(a) whether the Union Government has any proposal for development of inland water ports in
various States of the country;
(b) if so, the details and locations thereof alongwith the funds allocated for the purpose; and
(c) the steps taken by the Union Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI MUKUL ROY)
(a) to (c): Union Government through Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) develops
inland water terminals/ports only on those waterways which are declared as National Waterways
(NWs). Following five waterways have so far been declared as NWs:
(i) National Waterway-1: Allahabad-Haldia stretch of the Ganga – Bhagirathi-Hooghly river
in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
(ii) National Waterway-2: Sadiya–Dhubri stretch of the Brahmaputra river in the State of
Assam.
(iii) National Waterway-3: Kollam-Kottapuram stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara
and Udyogmandal canals in the State of Kerala.
(iv) National Waterway-4: Kakinada-Pudducherry stretch of canals comprising of Kakinada
canal, Eluru canal, Commamur canal, Buckingham canal and the Kaluvelly tank,
Bhadrachalam-Rajahmundry stretch of river Godavari and Wazirabad-Vijaywada stretch of river
Krishna in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
(v) National Waterway-5: Talcher-Dhamra stretch of Brahmani-Kharsua-Dhamra rivers,
Geonkhali-Charbatia stretch of East Coast Canal, Charbatia-Dhamra stretch of Matai river and
Mahanadi delta rivers between Mangalgadi and Paradip in the States of West Bengal and Orissa.
Out of these NWs, developmental works including development of inland water
terminals/ports are being carried out by Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) on NW-1, 2
and 3 only. Developmental works on NWs 4 & 5 have not yet commenced.
Details of inland water terminals/ports developed on NW-1, 2 and 3 and the
funds allocated for development/maintenance of IWT terminals/ports during 2010-11 are given in
Annexure -1.
Annexure–1 of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1267
S.No. Water- Type of terminals/ Locations Funds allocated for way ports development/ maintenance of terminals/ports during 2010-11
1. NW-1 Fixed (Existing) Patna (low level jetty) Rs. 9.32 crore Floating (Existing) Haldia, Botanical Garden (Kolkata), BISN(Kolkata), Shantipur, Katwa, Farakka, Rajmahal, Sahebganj, Bateshwarsthan, Bhagalpur, Munger, Semaria, Buxar, Ghazipur, Varanasi, and Allahabad
Fixed (Under Patna ( high level jetty) construction) and G R Jetty ( Kolkata)
2. NW-2 Fixed (Existing) Pandu (low level jetty) Rs. 9.10 crore Floating (Existing) Dhubri, Jogighopa, Tejpur, Silghat, Neamati, Dibrugarh and Sengajan
Fixed (Under Pandu ( high level jetty) construction)
3. NW-3 Fixed (Existing) Kottapuram, Aluva,Maradu, Rs. 1.25 crore Viakom, Taneermukham, Trikkunnapuzha, Kayamkulam, Bolghatty and Willingdon Islands Fixed (Under Kollam construction)