(a) the details of National Waterways approved during the last four years, year-wise;
(b) the details and the present status of waterways projects approved and being implemented in North-Eastern Region (NER), project-wise;
(c) the details of the time-frame set for completion and operationalization of these waterways in NER, project-wise;
(d) whether there are any time or cost overrun in completion of these projects in NER; and
(e) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor?
(a) to (e) Five National Waterways (NWs) existed prior to 12.4.2016. Thereafter, 106 new inland waterways were declared as NWs under the National Waterways Act, 2016. A list of these NWs is at Annex-I.
20 NWs out of the 111 NWs are in North Eastern Region (NER). NW-2 (river Brahmaputra) from Dhubri to Sadiya (891 km) is operational and cruise & cargo vessels are moving on it. The present status of facilities created/ to be created in NW-2 is at Annex-II.
Fairway development works commenced on new NW-16 (river Barak) in 2017-18 for Phase-I from Silchar to Bhanga with scheduled completion in September, 2019. The status of feasibility studies of remaining 18 new NWs in NER is at Annex-III. The time frame for the development and operationalization of these NWs depends on the outcome of the feasibility studies.
Annex-I
List of 111 National Waterways
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Sl. No. National Waterway No. Length (km) Details of Waterways STATES
1 National Waterway 1 1620 Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System (Haldia - Allahabad) Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand & West Bengal
2 National Waterway 2 891 Brahmaputra River (Dhubri - Sadiya) Assam
3 National Waterway 3 205 West Coast Canal (Kottapuram - Kollam), Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals Kerala
170 West Coast Canal (Kottapuram - Kozhikode)
4 National Waterway 4 50 Kakinada Canal (Kakinada to Rajahmundry) Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra
171 Godavari river (Bhadrachalam to Rajahmundry)
139 Eluru Canal (Rajahmundry to Vijayawada)
157 Krishna river (Wazirabad to Vijayawada)
113 Commamur Canal (Vijayawada to Peddaganjam)
316 North Buckingham Canal (Peddaganjam to Central Station of Chennai)
110 South Buckingham canal (Central Station of Chennai to Marakanam)
22 Marakanam to Puducherry through Kaluvelly tank
1202 River Godavari (Bhadrachalam - Nashik)
636 River Krishna (Wazirabad - Galagali)
5 National Waterway 5 256 East Coast Canal and Matai river Odisha and West Bengal
265 Brahmani-Kharsua-Dhamra rivers
67 Mahanadi delta rivers (Consisting of Hansua river, Nunanala, Gobrinala, Kharnasi river and Mahanadi river)
6 National Waterway 6 68 AAI RIVER Assam
7 National Waterway 7 90 AJOY (AJAY) RIVER West Bengal
8 National Waterway 8 29 ALAPPUZHA- CHANGANASSERY CANAL Kerala
9 National Waterway 9 40 ALAPPUZHA- KOTTAYAM – ATHIRAMPUZHA CANAL Kerala
Alternate route: 11.5km
10 National Waterway 10 45 AMBA RIVER Maharashtra
11 National Waterway 11 99 ARUNAWATI - ARAN RIVER SYSTEM Maharashtra
12 National Waterway 12 5.5 ASI RIVER Uttar Pradesh
13 National Waterway 13 11 AVM CANAL Kerala & Tamil Nadu
14 National Waterway 14 48 BAITARNI RIVER Odisha
15 National Waterway 15 135 BAKRESWAR - MAYURAKSHI RIVER SYSTEM West Bengal
16 National Waterway 16 121 BARAK RIVER Assam
17 National Waterway 17 189 BEAS RIVER Himachal Pradesh & Punjab
18 National Waterway 18 69 BEKI RIVER Assam
19 National Waterway 19 67 BETWA RIVER Uttar Pradesh
20 National Waterway 20 95 BHAVANI RIVER Tamil Nadu
21 National Waterway 21 139 BHEEMA RIVER Karnataka & Telangana
22 National Waterway 22 156 BIRUPA - BADI GENGUTI - BRAHMANI RIVER SYSTEM Odisha
23 National Waterway 23 56 BUDHA BALANGA Odisha
24 National Waterway 24 61 CHAMBAL RIVER Uttar Pradesh
25 National Waterway 25 33 CHAPORA RIVER Goa
26 National Waterway 26 51 CHENAB RIVER Jammu & Kashmir
27 National Waterway 27 17 CUMBERJUA RIVER Goa
28 National Waterway 28 45 DABHOL CREEK -VASHISHTI RIVER SYSTEM Maharashtra
29 National Waterway 29 132 DAMODAR RIVER West Bengal
30 National Waterway 30 109 DEHING RIVER Assam
31 National Waterway 31 114 DHANSIRI / CHATHE Assam
32 National Waterway 32 63 DIKHU RIVER Assam
33 National Waterway 33 61 DOYANS RIVER Assam
34 National Waterway 34 137 DVC CANAL West Bengal
35 National Waterway 35 108 DWAREKESWAR RIVER West Bengal
36 National Waterway 36 119 DWARKA RIVER West Bengal
37 National Waterway 37 296 GANDAK RIVER Bihar & Uttar Pradesh
38 National Waterway 38 62 GANGADHAR RIVER Assam & West Bengal
39 National Waterway 39 49 GANOL RIVER Meghalaya
40 National Waterway 40 354 GHAGHRA RIVER Bihar & Uttar Pradesh
41 National Waterway 41 112 GHATAPRABHA RIVER Karnataka
42 National Waterway 42 514 GOMTI RIVER Uttar Pradesh
43 National Waterway 43 10 GURUPUR RIVER Karnataka
44 National Waterway 44 63 ICHAMATI RIVER West Bengal
45 National Waterway 45 650 INDIRA GANDHI CANAL Punjab , Haryana &Rajashtan
46 National Waterway 46 35 INDUS RIVER Jammu & Kashmir
47 National Waterway 47 131 JALANGI RIVER West Bengal
48 National Waterway 48 590 JAWAI-LUNI-RANN OF KUTCH RIVER SYSTEM Gujarat & Rajasthan
49 National Waterway 49 110 JHELUM RIVER Jammu & Kashmir
50 National Waterway 50 43 JINJIRAM RIVER Assam & Meghalaya
51 National Waterway 51 23 KABINI RIVER Karnataka
52 National Waterway 52 53 KALI RIVER Karnataka
53 National Waterway 53 145 KALYAN-THANE-MUMBAI WATERWAY, VASAI CREEK AND ULHAS RIVER SYSTEM Maharashtra
54 National Waterway 54 86 KARAMNASA RIVER Bihar & Uttar Pradesh
55 National Waterway 55 311 KAVERI - KOLLIDAM RIVER SYSTEM Tamil Nadu
56 National Waterway 56 22 KHERKAI RIVER Jharkhand
57 National Waterway 57 50 KOPILI RIVER Assam
58 National Waterway 58 236 KOSI RIVER Bihar
59 National Waterway 59 19 KOTTAYAM-VAIKOM CANAL Kerala
60 National Waterway 60 80 KUMARI RIVER West Bengal
61 National Waterway 61 28 KYNSHI RIVER Meghalaya
62 National Waterway 62 86 LOHIT RIVER Assam & Arunachal Pradesh
63 National Waterway 63 336 LUNI RIVER Rajasthan
64 National Waterway 64 426 MAHANADI RIVER Odisha
65 National Waterway 65 80 MAHANANDA RIVER West Bengal
66 National Waterway 66 247 MAHI RIVER Gujarat
67 National Waterway 67 94 MALAPRABHA RIVER Karnataka
68 National Waterway 68 41 MANDOVI RIVER Goa
69 National Waterway 69 5 MANIMUTHARU RIVER Tamil Nadu
70 National Waterway 70 245 MANJARA RIVER Maharashtra & Telangana
71 National Waterway 71 27 MAPUSA / MOIDE RIVER Goa
72 National Waterway 72 59 NAG RIVER Maharashtra
73 National Waterway 73 226 NARMADA RIVER Maharashtra & Gujarat
74 National Waterway 74 79 NETRAVATHI RIVER Karnataka
75 National Waterway 75 142 PALAR RIVER Tamil Nadu
76 National Waterway 76 23 PANCHAGANGAVALI (PANCHAGANGOLI) RIVER Karnataka
77 National Waterway 77 20 PAZHYAR RIVER Tamil Nadu
78 National Waterway 78 262 PENGANAGA - WARDHA RIVER SYSTEM Maharashtra & Telangana
79 National Waterway 79 28 PENNAR RIVER Andhra Pradesh
80 National Waterway 80 126 PONNIYAR RIVER Tamil Nadu
81 National Waterway 81 35 PUNPUN RIVER Bihar
82 National Waterway 82 58 PUTHIMARI RIVER Assam
83 National Waterway 83 31 RAJPURI CREEK Maharashtra
84 National Waterway 84 44 RAVI RIVER Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh & Punjab
85 National Waterway 85 31 REVADANDA CREEK - KUNDALIKA RIVER SYSTEM Maharashtra
86 National Waterway 86 72 RUPNARAYAN RIVER West Bengal
87 National Waterway 87 210 SABARMATI RIVER Gujarat
88 National Waterway 88 14 SAL RIVER Goa
89 National Waterway 89 45 SAVITRI RIVER (BANKOT CREEK) Maharashtra
90 National Waterway 90 29 SHARAVATI RIVER Karnataka
91 National Waterway 91 52 SHASTRI RIVER - JAIGAD CREEK SYSTEM Maharashtra
92 National Waterway 92 26 SILABATI RIVER West Bengal
93 National Waterway 93 63 SIMSANG RIVER Meghalaya
94 National Waterway 94 141 SONE RIVER Bihar
95 National Waterway 95 106 SUBANSIRI RIVER Assam
96 National Waterway 96 311 SUBARNREKHA RIVER Jharkhand, West Bengal & Odisha
97 National Waterway 97 172 SUNDERBANS WATERWAY West Bengal
56 BIDYA RIVER West Bengal
15 CHHOTA KALAGACHI (CHHOTO KALERGACHI) RIVER West Bengal
7 GOMAR RIVER West Bengal
16 HARIBHANGA RIVER West Bengal
37 HOGLA (HOGAL)-PATHANKHALI RIVER West Bengal
9 KALINDI (KALANDI) RIVER West Bengal
22 KATAKHALI RIVER West Bengal
99 MATLA RIVER West Bengal
28 MURI GANGA (BARATALA) RIVER West Bengal
53 RAIMANGAL RIVER West Bengal
14 SAHIBKHALI (SAHEBKHALI) RIVER West Bengal
37 SAPTAMUKHI RIVER West Bengal
64 THAKURRAN RIVER West Bengal
98 National Waterway 98 377 SUTLEJ RIVER Himachal Pradesh & Punjab
99 National Waterway 99 62 TAMARAPARANI RIVER Tamil Nadu
100 National Waterway 100 436 TAPI RIVER Maharashtra & Gujarat
101 National Waterway 101 42 TIZU - ZUNGKI RIVERS Nagaland
102 National Waterway 102 87 TLWANG (DHALESWARI RIVER) Assam & Mizoram
103 National Waterway 103 73 TONS RIVER Uttar Pradesh
104 National Waterway 104 232 TUNGABHADRA RIVER Karnataka, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh
105 National Waterway 105 15 UDAYAVARA RIVER Karnataka
106 National Waterway 106 20 UMNGOT (DAWKI) RIVER Meghalaya
107 National Waterway 107 46 VAIGAI RIVER Tamil Nadu
108 National Waterway 108 53 VARUNA RIVER Uttar Pradesh
109 National Waterway
109 166 WAINGANGA - PRANAHITA
RIVER SYSTEM Maharashtra &Telangana
110 National Waterway 110 1080 YAMUNA RIVER Delhi, Haryana & Uttar Pradesh
111 National Waterway 111 50 ZUARI RIVER Goa
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Annex-II
Status of projects constructed and under implementation on NW-2
1. Facilities already created / constructed
i. Navigational channel with least available depth of 2.5 m between Bangladesh Border - Neamati, 2.0 m between Neamati - Dibrugarh and 1.5 m between Dibrugarh - Sadiya / Oriumghat are maintained.
ii. Multimodal terminal at Pandu with Low Level and High Level Jetty.
iii. Ro-Ro terminal at Dhubri with RCC Ro-Ro Jetty.
iv. Floating terminal at 11 locations on NW-2 i.e. Hatsingimari, Jogighopa, Pandu, Tezpur, Silghat, Biswanathghat, Neamati, Bogibeel, Sengajan, Oakland/ Dibrugarh and Oriumghat.
v. Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) at Dhubri, Jogighopa, Biswanathghat and Dibrugarh for safe navigation.
vi. Ro-Ro service for providing connectivity between north bank (Dhubri) and south bank (Hatsingimari) of river Brahmaputra. The Ro-Ro service has created a direct link between Assam and Meghalaya enabling trucks/ vehicle to avoid circuitous road route of approx. 220 km through Jogighopa Bridge. The Ro-Ro services between Dhubri and Hatsingimari started w.e.f. 01.07.2017.
vii. Day navigational aids for safe shipping and navigation in entire stretches of NW-2.
viii. Night navigational aids for safe shipping and navigation in Bangladesh Border – Pandu and Pandu – Silghat stretches of NW-2.
ix. River Conservancy Works like bandalling and dredging for maintaining navigable depth in shallow location.
x. Fortnightly/ Monthly Thalweg Survey in entire stretches of NW-2.
xi. Regular cargo service on NW-2 is carried out by IWAI through departmental tug and 400 tonne capacity barge (taken from IWT Assam).
2. Projects under implementation in NER:
i. Channelization of navigational route between Burhaburhi to Hatsingimari in Bangladesh Border – Pandu stretch through Water Resource Department, Govt. of Assam. The expected date of completion is by August 2018.
ii. Two more Ro-Ro routes have been identified between (i) Neamati to Kamlabari at an estimated cost of Rs. 215 cr. with length of 12.7 km by waterway (which otherwise takes 410 km of travel by road) to be operationalised by December 2018, and (ii) Maijan (Dibrugarh) to Sengajan at an estimated cost of Rs. 182 cr. and length of 24.7 km by waterway (which otherwise takes 640 km of travel by Road) to be operationalised by August 2019.
iii. Procurement of 2 Self-Propelled Cutter Suction Dredgers (SPCSDs) by February 2020.
Annex-III
STATUS OF STUDIES / DEVELOPMENT WORKS IN NEW NATIONAL WATERWAYS : NORTH-EASTERN STATES
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No. Name of the Waterways States Length of the Waterway (km) Status
1 SUBANSIRI RIVER (NW-95) Assam 111 Stage-I: Feasibility study completed, DPR received.
2 DHANSIRI / CHATHE RIVER (NW-31) Assam 110 Stage-I: Feasibility study completed
3 TIZU - ZUNGKI
RIVERS (NW-101) Nagaland 42 Stage-I: Feasibility study completed
4 LOHIT RIVER (NW-62) Assam & Arunachal Pradesh 100 Stage-I: Feasibility study completed. Not found technically feasible.
5 AAI RIVER (NW-6) Assam 71 Field work completed. Draft hydrographic survey reports received.
6 BEKI RIVER (NW-18) Assam 73
7 DEHING RIVER (NW-30) Assam 114
8 DIKHU RIVER (NW-32) Assam 63
9 DOYANS RIVER (NW-33) Assam 61
10 KOPILI RIVER (NW-57) Assam 46
11 PUTHIMARI RIVER (NW-82) Assam 72
12 TLWANG (DHALESWARI) RIVER (NW-102) Assam & Mizoram 86
13 GANGADHAR RIVER (NW-38) Assam & West Bengal 62
14 JINJIRAM RIVER (NW-50) Assam & Meghalaya 43
15 GANOL RIVER (NW-39) Meghalaya 49
16 UMNGOT (DAWKI) RIVER (NW-106) Meghalaya 20
17 SIMSANG RIVER (NW-93) Meghalaya 62
18 KYNSHI RIVER (NW-61) Meghalaya 28
TOTAL 1213km
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