Lok Sabha Question No. 46 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Development of Inland Waterways
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Lorho S. Pfoze

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  -46

ANSWERED ONO9I12I2O22

## DEVELOPMENT OF INLAND WATERWAYS

- "46  SHRI LORHO S. PFOZE:

will the Minister of PoRTS, sHlpplNc AND wATERWAys  be pleased to state: vr+, fra  qft-+A  ofu  rcff f {-fi

- (a) whether the Government  is developing  any inland waterways  with suitable  ports in North East lndia along  the river Brahmaputra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government  is considering  inland waterway  development  in smaller river systems including the river Barak;  and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO lN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  UO. 1+O  FOR 09.12.2022  RAISED BY SHRI LORHO  S' PFOZE,HON'BLE  M,P. ON  "DEVELOPMENT OF INLAND  WATERWAYS"-

- (a) & (b) Yes, Sir. lnland  Waterways  Authority of  lndia  (lWAl) an autonomous organisation  under the ftfiniltty  ot  ports'  Shipping  and  Waterways  (MoPSW)  has taken up development  of National-Waterway  -2 (NW-2) ie  River Brahmaputra  from Dhubri  to Sadiya  (891 km). The waterway  is operational  for movement  of cargo and  passenger vessels.  The waterway it "ini"in"i with navigable  fairway' day navigation  marks  in entire  g9.1  km stretch  ,nO night ;"rigational  aidi in Dhubri-silghat  (440 km) stretch  A multimodal  (MMT) river poi at eanOu  with road and rail connectivity  and another permanent  terminal at Dhubri has been constructed  l l  nos of floating terminals  are also provided on NW\_2. construction  of a new terminar  at Jogighopa  has been taken up and construction  of a cargo cum tourist terminal  at Bogibeel  (Dibrugarh)  has also been approved.
- (c) &( d) Yes, Sir' The proposal  for development of river Kopili  (National Wateruay-57)  and river Dhansiri  (National Waterway  -31) has been approved  Further development  of river Barak  tiir 'xrnl (National  Wateruay-16)  has been taken  up by lWAl. Maior activities  include fairway development'  upgradation  of terminal  at Badarpur and Karimganj'  navigationat  aids eic Ministry  of Ports' Shipping & Waterways  has a central sector scheme  unJer which 100%  grant is provided to North Eastern states  for deveropment  of lnrand waterways.  The different ongoing  projects under  the scheme are given at Annexure-1.

## Details of ongoing  projects  under central Sector Scheme

|   S.No | State    | Name of Project                                                                                 | Details                                                                                                                                                                          |
|--------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Assam    | Construction of 15 Nos. of (17.0m long) floating terminals at 15 Ghats on NW16                  | Project was sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 6.37 Cr.                                                                                                                                 |
|      2 | Assam    | Construction of 25 Nos. (17.0m long) floating terminals at 25 Ghats on NW2 (Assam)              | Project was sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 10.97 Cr.                                                                                                                                |
|      3 | Assam    | Construction of 16 Nos. (25.0m long)floating terminals at16 Ghats on NW2 (Assam)                | Project was sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 13.70 Cr.                                                                                                                                |
|      4 | Manipu r | Loktak lnland Waterways lmprovement Project for Loktak Lake (Manipur)                           | i. Project was Sanctioned at a cost o1 Rs. 25.58 Cr. ii. Project is yet to be commenced due to High Court of Manipur stay order on the project.                                  |
|      5 | Mizoram  | river in Development of IWT on Khawthlangtu ipu i -Tuichawng Lunglei District, Mizoram          | Phase-1 of the project was sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 6.17 Cr.                                                                                                                  |
|      6 | Tripura  | Setting up of linkagewith Meghna river system in Bangladesh by developing Gumti River (Tripura) | (i) lnitially the projecl was sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 12.58 Cr. on 06.11 .2O15. Later, the project was revised at a cost of Rs. 24.525T Cr. as proposed by Govt. o1 Tripura. |

## Annexure  - 1