Lok Sabha Question No. 1547 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-10
Subject: Promoting Passenger Ferry Service
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Brijendra Singh

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1 547

ANSWERED ON 10.02.2023

## PROMOTING PASSENGER FERRY SERVICE

## 1547. SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH:

Will the MINISTER OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS  be pleased to state:

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- (a) whether the Government  is promoting roll-on/roll-off  passenger  (RO-Pax) ferry services as a fast and sustainable  mode of transport;
- (b) if so, the details thereof ;
- (c)  the details of locations where RO-Pax  ietties  have been developed; and
- (d) whether  the Government  has plans in place for further development  of such ferries in the future and if so. the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) Yes sir, to introduce modern urban Ro-Ro/Ro-PAX  (Roll on Roll off and Passenger)  vessels as a mode of lnland waterways  Transport  (lwT), the lnland wateMays Authority of lndia (lwAl) have engaged into cooperation  with State Governments.  The details is at Annex.-|. Besides, under the sagarmala scheme, the Government has undertaken  50 projects of worth Rs. 1972 Cr. to promote Ro-Ro/ Ro-Pax/ Passenger ferry urban water transportation  services  in country, of which 10 projects worth Rs. 557 Cr. have already been completed.
- (c) The detail of locations  where Ro-Ro/ Ro-Pax  jetties/terminals  developed is at An nex.ll.
- (d) Apart from the facts mentioned in reply to point (a) & (b) above, development of RoRo/Ro-Pax/Ferries and Ro-Ro terminals at following 10 locations (5 pairs) has been included under Arth Ganga Programme in Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP):-
- a Kahalgaon (Bihar)  - Tintanga (Bihar)
- Bakhtiyarpur (Bihar)  - Hasanpur (Bihar)
- Buxar (Bihar)  - Saraikota (Uttar  pradesh)
- a Samdaghat (Jharkhand) - Manihari (Bihar)
- Rajmahal (Jharkhand) - Manikchak (West Bengat)

## Annex.-l

|   S.No. | Name of State   | No. of Vessels deployed/handed over   | Month in which MoU signed with State Government   |
|---------|-----------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Assam           | Four                                  | September,2021                                    |
|       2 | Kerala          | Two                                   | October, 2020                                     |
|       3 | Odisha          | One                                   | Aaril,2021                                        |
|       4 | Uttar Pradesh   | Two                                   | November,2020                                     |

Annex.-l!

The details of locations where Ro-Ro/ Ro-Pax jetties/terminals  developed  -

| Development on Nationa! W         | Development on Nationa! W                          |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| National Waterwa                  | National Waterwa                                   |
|                                   | Terminal                                           |
|                                   | Roll on-Roll off (Ro-Ro) RCC Jet@ Width - 15.6 m)  |
| National Waterwav-3               | National Waterwav-3                                |
|                                   | on-Roll offllift off-Lift on (Ro-Rollo-Loy tandrng |
| Willingdon lsland                 | on-Roll off/Lift off-Lift on (Ro-RolLo-to1 tanOrng |
| Under Sagarmala Scheme            | Under Sagarmala Scheme                             |
| Belapur, Navi Mumbai, Maharasthra |                                                    |
| Bhayander, Maharasthra            | Ro-Pax Jetty                                       |
| Narangi, Maharasthra              | Ro-Pax Jetty                                       |
| Malvan-Sindhudurg, Maharasthra    | Ro-Pax Jetty                                       |
| KanhojiAngre lsland, Maharasthra  |                                                    |
| Mandwa, Maharasthra               | Ro-Pax Jetty                                       |