Question : EXPANSION OF NAVIGATION



(a) whether the Government have constituted any Committee to look into expansion and upgradation as well as commercial operation of navigation;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether any assessment has been made regarding navigation possibilities in Chhattisgarh region;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) if not, the reasons therefor?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING ( SHRI HUKUMDEO NARAYAN YADAV)

(a) No Sir.

(b) Does not arise.

(c) No Sir.

(d) Does not arise.

(e) The National Transport Policy Committee report identified ten waterways as having potential for declaration and development as National Waterway namely :

i) Ganga-Bhagirathi -Hooghly river system	ii)	The Brahmaputra	iii)	The West Coast Canal	iv)	The Sunderbans	v)	The Godavari	vi)	The Krishna	vii)	The Mahanadi	viii)	The Narmada	ix)	The Mandovi, Zuari rivers and Cumberjua Canal in Goa`	x)	The Tapi
None of these waterways pass through the state of Chhattisgarh.