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Development of Logistics Infrastructure: Inland Waterways

22nd November 2019

Inland Waterways Authority of Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India1 IWAI - Overview

111 NWs with total navigable length of ~20,000 km

Establishment of Inland Waterways Authority of India 1986*

Ganga, Bhagirathi, Brahmaputra Hooghly river system NW-2 Declaration of 5 National 1986 NW-1 to Waterways (NWs) YEAR 2014 NW-1 to NW-5

NW-5 Mahanadi, Brahmani & East coast canal 2014 NW-4 Declaration of 106 new National Godavari, Krishna rivers and onwards Waterways under the National -Puducherry Canal Waterways Act, 2016

West Coast Canal, NW-3 * Pre-1986: Sector was under IWT Directorate Udyogmandal & (Ministry of Surface Transport) Champakara Canals *Map not to scale 2 Traffic on NWs TrafficReadiness on NWs of IWAI 14 operational NWs; ~72 million tonne traffic (FY18-19)

Cargo traffic on National Waterways (million tonnes) Share of commodities transported on National waterways (in %) 72.31 , 3.23

Flyash 55.01 Steel Gujarat waterways, 5% 4% Gujarat waterways, 28.82 Limestone Others coal & coke 11.52 5% 14% 30%

Maharashtra Maharashtra waterways, 25.96 Construction waterways, 28.34 Iron ore material 38% 4% Goa waterways, NW-4, 0.45 11.09 NW-3, 0.4 Goa waterways, 3.76 NW-3, 0.41 NW-2, 0.56 NW-2, 0.50 NW-1, 5.48 NW-1, 6.79

FY 2017 - 18 FY2018 - 19 . Predominantly bulk commodities such as Iron ore, Coal, *NW-4 not operational during FY 2017-18 Limestone, Fly ash currently use IWT mode 3 National Waterway-1: Jal Marg Vikas Project Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP): 2018 - 2023

Least Available Depth 2.2 m 2.5 m 3.0 m

Length 139 Km 286 Km 891 Km

Farakka Navigation Ghazipur Lock Completion by Nov 2020 MMT Inaugurated on Sahibganj MMT 12th November 2018 by Hon’ble Prime Minister Inaugurated on 12th September 2019 by Hon’ble Prime Minister

• Multimodal Terminals (MMT) Terminal • Intermodal Terminals (IMT) development • Roll on – Roll off Terminals (Ro-Ro) (NW-1) Fairway • Navigation Lock maintenance & • Assured Depth related Infra • Communication facilities MMT • Bank protection Ecological • Disaster Management Completion by Jan protection 2020 • Sewage Disposal Facilities 4 *Map not to scale National Waterway – 2 & 16 Readiness of IWAI NW-2 (River Brahmaputra) . Total length: 891 km ( border to Sadiya)

. 2 permanent & 11 floating terminals

. Stretch wise LAD maintained: • –Neamati: 2.5 m Dibrugarh Sadiya • Neamati–Dibrugarh: 2 m NW-2 • Dibrugarh–Sadiya: 1.5 m Pandu Jogighopa Neamati Dhubri . Ongoing/ Proposed Interventions: • Jogighopa Terminal • Slipway at Pandu Lakhipur Bhanga Karimganj NW-16 . Cargo moved in FY18-19: 0.5 million tonne

Narayanganj NW-16 (River Barak)

NW-1 . Total length: 121 km (Lakhipur – Bhanga)

. Stretch wise LAD maintained: IBP Route • Sridharpur – Bhanga: 2 m

Haldia NW-97 . Ongoing/ Proposed Interventions: • Upgradation of Karaimganj and Badarpur terminals *Map not to scale • Study in progress for new terminal between Badarpur- Bhanga 5 India and Bangladesh: PIWT&T Readiness of IWAI Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWT&T) plays a key role to promote trade IBP route and connectivity to NWs . IBP route connects NW-1 with NW-2 and NW-16, and provides an alternate route to congested corridor

. IBP route provides alternate route to congested road Siliguri Corridor NW-2 routes (LCS) for Indo-Bangladesh trade

Pandu Dhubri . Present Protocol valid up to 2020 with provision of auto renewal for next 5 years

. 6 ‘Ports of call’ on either side Karimganj Dhulian Ashuganj NW-16 • India: Kolkata, Haldia, Dhubri, Pandu, Silghat, Sirajganj Karimganj Rajshahi Pangaon • Bangladesh: Narayanganj, Khulna, Mongla, Narayanganj NW-1 Sirajganj, Ashuganj, Pangaon

Mongla Agreed Routes 1-way Distance (km) Kolkata Khulna IBP Route Kolkata – Silghat and return ~1,720 Kolkata – Karmiganj and return ~1,318 Haldia NW-97 Existing ports of call Rajshahi – Dhulian and return ~78 Karimganj – Silghat and return ~1,416 6 *Map not to scale Connectivity through Waterways National Waterway-2 Readiness of IWAI . . Length: 891 Km (Bangladesh border - Sadiya

Sadiya

Dhubri Pandu National Waterway-16 . Barak river Sahibganj Varanasi MMT . Length: 121 Km MMT Karimganj Lakhipur (Bhanga-Lakhipur)

Narayanganj

Multimodal Terminals (03 nos.) Mongla Khulna National Waterway-1 Kolkata . Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system Haldia MMT . Length: 1,620 Km Cumulative IWT distance Haldia (Sagar) - Prayagraj Indo-Bangladesh Protocol route . Varanasi – Sadiya : 3,444 km . Existing port of call (6 on each side) . Varanasi – Lakhipur : 2,701 km . Agreed port of call (4 on each side) . Agreed extended port of call (2 on each side) *Map not to scale 7 National Waterway – 3 Readiness of IWAI West Coast Canal (Kottapuram- Kollam), T1 KOTTAPURAM Champakkara & Udyogamandal canals: 365 Km ALUVA T2 ALUVA UDYOGAMANDAL CANAL . Existing Infrastructure T3 CHAMPAKKARA CANAL o 9 permanent terminals KOCHI MARADU o 2 Ro-Ro terminals

VAIKKO . Fairway T4 M THANNERMUKKOM o More than 2 m round the year CHERTHALA LOCK CUM BARRAGE T5 . Cargo moved in 2018-19: 0.41 MTPA ALAPPUZHA T6

THRIKKUNNAPUZHA THRIKKUNNAPUZHA LOCK GATE T7

Legend T8 KAYAMKULAM Declared waterway Terminal (Existing) KOLLAM CHAVARAT9

*Map not to scale 8 National Waterway - 4 Readiness of IWAI Kakinada-Puducherry canal, Krishna and : 2,890 Km

Total Length: 2,890 km on River Krishna, Godavari and Ongoing developments Nasik Godavari . Phase-I: (82 km) - Muktyala to (): River Development work in progress)

Polavaram PHASE-I . Phase-II: (Total Distance - 233 km) Muktyal . Vijayawada to Kakinada ( Canal & Kakinada canal) a Galagali Krishna Kakinada River Vijayawada . Rajahmundry to Polavaram stretch of Godavari

PHASE-II . Hydrography & Navigational Study in progress

. Ro-Ro service between Ibrahimpatnam and Lingayapalam started in March 2018 Cargo moved in 2018-19: 0.46 MTPA

9 IBP route: Fairway development Readiness of IWAI Fairway development to allow round the year uninterrupted navigation and revive trade routes IBP route and connectivity to NWs . Following stretches being developed for round the year navigability (2.5 m. LAD) at project cost of INR 305.84 crore

Sadiya (Sharing ratio of 80:20 between India and Bangladesh) NW-2 • Sirajganj – Daikhowa: BDT 227.46 Cr. (INR 187.16 Cr.): Pandu Dhubri Silghat 175 km Daikhowa

Karimganj • Ashuganj – Zakiganj: BDT 95.49 Cr. (INR 78.57 Cr.): 295 Zakiganj Sirajganj km NW-16 Ashuganj Narayanganj • Initial for two years – to be completed by March NW-1 2021; maintenance dredging for next 5 years

Kolkata • Appointment of PMC for monitoring of dredging works in IBP Route progress Haldia

10 PIWT&T: India and Bangladesh Readiness of IWAI Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWT&T) plays a key role in promoting trade

. IBP route connects NW-1 with NW-2 and NW-16, and provides an alternate route to congested Siliguri corridor

NW-2 . IBP route provides alternate option to congested road routes Siliguri Corridor Silghat (LCS) for Indo-Bangladesh trade Pandu Dhubri . 6 ‘Ports of call’ on either side; New ports of call agreed Chilmari New Ports India Bangladesh Sirajganj Karimganj Dhulian NW-16 Ports of call Kolaghat, Dhulian, Chilmari, Rajshahi, Sultanganj Ashuganj Rajshahi Muktarpur Badarpur (4 on each side) Maia, Sonamura Sultanganj, Daudkhandi Maia Aricha Ghorasal Extended ports of Badarpur (Karimganj), Ghorasal (Narayanganj), Pangaon Narayanganj call (2 on each side) Tribeni (Kolkata) Muktarpur (Pangaon) Tribeni Daudkandi Sonamura Existing ports of call NW-1 Agreed ports of call Mongla . Routes agreed to be extended/ included under PIWT&T Khulna Kolkata Agreed extended ports of call IBP Route New/ Extended routes Kolaghat Agreed Routes 1-way Distance (km) . Protocol route no.5 & 6 i.e. Rajshahi-Godagari-Dhulian to Haldia NW-97 Kolkata – Silghat and return 1,720 be extended upto Aricha (Bangladesh) Kolkata – Karmiganj and return 1,318 . Inclusion of Daudkhandi-Sonamura stretch on Gumti river Rajshahi – Dhulian and return 78 as new route no. 9 & 10 Karimganj – Silghat and return 1,416 11 *Map not to scale Use of Chattogram/ Mongla for cargo to/ from NER Readiness of IWAI Proximity to sea ports to reduce logistics cost and improve trade competitiveness of North East states

. Agreement on use of Chattogram and Mongla Ports in Bangladesh for transit cargo of India signed in 25th Oct’ 2018

Siliguri . SoP signed on 5th October 2019 Corridor

. Chattogram port - Agartala via Akhaura: ~250 km (road), Dawki while road distance between Kolkata port and Agartala: Tamabil Sheola Sutarkandi ~1,500km Agreed Routes Akhaura Agartala Srimantapur Chattogram port/ Mongla port to Agartala via Akhaura and return Bibir Bazar Chattogram port/ Mongla port to Dawki via Tamabil and return

Kolkata port Chattogram port/ Mongla port to Sutarkandi via Sheola and return Chattogram port Mongla port Haldia Dock Chattogram port/ Mongla port to Srimantapur via Bibirbazar and return

12 *Map not to scale Traffic on IBP route TrafficReadiness on NWs of IWAI Growing traffic on Indo Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route

Cargo traffic on IBP route Commodity profile on Indo Bangladesh Protocol (million tonne) route (in %) Steel products, 0.54% 4.00 ODC/ Project cargo, 0.58% Rice, 0.19% Others, 0.17% 3.09 3.15 Stone Chips, 1.33%

Fly ash, 97.19% FY 2017-18 FY 2018-19 FY 2019-20 (P) (P): Projected based on 1.95 million tonne in Apr-Sep 2019

. Approx. 3,600 voyages were made on the IBP in FY18- . Fly ash generated by power plants in is the 19; voyages in Apr-Sept. 2019 approx. 2,100 and prominent commodity using the IBP route and is used in expected to exceed 4,000 in FY19-20 Cement making in Bangladesh

. Approx. 600 Bangladeshi vessels and 40 India vessels . Narayanganj and Khulna ports in Bangladesh are used the IBP route in FY 18-19 receiving more than 97% of IBP traffic 13 India-: Proposed Birgunj Connectivity Readiness of IWAI Waterway & Road (from Kolkata via proposed Kalughat terminal) Nautanwa/ Bhairahwa Approx. distance (km): Raxaul/Birgunj 900 (NW-1) + 200 (Road)

Jogbani/ Biratnagar Possibility to connect through Gandak river

Kalughat *Map not to scale Varanasi Sahibganj Biratnagar Bhairahwa

Kolkata

Haldia

• Modification of the Indo-Nepal Protocol to the Treaty of Transit, 1991 to specifically include inland waterways amongst the list of ‘mutually agreed routes’ under consideration Waterway & Road (from Kolkata via Waterway & Road (from Possibility to Varanasi MMT) Kolkata via Sahibganj MMT connect through Approx. distance (km): & Manihari) Kosi river 1,250 (NW-1) + 300 (Road) Approx. distance (km): 500 (NW-1) + 150 (Road) 14 India-: Kaladan project Readiness of IWAI

. Alternate multi-modal connectivity (Road- IWT- Sea) to North Eastern Region of India Up to through Kaladan river & port in Myanmar Tinsukia

Railway BG Bijni route . Project cost - Rs. 2,904 Cr. (INR 983 Cr. for Port & IWT component and INR 1,921 Cr. for NH-31C highway component) ; project funded by MEA

Dhubri . Project Development Consultant for IWT and Port Component: IWAI; Main contractor for Mahadipur Karimganj Silchar port & IWT components: Essar Projects

Kumarghat . Project Status: AkhauAkhaura • River channel, Navigational aids, construction and handing over of 300T vessels Aizawl Benapole (06 nos): Completed Kolkata Lawngtlai

Paletwa • Container handling facility at Sittwe and : EIA/ SIA pending; Appointment of

Kaladan contractor for construction: on hold by MEA in consultation with IWAI river Legend: Waterway Sittwe • O&M of waterways facilities: Technical bids on RFP for appointment of operator opened Railways Port Roadways on 30 July 2019; TEC report submitted to MEA on 26 August 2019 is under process

15 Aizawl Aizawl Aizawl Aizawl Aizawl Kaladan Connectivity through INDIA – – – – – Karimganj Silchar Imphal Kohima Shillong project 391 Km Km 225 173 km 483 Km 534 Km 539 Km via NH 108 & 8 & 108 NH via Agartala Via NH 306 & 6 306&NH Via Towards Karimganj IM Border IM Myeikwa Towards Silchar 100 100 334 158 121 Via Kms Kms Kms Kms NH 306 & 6 & NH 306 Myanmar

713 Km 713 Km Pilot Movements on NW-2 Readiness of IWAI Pilot movements to establish viability of IWT

1,235 tonne of fly ash from connectivity through NW-2 and IBP route NTPC Kahalgaon to Pandu 1 1,005 tonne of ’s stone (Aug’ 2018) 3 aggregates from Dhubri (NW-2) to Narayanganj (July 2019)

4 4th Nov’ 2019

First containerized movement from Haldia Docks to Pandu with 48 TEUs of Edible oil, Pandu Petrochemicals, Beverages etc. Kahalgaon Dhubri

Narayanganj

10 pilot movements 5 2 Haldia planned till June 2020 924 tonne of imported coal 2 Vessels with imported coal from Haldia Docks to sailed from Haldia Docks to rd th Dhubri (Oct’ 2018) Pandu between 3 -5 Nov 17 THANK YOU…

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