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Preparation of Two Stage Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Proposed Cluster 2 Inland Waterways Feasibility Report for NW-31 Dhansiri/Chathe River September 2016 Inland Waterways Authority of India Feasibility Report September 2016 Preparation of Two Stage Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Proposed Cluster 2 Inland Waterways Feasibility Report for NW-31 Dhansiri/Chathe River Final September 2016 Prepared for Inland Waterways Authority of India Represented by Hydrographic Chief Dr. Ruchi Kalra, Bibekananda Padhy, Arjun S, Dr. B. Sakthivel, Swarup Dutta, Dr. Mohd. Authors Fahimuddin Quality supervisor Dr. Flemming Jakobsen, Team Leader Project number 63800891 Approval date 21.09.2016 Revision 1 Classification Confidential DHI (India) Water & Environment Pvt Ltd•NSIC Bhawan, IIIrd Floor, NSIC - STP Complex•Okhla Industrial Estate•IN- 11 00 20New Delhi• India Telephone: +91 11 4703 4500 • Telefax: +91 11 4703 4501 • • www.dhigroup.com This report has been prepared under the DHI Business Management System certified by Bureau Veritas to comply with ISO 9001 (Quality Management) Approved by Dr. Flemming Jakobsen Managing Director DHI (India) Water & Environment Pvt Ltd•NSIC Bhawan, IIIrd Floor, NSIC - STP Complex•Okhla Industrial Estate•IN- 11 00 20New Delhi• India Telephone: +91 11 4703 4500 • Telefax: +91 11 4703 4501 • • www.dhigroup.com Contents List of Abbreviations .................................................................................................................... iv Category – II Waterways: Stage – I Feasibility Report Salient Features at a Glance ............... v Sec. 1 Introductory Considerations ...................................................................................... 1 Objective and Scope of Study ........................................................................................................ 1 Details of River Stretch & Map ....................................................................................................... 2 Characteristic of Dhansiri River ..................................................................................................... 2 Methodology Adopted to undertake the Stage 1 Study ................................................................. 4 Primary & Secondary Data Sources .............................................................................................. 5 1.5.1 List of Secondary & Primary Data collected .................................................................................. 5 Sec. 2 Analysis of the Present State of Affair ....................................................................... 7 Details of the cross structures ........................................................................................................ 8 Existing Dams, Barrages ad Locks .............................................................................................. 12 Details of protected area .............................................................................................................. 12 Details of NH/SH/MDR along and/or in the Vicinity ..................................................................... 12 Railway Line/Stations and Airport in the Vicinity .......................................................................... 16 Sec. 3 Reconnaissance Survey – Stretch wise with photographs .................................... 18 Methodology Adopted including Resources and Equipment used .............................................. 18 3.1.1 Reconnaissance Survey .............................................................................................................. 18 3.1.2 Hydrographic Survey for Phase 1 ................................................................................................ 19 3.1.3 Conduct of survey work ............................................................................................................... 23 Hydrographic and Topographic survey ........................................................................................ 26 3.2.1 Description of the waterways ....................................................................................................... 26 3.2.2 Other information ......................................................................................................................... 39 3.2.3 Details of collected data ............................................................................................................... 40 3.2.4 Average of six years minimum Water Levels ............................................................................... 42 3.2.5 Monthly minimum and maximum Discharge ................................................................................ 43 3.2.6 Summary of Observed Water Depth and Length of Shoals ........................................................ 44 Sec. 4 Market Analysis ......................................................................................................... 46 4.1 Land use Pattern along Waterway ............................................................................................... 46 4.2 Crops / Agriculture in the region .................................................................................................. 46 4.3 Existing Industries along Waterway ............................................................................................. 46 4.4 Existing Jetties and Terminals ..................................................................................................... 47 Preliminary Traffic Identified ........................................................................................................ 47 Historical and tourist places ......................................................................................................... 48 Availability of Passenger Ferry Services ..................................................................................... 48 Critical areas ................................................................................................................................ 48 Minimum and maximum depth observed in Dhansiri River in every km chainage ...................... 49 Selected photographs taken during the field survey .................................................................... 53 Sec 5 Observations and Inferences ................................................................................... 57 5.1 Waterway ..................................................................................................................................... 57 5.2 LAD/Flow Depths ......................................................................................................................... 57 5.3 Classification of Waterway ........................................................................................................... 58 5.4 SWOT Analysis ............................................................................................................................ 60 List of Figures Figure 1 Location map of the River Dhansiri/Chathe ................................................................................... 3 i Figure 2 Dhansiri/Chathe River reach and location of CWC gauging stations ............................................ 4 Figure 3 Flowchart showing the adopted methodology for stage 1 ............................................................. 5 Figure 4 Dhansiri River stretch chosen for feasibility study ......................................................................... 7 Figure 5 Structures and CWC offices in the Study area .............................................................................. 9 Figure 6 Road way From Numaligarh Junction point to the distance of the Nearest Town by NH 39....... 13 Figure 7 National and State highways present in the vicinity of Dhansiri River ......................................... 15 Figure 8 Nearest railway stations and Airport of Dhansiri River ................................................................ 16 Figure 9 Rail network in the vicinity of proposed Dhansiri waterway ......................................................... 17 Figure 10 CWC Bench mark at Golaghat ..................................................................................................... 20 Figure 11 Boat used for present survey ....................................................................................................... 21 Figure 12 Trimble SPS 361 .......................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 13 Bathy 500 MF multi frequency echo sounder .............................................................................. 22 Figure 14 Topographic survey using South RTK instrument near Dhansari Bridge no-2 (Ch. 33.17 km) ............................................................................................................................................... 23 Figure 15 Flowchart showing the sequence and process of digital data processing ................................... 24 Figure 16 From Ch. 0.00 – 10.00 km (Brahmaputra confluence – Jugania Ati) .......................................... 26 Figure 17 From Ch. 10.00 – 20.00 km (Jugania Ati – Kuruabahi Satra) ...................................................... 27 Figure 18 From Ch 20.00 – 30.00 km (Kuruabahi Satra – Behora Grant) ................................................... 28 Figure 19 From Ch. 30.00 Km to 40.00 Km (Behora Grant – Numaligarh Pathar) .....................................