36 declared technical feasible
A total of 111 waterways have been declared as National Waterways (NWs) with 111 NWs, NWs-1, 2 and 3 having cargo and passenger vessels are moving on them.
Development works under Phase-I have commenced on NW-4 in 2017.
The developments of these NWs are based on Detailed Project Reports (DPR), Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh L Mandaviya said in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on 18 Dec 2017.
Further, for development of NW-5, preparation of DPR including Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for the construction of weirs or barrages with navigational locks and check dams between Pankapal and Paradip or Dhamra (Phase-I) has been sanctioned.
The Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) has been commissioned with technical and financial assistance of the World Bank for the capacity augmentation of NW-1 (Ganga) from Haldia to Varanasi (1380 km).
The JMVP aims at developing the fairway to enable safe navigation of 1,500-2,000-ton vessels. The project would be completed by 2022-23 at an estimated cost of Rs. 5,369 crores.
Out of the 106 newly declared NWs, the following 36 NWs are considered technically feasible:
1. BARAK (NW-16)
2. MANDOVI (NW-68)
3. ZUARI (NW-111)
4. CUMBERJUA (NW-27)
5. GHAGHRA (NW-40)
6. GANDAK (NW-37)
7. KOSI (NW-58)
8. SUNDERBAN WATERWAYS (NW-97)
9. AJOY (AJAY) RIVER (NW-7)
10. ICHAMATI RIVER (NW-44)
11. RUPNARAYAN RIVER (NW-86)
12. SUBARNREKHA RIVER (NW-96)
13. SUBANSIRI RIVER (NW-95)
14. BAITARNI RIVER (NW-14)
15. MAHANADI RIVER (NW-64)
16. ALAPPUZHA- CHANGANASSERY CANAL (NW8)
17. ALAPPUZHA- KOTTAYAM – ATHIRAMPUZHA CANAL (NW-9)
18. KOTTAYAM-VAIKOM CANAL (NW-59)
19. GURUPUR RIVER (NW-43)
20. KABINI RIVER (NW-51)
21. KALI RIVER (NW-52)
22. NETRAVATHI RIVER (NW-74)
23. SHARAVATI RIVER (NW-90)
24. CHAPORA RIVER (NW-25)
25. MAPUSA – MOIDE RIVER (NW-71)
26. AMBA RIVER (NW-10)
27. DABHOL CREEK – VASHISHTI RIVER (NW-28)
28. REVADANDA CREEK – KUNDALIKA RIVER (NW-85)
29. SAVITRI RIVER (BANKOT CREEK) (NW-89)
30. MAHI RIVER (NW-66)
31. NARMADA RIVER (NW-73)
32. TAPI RIVER (NW-100)
33. YAMUNA (NW-110)
34. JHELUM (NW-49)
35. KALYAN – THANE – MUMBAI WATERWAY, VASAI CREEK & ULHAS RIVER (NW-53)
36. TIZU / ZUNGKI RIVERS (NW-101).
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