Lok Sabha Question No. 3717 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-11
Subject: Improve Navigation Facilities
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: P. Velusamy

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3717 ANSWERED ON 11.08.2023

## IMPROVE NAVIGATION FACILITIES

3717.SHRI VELUSAMY P.:

Will the Minister of PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS be pleased to state:

## पȅन , पोत पįरवहन और जलमागŊ मंũी

- (a) the  funds  allocated  for  creating  new  waterways  and  jetties  to  improve  the navigation facilities and the selected waterways in the country;
- (b) the funds out of the above earmarked for Tamil Nadu indicating the names of the waterways identified in the State for the purpose; and
- (c) the latest progress report regarding  development  of  37  kms  between Sholonganallur to Kalpakkam in South Buckingham Canal in Tamil Nadu on National Waterway-4, entailing an expenditure of Rs. 123 crore?

## ANSWER

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

(a)A total  of Rs. 6639 cr. has been allocated for capacity augmentation of existing and new waterways and development of jetties to improve the navigation facilities in the country, details of which is given at Annexure-1 .

- (b) &(c)  Rs. 123.40 crore was sanctioned for the development of 37 km stretch of South  Buckingham  canal  between  Shollinganallur  to  Kalpakam  of  NW-4  in  2014. Subsequently, IWAI carried out survey / studies and initiated action to develop the stretch  between  Sholinganallur  to  Kalpakam  (Tamil  Nadu)  in  the  first  phase. However,  the  work  could  not  commence  due  to  significant  encroachment  on  the waterway.

## Annexure -1

## The details of projects and funds sanctioned on National Waterway (NW) during last 5 years

| S. No.   | Projects Sanctioned on National Waterway (NW) with States                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |   Investment Sanctioned (Rs. in cr.) |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP-I &II) on Varanasi-Haldia stretch (1390 km) of NW-1 (Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river System) in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand & West Bengal sanctioned on 03.01.2018                                                                                     |                                 5362 |
| 2.       | (a) SFC appraised Project for Development of NW-2 (river Brahmaputra) in July 2020 and revised in November 2022 in Assam                                                                                                                                                               |                                  474 |
|          | (b) DIB appraised project for construction of Alternative road to Pandu Port on NW-2 to NH-27 in Assam sanctioned in January 2023                                                                                                                                                      |                                  180 |
|          | (c) DIB appraised project for construction Ship repair facility at Pandu on NW-2 to NH-27 in Assam sanctioned in January 2023                                                                                                                                                          |                                  208 |
| 3.       | SFC appraised Project for Development of NW-16 (river Barak) and Indian Portion of Indo-Bangladesh Route in July 2020 and revised in November 2022 in Assam                                                                                                                            |                                  148 |
| 4.       | DIB Memo approved for Phase-I development of 16 NWs (NW-3, 4, 5 & 13 new NWs) for 2 years- 2022-23 & 2023- 24& till 2025-26 for certain NWs sanctioned in November, 2022 in the States of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Goa, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra & Assam- |                                  267 |
|          | Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                 6639 |

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