Lok Sabha Question No. 2156 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Connectivity of Rivers
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: RAJESH VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2156 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH   MARCH, 2016

## CONNECTIVITY OF RIVERS

## 2156. SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

## पोत प�रवहन मंत्

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal/scheme  to  increase  connectivity  of major  rivers  and  costal  areas  for  their  beautification  and  developing  them  as waterways;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  names of the rivers proposed to be beautified and developed as waterways in the country, State/UT-wise, including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c)  whetherGomti,  Sharda  and  Ghaghra  rivers  are  proposed  to  be  included  in  the  said scheme; and
- (d)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)&(b):To  increase  the  network  of  waterways  in  the  country,  the  Government  has approved  a  proposal  for  declaration  of  106  new  inland  waterways  as  National Waterways to be developed for shipping and navigation.  A National Waterway Bill, 2015 has been passed by the LokSabha during the Winter Session, 2015 and is  expected to be taken  up for consideration by the RajyaSabha during Budget Session, 2016.   A list of the proposed new 106 National Waterways,State-wise, including those in Uttar Pradesh, is enclosed as Annex .
- (c)&(d):In Uttar Pradesh, ten rivers viz.Asi, Betwa, Chambal, Gandak, Ghaghra, Gomti, Karamnasa,  Tons,  Varuna  and  Yamuna  have  been  included  in  the  list  of  the proposed 106 new waterways.

## List of 106 new proposed waterways

|   Sl. No. | Name of River                                 |   Length | State                    |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------|----------|--------------------------|
|         1 | AAI RIVER                                     |     71   | Assam                    |
|         2 | AJOY (AJAY) RIVER                             |     96   | West Bengal              |
|         3 | ALAPPUZHA- CHANGANASSERY CANAL                |     28   | Kerala                   |
|         4 | ALAPPUZHA-KOTTAYAM - ATHIRAMPUZHA CANAL       |     38   | Kerala                   |
|         5 | AMBARIVER                                     |     45   | Maharashtra              |
|         6 | ARUNAWATI - ARAN RIVER SYSTEM                 |     98   | Maharashtra              |
|         7 | ASI RIVER                                     |      5.5 | Uttar Pradesh            |
|         8 | AVMCANAL                                      |     11   | Tamil Nadu &Kerala       |
|         9 | BAITARNI RIVER                                |     49   | Odisha                   |
|        10 | BAKRESWAR - MAYURAKSHI RIVER SYSTEM           |    137   | West Bengal              |
|        11 | BARAK RIVER                                   |    121   | Assam                    |
|        12 | BEAS RIVER                                    |    191   | Himachal Pradesh& Punjab |
|        13 | BEKI RIVER                                    |     73   | Assam                    |
|        14 | BETWA RIVER                                   |     68   | Uttar Pradesh            |
|        15 | BHAVANI RIVER                                 |     94   | Tamil Nadu               |
|        16 | BHEEMA RIVER                                  |    139   | Telangana& Karnataka     |
|        17 | BIRUPA - BADI GENGUTI - BRAHMANI RIVER SYSTEM |    156   | Odisha                   |
|        18 | BUDHA BALANGA                                 |     56   | Odisha                   |
|        19 | CHAMBAL RIVER                                 |     60   | U. P.& Rajasthan         |
|        20 | CHAPORA RIVER                                 |     33   | Goa                      |
|        21 | CHENAB RIVER                                  |     53   | Jammu &Kashmir           |
|        22 | CUMBERJUA RIVER                               |     17   | Goa                      |
|        23 | DABHOL CREEK -VASHISHTI RIVER SYSTEM          |     45   | Maharashtra              |
|        24 | DAMODAR RIVER                                 |    135   | West Bengal              |
|        25 | DEHING RIVER                                  |    114   | Assam                    |
|        26 | DHANSIRI / CHATHE                             |    110   | Assam                    |
|        27 | DIKHU RIVER                                   |     63   | Assam                    |
|        28 | DOYANS RIVER                                  |     61   | Assam                    |
|        29 | DVC CANAL                                     |    130   | West Bengal              |
|        30 | DWAREKESWAR RIVER                             |    113   | West Bengal              |
|        31 | DWARKARIVER                                   |    121   | West Bengal              |
|        32 | GANDAK RIVER                                  |    300   | Bihar &Uttar Pradesh     |
|        33 | GANGADHAR RIVER                               |     62   | West Bengal &Assam       |
|        34 | GANOL RIVER                                   |     49   | Meghalaya                |
|        35 | GHAGHRA RIVER                                 |    340   | Bihar &Uttar Pradesh     |

## Annexure

|   36 | GHATAPRABHA RIVER                                                |   112 | Karnataka                  |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|----------------------------|
|   37 | GOMTI RIVER                                                      |   518 | Uttar Pradesh              |
|   38 | GURUPUR RIVER                                                    |    10 | Karnataka                  |
|   39 | ICHAMATI RIVER                                                   |    64 | West Bengal                |
|   40 | INDIRA GANDHI CANAL                                              |   650 | Punjab, Haryana& Rajasthan |
|   41 | INDUS RIVER                                                      |    35 | Jammu &Kashmir             |
|   42 | JALANGI RIVER                                                    |   131 | West Bengal                |
|   43 | JAWAI RIVER                                                      |   590 | Rajasthan &Gujarat         |
|   44 | JHELUM RIVER                                                     |   110 | Jammu &Kashmir             |
|   45 | JINJIRAM RIVER                                                   |    43 | Meghalaya &Assam           |
|   46 | KABINI RIVER                                                     |    23 | Karnataka                  |
|   47 | KALI RIVER                                                       |    54 | Karnataka                  |
|   48 | KALYAN-THANE-MUMBAI WATERWAY, VASAI CREEK AND ULHAS RIVER SYSTEM |   145 | Maharashtra                |
|   49 | KARAMNASA RIVER                                                  |    86 | Bihar &Uttar Pradesh       |
|   50 | KAVERI - KOLLIDAM RIVER SYSTEM                                   |   364 | Tamil Nadu                 |
|   51 | KHERKAI RIVER                                                    |    23 | Jharkhand                  |
|   52 | KOPILI RIVER                                                     |    46 | Assam                      |
|   53 | KOSI RIVER                                                       |   236 | Bihar                      |
|   54 | KOTTAYAM-VAIKOM CANAL                                            |    28 | Kerala                     |
|   55 | KUMARI RIVER                                                     |    77 | West Bengal                |
|   56 | KYNSHI RIVER                                                     |    28 | Meghalaya                  |
|   57 | LOHIT RIVER                                                      |   100 | Assam &Arunachal Pradesh   |
|   58 | LUNI RIVER                                                       |   327 | Rajasthan                  |
|   59 | MAHANADI RIVER                                                   |   425 | Odisha                     |
|   60 | MAHANANDA RIVER                                                  |    81 | West Bengal                |
|   61 | MAHI RIVER                                                       |   248 | Gujarat                    |
|   62 | MALAPRABHA RIVER                                                 |    94 | Karnataka                  |
|   63 | MANDOVI RIVER                                                    |    41 | Goa                        |
|   64 | MANIMUTHARU RIVER                                                |     5 | Tamil Nadu                 |
|   65 | MANJARA RIVER                                                    |   242 | Maharashtra &Telangana     |
|   66 | MAPUSA / MOIDE RIVER                                             |    27 | Goa                        |
|   67 | NAG RIVER                                                        |    60 | Maharashtra                |
|   68 | NARMADA RIVER                                                    |   227 | Maharashtra &Gujarat       |
|   69 | NETRAVATHI RIVER                                                 |    78 | Karnataka                  |
|   70 | PALAR RIVER                                                      |   141 | Tamil Nadu                 |
|   71 | PANCHAGANGAVALI (PANCHAGANGOLI) RIVER                            |    23 | Karnataka                  |
|   72 | PAZHYAR RIVER                                                    |    20 | Tamil Nadu                 |
|   73 | PENGANAGA - WARDHARIVER SYSTEM                                   |   265 | Maharashtra                |

|    |                                            |     | &Telangana                       |
|----|--------------------------------------------|-----|----------------------------------|
| 74 | PENNAR RIVER                               |  29 | Andhra Pradesh                   |
| 75 | PONNIYAR RIVER                             | 125 | Tamil Nadu                       |
| 76 | PUNPUN RIVER                               |  35 | Bihar                            |
| 77 | PUTHIMARI RIVER                            |  72 | Assam                            |
| 78 | RAJPURI CREEK                              |  31 | Maharashtra                      |
| 79 | RAVI RIVER                                 |  42 | Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &Kashmir |
| 80 | REVADANDA CREEK - KUNDALIKA RIVER SYSTEM   |  31 | Maharashtra                      |
| 81 | RUPNARAYAN RIVER                           |  72 | West Bengal                      |
| 82 | SABARMATI RIVER                            | 212 | Gujarat                          |
| 83 | SAL RIVER                                  |  14 | Goa                              |
| 84 | SAVITRI RIVER (BANKOT CREEK)               |  46 | Maharashtra                      |
| 85 | SHARAVATI RIVER                            |  29 | Karnataka                        |
| 86 | SHASTRI RIVER - JAIGAD CREEK SYSTEM        |  52 | Maharashtra                      |
| 87 | SILABATI RIVER                             |  26 | West Bengal                      |
| 88 | SIMSANG RIVER                              |  62 | Meghalaya                        |
| 89 | SONE RIVER                                 | 160 | Bihar                            |
| 90 | SUBANSIRI RIVER                            | 111 | Assam                            |
| 91 | SUBARNREKHA RIVER                          | 314 | Jharkhand, West Bengal &Odisha   |
| 92 | SUNDERBANS WATERWAY                        | 201 | West Bengal                      |
|    | BIDYA RIVER                                |  55 | West Bengal                      |
|    | CHHOTA KALAGACHI (CHHOTO KALERGACHI) RIVER |  15 | West Bengal                      |
|    | GOMAR RIVER                                |   7 | West Bengal                      |
|    | HARIBHANGA RIVER                           |  16 | West Bengal                      |
|    | HOGLA (HOGAL)-PATHANKHALI RIVER            |  37 | West Bengal                      |
|    | KALINDI (KALANDI) RIVER                    |   8 | West Bengal                      |
|    | KATAKHALI RIVER                            |  23 | West Bengal                      |
|    | MATLA RIVER                                |  98 | West Bengal                      |
|    | MURI GANGA (BARATALA) RIVER                |  27 | West Bengal                      |
|    | RAIMANGAL RIVER                            |  52 | West Bengal                      |
|    | SAHIBKHALI (SAHEBKHALI) RIVER              |  14 | West Bengal                      |
|    | SAPTAMUKHI RIVER                           |  37 | West Bengal                      |
|    | THAKURRAN RIVER                            |  64 | West Bengal                      |
| 93 | SUTLEJ RIVER                               | 377 | Punjab &Himachal Pradesh         |
| 94 | TAMARAPARANI RIVER                         |  64 | Tamil Nadu                       |
| 95 | TAPI RIVER                                 | 436 | Maharashtra &Gujarat             |

|   96 | TIZU and ZUNGKI RIVERS             |   42 | Nagaland                             |
|------|------------------------------------|------|--------------------------------------|
|   97 | TLWANG (DHALESWARI RIVER)          |   86 | Mizoram &Assam                       |
|   98 | TONS RIVER                         |   73 | Uttar Pradesh                        |
|   99 | TUNGABHADRA RIVER                  |  230 | Telangana, Karnataka& Andhra Pradesh |
|  100 | UDAYAVARA RIVER                    |   16 | Karnataka                            |
|  101 | UMNGOT (DAWKI) RIVER               |   20 | Meghalaya                            |
|  102 | VAIGAI RIVER                       |   45 | Tamil Nadu                           |
|  103 | VARUNA RIVER                       |   53 | Uttar Pradesh                        |
|  104 | WAINGANGA - PRANAHITA RIVER SYSTEM |  164 | Maharashtra &Telangana               |
|  105 | YAMUNARIVER                        | 1089 | Delhi, Haryana &Uttar Pradesh        |
|  106 | ZUARI RIVER                        |   50 | Goa                                  |

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