Lok Sabha Question No. 812 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-21
Subject: National Waterways Projects
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: BHARATENDRA SINGH, T.G. VENKATESH BABU, BHOLA SINGH, RAGHAV LAKHANPAL, A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN, K. MARAGATHAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.812 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST JULY, 2016 NATIONAL WATERWAYS PROJECTS

## 812.  KUNWAR BHARATENDRA:

SHRI VENKATESH BABU T. G.:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL:

SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING  be pleased to state:

## पोतप�रवहनमंत्

- (a) the present status of progress made towards development of national waterways as per the National Waterways Bill, 2015;
- (b) the list of waterways proposed to be developed as national waterways in the country along with the length thereof;
- (c) the measures taken/being taken by the Government to overcome the socio-economic and environmental challenges likely to be faced during such development;
- (d) the expenditure estimated to be incurred on these projects along with the manner in which these funds are likely to be financed; and
- (e) the extent to which the logistics cost is likely to come down after completion of these projects?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a):    As per The National Waterways Act, 2016, 111 waterways have been declared as National Waterways (NWs) including  the  five  existing  NWs.  Out  of  the  111  NWs,  NW-1,  2,  &  3  are  already  operational.    Cargo  as  well  as passenger / cruise vessels are plying on these waterways.  DPR for development of NW-4 & 5 were completed in 2010. The DPR of NW 5 was updated in 2014.  For the newly declared 106 NWs, techno-economic feasibility studies have been initiated.
- (b):  A statement indicating the approximate length of each of the 111 NWs is annexed herewith.
- (c)&(d):Prior  to  undertaking  any  developmental  activities  on  NWs,  a  Techno-Economic  Feasibility  Study  is conducted  which  inter-alia,  includes,  Environmental  Impact  Assessment  (EIA),  Environmental  Management  Plan (EMP) and Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA).  Based on these study reports, necessary mitigation measures are taken up as per extant rules and regulation.  The extent, scope and expenditure on development of these NWs will be known after completion of these studies.
- (e): As  per  RITES  Report  of  2014  on  'Integrated  National  Waterways  Transportation  Grid  (INWTG)'  the  cost comparison between Inland Water Transport (IWT) mode and other mode of surface transport like rail and road is as below:

| Mode     |   Freight ( Rs/TKm ) | Taxes   |   Total Rs / TKm |
|----------|----------------------|---------|------------------|
| Railways |                 1.36 | 3.71%   |             1.41 |
| Highways |                 2.5  | 3.09%   |             2.58 |
| IWT      |                 1.06 | Nil     |             1.06 |

The significant cost saving shows that the promotion of inland water transport (IWT) would have positive impact on the overall logistics cost.

## LIST OF 111 - NATIONAL WATERWAYS

|   Sl. No | National Waterways   |   Approximate Length (Km.) | State                                  |
|----------|----------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|        1 | National Waterway-1  |                     1620   | UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal      |
|        2 | National Waterway-2  |                      891   | Assam                                  |
|        3 | National Waterway-3  |                      365   | Kerala                                 |
|        4 | National Waterway-4  |                     2890   | Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telanagana |
|        5 | National Waterway-5  |                      588   | Odisha, West Bengal                    |
|        6 | National Waterway-6  |                       71   | Assam                                  |
|        7 | National Waterway-7  |                       96   | West Bengal                            |
|        8 | National Waterway-8  |                       28   | Kerala                                 |
|        9 | National Waterway-9  |                       38   | Kerala                                 |
|       10 | National Waterway-10 |                       45   | Maharashtra                            |
|       11 | National Waterway-11 |                       98   | Maharashtra                            |
|       12 | National Waterway-12 |                        5.5 | UP                                     |
|       13 | National Waterway-13 |                       11   | Tamil Nadu                             |
|       14 | National Waterway-14 |                       49   | Odisha                                 |
|       15 | National Waterway-15 |                      137   | West Bengal                            |
|       16 | National Waterway-16 |                      121   | Assam                                  |
|       17 | National Waterway-17 |                      191   | HP &Punjab                             |
|       18 | National Waterway-18 |                       73   | Assam                                  |
|       19 | National Waterway-19 |                       68   | UP                                     |
|       20 | National Waterway-20 |                       94   | Tamil Nadu                             |
|       21 | National Waterway-21 |                      139   | Telangana Karnataka                    |
|       22 | National Waterway-22 |                      156   | Odisha                                 |
|       23 | National Waterway-23 |                       56   | Odisha                                 |
|       24 | National Waterway-24 |                       60   | UP                                     |
|       25 | National Waterway-25 |                       33   | Goa                                    |
|       26 | National Waterway-26 |                       53   | J&K &Punjab                            |
|       27 | National Waterway-27 |                       17   | Goa                                    |
|       28 | National Waterway-28 |                       45   | Maharashtra                            |
|       29 | National Waterway-29 |                      135   | West Bengal                            |
|       30 | National Waterway-30 |                      114   | Assam                                  |
|       31 | National Waterway-31 |                      110   | Assam                                  |
|       32 | National Waterway-32 |                       63   | Assam                                  |
|       33 | National Waterway-33 |                       61   | Assam                                  |
|       34 | National Waterway-34 |                      130   | West Bengal                            |
|       35 | National Waterway-35 |                      113   | West Bengal                            |

| 36    | National Waterway-36   |   121 | West Bengal                |
|-------|------------------------|-------|----------------------------|
| 37    | National Waterway-37   |   300 | Bihar &UP                  |
| 38    | National Waterway-38   |    62 | Assam &West Bengal         |
| 39    | National Waterway-39   |    49 | Meghalaya                  |
| 40    | National Waterway-40   |   340 | Bihar &UP                  |
| 41    | National Waterway-41   |   112 | Karnataka                  |
| 42    | National Waterway-42   |   518 | UP                         |
| 43    | National Waterway-43   |    10 | Karnataka                  |
| 44    | National Waterway-44   |    64 | West Bengal                |
| 45    | National Waterway-45   |   650 | Haryana, Punjab &Rajasthan |
| 46    | National Waterway-46   |    35 | J&K                        |
| 47    | National Waterway-47   |   131 | West Bengal                |
| 48    | National Waterway-48   |   590 | Rajasthan &Gujarat         |
| 49    | National Waterway-49   |   110 | J&K                        |
| 50    | National Waterway-50   |    43 | Meghalaya &Assam           |
| 51    | National Waterway-51   |    23 | Karnataka                  |
| 52    | National Waterway-52   |    54 | Karnataka                  |
| 53    | National Waterway-53   |   145 | Maharashtra                |
| 54    | National Waterway-54   |    86 | UP &Bihar                  |
| 55    | National Waterway-55   |   364 | Tamil Nadu                 |
| 56    | National Waterway-56   |    23 | Jharkhand                  |
| 57    | National Waterway-57   |    46 | Assam                      |
| 58    | National Waterway-58   |   236 | Bihar                      |
| 59    | National Waterway-59   |    28 | Kerala                     |
| 60    | National Waterway-60   |    77 | West Bengal                |
| 61    | National Waterway-61   |    28 | Meghalaya                  |
| 62    | National Waterway-62   |   100 | Assam                      |
| 63    | National Waterway-63   |   327 | Rajasthan                  |
| 64    | National Waterway-64   |   425 | Odisha                     |
| 65    | National Waterway-65   |    81 | West Bengal                |
| 66    | National Waterway-66   |   248 | Gujarat                    |
| 67    | National Waterway-67   |    94 | Karnataka                  |
| 68    | National Waterway-68   |    41 | Goa                        |
| 69    | National Waterway-69   |     5 | Tamil Nadu                 |
| 70    | National Waterway-70   |   242 | Maharashtra, &Telangana    |
| 71    | National Waterway-71   |    27 | Goa                        |
| 72    | National Waterway-72   |    60 | Maharashtra                |
| 73    | National Waterway-73   |   227 | Gujarat                    |
| 74    | National Waterway-74   |    78 | Karnataka                  |
| 75    | National Waterway-75   |   141 | Tamil Nadu                 |
| 76    | National Waterway-76   |    23 | Karnataka                  |
| 77    | National Waterway-77   |    20 | Tamil Nadu                 |
| 78    | National Waterway-78   |   265 | Maharashtra &Telangana     |
| 79 80 | National Waterway-79   |    29 | Andhra Pradesh             |
|       | National Waterway-80   |   125 | Tamil Nadu                 |

|   81 | National Waterway-81              |   35 | Bihar                           |
|------|-----------------------------------|------|---------------------------------|
|   82 | National Waterway-82              |   72 | Assam                           |
|   83 | National Waterway-83              |   31 | Maharashtra                     |
|   84 | National Waterway-84              |   42 | HP &J&K                         |
|   85 | National Waterway-85              |   31 | Maharashtra                     |
|   86 | National Waterway-86              |   72 | West Bengal                     |
|   87 | National Waterway-87              |  212 | Gujarat                         |
|   88 | National Waterway-88              |   14 | Goa                             |
|   89 | National Waterway-89              |   46 | Maharashtra                     |
|   90 | National Waterway-90              |   29 | Karnataka                       |
|   91 | National Waterway-91              |   52 | Maharashtra                     |
|   92 | National Waterway-92              |   26 | West Bengal                     |
|   93 | National Waterway-93              |   62 | Meghalaya                       |
|   94 | National Waterway-94              |  160 | Bihar                           |
|   95 | National Waterway-95              |  111 | Assam                           |
|   96 | National Waterway-96              |  314 | Jharkhand, West Bengal & Odisha |
|   97 | National Waterway-97 (Sunderbans) |  654 | West Bengal                     |
|   98 | National Waterway-98              |  377 | Punjab&HP                       |
|   99 | National Waterway-99              |   64 | Tamil Nadu                      |
|  100 | National Waterway-100             |  436 | Maharashtra& Gujarat            |
|  101 | National Waterway-101             |   42 | Nagaland                        |
|  102 | National Waterway-102             |   86 | Mizoram                         |
|  103 | National Waterway-103             |   73 | UP                              |
|  104 | National Waterway-104             |  230 | Telangana, Karnataka &AP        |
|  105 | National Waterway-105             |   16 | Karnataka                       |
|  106 | National Waterway-106             |   20 | Meghalaya                       |
|  107 | National Waterway-107             |   45 | Tamil Nadu                      |
|  108 | National Waterway-108             |   53 | UP                              |
|  109 | National Waterway-109             |  164 | Maharashtra &Telangana          |
|  110 | National Waterway-110             | 1089 | Haryana, UP &Delhi              |
|  111 | National Waterway-111             |   50 | Goa                             |

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