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NW-29 Final FSR Damodar River Consultancy Services for preparation of Two Stage Detailed Project Report (DPR) of National Waterway 92, Cluster - I: Damodar River FINAL FEASIBILTY REPORT Inland Waterway Authority of India Cluster – I : Damodar River Final Feasibility Report Revision 0 November 2016 Consultancy Services for preparation of Two Stage Detailed Project Report (DPR) of National Waterway 29, Cluster - I: Damodar River FINAL FEASIBILITY REPORT Project IWAI Cluster-I, Damodar River Owner IWAI, Ministry of Shipping Consultant Egis India Consulting Engineers Authors Project No: PT/EIPTIWB003 Project Team : Team Leader + 7-Experts Report No: Technical Manager: PT/EIPTIWB003/2016/FR/002 Ashish Khullar Approved by: Project Manager: Akshat Singhal Dr. Jitendra K. Panigrahi 0 Feasibility Report Nov 2016 DM AK JKP Revision Description Date Prepared By Checked By Approved By Version : Classification: Restricted Final Report Distribution Digital Number of copies IWAI 3 Consultancy Services for preparation of Two Stage Detailed Project Report (DPR) of National Waterway 29, Cluster-1: Damodar River TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................................. 1 SALIENT FEATURES .................................................................................................................... 2 1.0 CONTEXT .................................................................................................................. 5 2.0 OBJECTIVE ............................................................................................................... 8 3.0 REPORT STRUCTURE.............................................................................................. 10 4.0 INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS ..................................................................... 12 4.1 Details Of National Waterway 29 (Damodar River) ........................................................... 12 4.2 Characteristics of damoder River ..................................................................................... 12 4.3 Methodology Adopted to Undertake Study ....................................................................... 15 4.3.1 Classification of Waterways .......................................................................... 15 4.3.2 Measures to Improve the Depth ................................................................... 17 4.3.3 IWT Terminal Planning ................................................................................ 20 4.3.4 Identification of IWT Terminals .................................................................... 21 4.3.5 Rapid EIA ................................................................................................... 23 4.3.6 Concept Design and Cost Estimates .............................................................. 23 4.3.7 Financial and Economic Analysis ................................................................... 23 4.3.8 Implementation & Monitoring Mechanism ..................................................... 24 5.0 COLLECTION AND REVIEW OF DATA ..................................................................... 25 5.1 Primary Data.................................................................................................................. 25 5.2 Review of Secondary data .............................................................................................. 26 6.0 ANALYSIS OF PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS .......................................................... 31 6.1 Existing Dams, barrage & Locks ...................................................................................... 31 6.2 Existing Bridges along the Waterway ............................................................................... 31 6.3 Existing High Tension Lines ............................................................................................ 32 6.4 Hindrances/ Encroachment along the Waterway .............................................................. 32 6.5 Forest Area / Protected Area / Defence Area .................................................................... 33 6.6 Road and Rail Infrastructure ........................................................................................... 34 Final Feasibility Report Page II of V Rev. 0 - Nov 2016 Consultancy Services for preparation of Two Stage Detailed Project Report (DPR) of National Waterway 29, Cluster-1: Damodar River 7.0 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY ................................................................................... 35 7.1 Detail Methodology for Survey ........................................................................................ 35 7.1.1 Resource for Survey Work ........................................................................... 36 7.1.2 Geodetic Parameters ................................................................................... 37 7.1.3 Survey Data Processing ............................................................................... 38 7.2 Description of Bench Marks/ Reference Levels ................................................................. 39 7.3 Levelling of Temporary Tide Poles ................................................................................... 39 7.4 Hydrograpic Survey ........................................................................................................ 40 7.5 Water Depth .................................................................................................................. 40 7.6 Soil Characteristics ......................................................................................................... 41 7.7 Tidal Waterway Section .................................................................................................. 42 8.0 MARKET ANALYSIS ................................................................................................ 43 8.1 Land Use Pattern ........................................................................................................... 43 8.2 Crops /Agriculture products ............................................................................................ 43 8.3 Availability of Passenger Ferry Services ........................................................................... 44 8.4 Existing Jetties and Terminals ......................................................................................... 45 8.5 Prominent places along the Waterway ............................................................................. 45 8.6 Historical and tourist place along the waterways .............................................................. 45 8.7 Availability of Construction Material ................................................................................. 46 8.8 Industries along the waterway ........................................................................................ 46 8.9 Existing water sport and recreational activities and future probability ................................ 47 8.10 Estimated Cargo movement ............................................................................................ 47 9.0 OBSERVATION AND INFERENCE ............................................................................ 50 9.1 Waterway ...................................................................................................................... 50 9.2 Least Available Depth (LAD) ........................................................................................... 50 9.3 Cross - structures ........................................................................................................... 51 9.4 SWOT Analysis ............................................................................................................... 51 9.5 Summary ....................................................................................................................... 53 4.4 Critical areas requiring detailed investigations .................................................................. 53 4.5 Survey and Investigations required for stage – II studies ................................................. 54 9.6 Way Forward: Waterway Development ............................................................................ 55 Final Feasibility Report Page III of V Rev. 0 - Nov 2016 Consultancy Services for preparation of Two Stage Detailed Project Report (DPR) of National Waterway 29, Cluster-1: Damodar River LIST OF TABLES Table 1: National Waterways of Cluster - 1 .................................................................................................... 6 Table 2: Description of Rivers/ Canals ......................................................................................................... 12 Table 3: Details of existing Major Road and Rail Bridges over Damodar River ................................................ 31 Table 4: Details of Existing High Tension Lines ............................................................................................ 32 Table 5: Details of Hindrances / Encroachment along the Waterway ............................................................. 33 Table 6: Railway station within 5.0 Km radius of Damodar River ................................................................... 34 Table 7: Major Road crossing or within 5.0 Km radius of Damodar Waterway ................................................ 34 Table 8: List of Equipment Mobilised for Survey ..........................................................................................
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