |    9.21 |   0.31 |   0.73 | 6.83   | 8.46              | 28.21                                   | 25.7 2                              | 3.86                            | 83.61   |
| 2021- 22** |    9.07 |   0.37 |   1.54 | 10.42  | 3.72              | 38.40                                   | 26.5 8                              | 5.47                            | 96.31   |

## (b) Revenue generated by lWAl:

| Year                 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Revenue (Rs.in Lakh) |    913.87 |   1249.12 |   1647.75 |    2472.5 |   3712.88 |   2995.98 |   1950.05 |