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Presentation on Inland Water Transport in NER By Inland Waterways Authority of India (Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways) Guwahati, the 9th March 2007 SADIYA Subansiri Hydel project SAIKHOWA Digboi refinery JAMGURI DIBRUGARH BOGIBIL TEJPUR Bongaigon refinery NEAMATI Numaligarh refinery JOGIGHOPA SILGHAT Legend Guwahati refinery DHUBRI Declared waterway (SHISHUMARA) PANDU BANGLADESH River distance B.Border (Dhubri) – Guwahati 260 km BANGLADESH Guwahati - Dibrugarh 508 km Dibrugarh– Sadiya 123 km Total length 891 km 1 North Bank South Bank Subanasiri Noa dihang Burali Burhi dihang Bargang Disang SADIYA Dhansiri Dikhu Puthimari Jhanju SAIKHOWA Pagladiya Dhansiri DIBRUGARH Beki Kopili Manas Kulsi BOGIBIL Aie Krishnai JAMGURI Champamati Jinary Gadadhar TEJPUR SILGHAT R. RA PUT HMA JOGIGHOPA BRA GUWAHATI DHUBRI PANDU H B A N G L A D SHISHUMARA E S Barak Valley Bhanga Badarpur Silchar 2 Objective Freight transportation by IWT to rise from the present level of 0.03 btkm to 5 btkm by 2025 Importance of IWT for NER z IWT offers shorter route compared to Road/rail z IWT operational even during flood season z Best suited for bulk commodities & Project cargo/ODC- z Provides best and low cost connectivity to hinterland z Employment potential enormous (NCAER Study Feb 2006) every km of IWT operation generates about 3000 jobs 1 lakh investment in IWT results in 6.5 manyears while in rail 0.58 and in other modes 0.87 manyears 3 Importance of IWT for NER Therefore, z Development of IWT mode in NER a strategic & economic imperative z Need for an investment & development strategy z Also need for increasing the efficiency of IWT mode. IWT Development in NER …..On-going efforts z Dhubri-Sadiya stretch (891 km) of Brahmaputra declared as National Waterway - 2 in 1988 z Action Plan approved for making NW-2 fully operational in two years time subject to fund availability z Barak river – declaration as National Waterway (NW-6) under process z CSS for development of feeder routes to NW-2 and other rivers outside NW-2 system z Alternative route linking North-Eastern and Eastern India 4 Infrastructure available on NW - 2 z Floating terminals at Dhubri, Jogighopa, Pandu, Tejpur, Silghat, Jamguri, Neamati and Bogibil. z Least available depth (LAD) of 2 m is maintained between Dhubri and Dibrugarh (768 km) z River Conservancy works namely bandalling and dredging carried out on regular basis z Day navigation channel marks on the entire waterway z Pilotage being provided for IWT vessels z Night navigation aids provided between Dhubri and Pandu(255 km). Hardware deployed on NW-2 z 1 - Cutter suction dredger z 1 -Hydraulic Surface dredger z 4 - Survey Launches z 7 - Pontoons for floating terminals z 1 - Container crane z 5 - Pontoon mounted cranes z 2 - Shore cranes z 3 - Cargo vessels 5 Projects planned for NE region PROJECT COST A. Fairway- NW-2 (Rs in Cr) • Channel of 45 m width & 2.0/1.5 m depth 12.30 • River training (pilot projects) 2.50 B.Navigational aids- NW-2 • 24 hrs navigational aids (Dhubri- Dibrugarh) 16.00 C. Terminals- NW-2 • Low level RCC jetty at Pandu (spillover) 10.00 • High level RCC jetty at Pandu (spillover) 14.00 • Jogighopa (spillover) 7.00 • Floating jetties at 8 locations at Dhubri, Tejpur, 12.50 Silghat, Dibrugarh, Jamguri, Bogibil, Saikhowa and Sadiya Projects planned for NE region D. Vessels • 4 CSD units 60.00 • 4 units of Tug+ two barges 40.00 • 2 survey launches 7.10 • 1 floating dry dock (spillover) 13.50 • 1 Hydraulic Surface Dredger (spillover) 2.00 • 1 POL and & 1 Container vessel (spillover) 1.50 E. Office at Guwahati 5.00 Sub Total NW-2 203.10 Protocol routes (Sunderbans) 6.00 Barak river as national waterway 8.00 Total 217.10 Out of 17 projects of the Action Plan 14 projects have been sanctioned and 3 are under process 6 On-going projects on NW-2 z Acquisition of one hydraulic surface dredger at a cost of Rs 5.75 cr (Scheduled date of completion - Aug, 2007) z Acquisition of two survey launch at a cost of Rs 4.03 cr (Scheduled date of completion - Nov, 2007) z Acquisition of four units of one tug and two barge at a cost of Rs 43 cr (Scheduled date of completion- March, 2008) z Acquisition of one floating dry dock at a cost of Rs 13.5 cr z One container and one POL vessel acquired at a cost of Rs 5.69 cr On-going projects on NW-2 z River Conservancy works from Dhubri to Sadiya for 2 years i.e. upto March, 2008 (Rs 12.3 cr) z Maintenance of floating terminals at Dhubri, Jogighopa, Pandu, Tezpur, Silghat, Jamguri, Neamati, Bogibil, Saikhowa & Sadiya (Rs 1.96 cr) z Coal handling terminal at Jogighopa (Rs 5.3 cr) z Night navigational aids from Dhubri to Pandu (Rs 1.28 cr) z 24 hrs navigation facilities in NW-2 including setting up of DGPS stations at Jogighopa, Tejpur & Dibrugarh at a cost of Rs 18.77 cr (scheduled date of completion is March, 2008) 7 On-going projects on NW-2 z Permanent Terminal at Pandu Low level jetty through CPWD at a cost of Rs 30 cr (RCE Rs 38.14 cr) (Scheduled date of completion is 31.5.2007) High level jetty through CPWD at a cost of Rs 17.70 cr (Scheduled date of completion is 20.3.2008) Rail connectivity through NF Railways at a cost of Rs 10.30 cr (Scheduled date of completion is 31.3.2008) Improvement in approach road through NF Railway at a cost of Rs 1.60 cr (Scheduled date of completion is 31.3.2008) Cargo movement on NW-2 (Organised sector) Route Cargo (in btkm) UPSTREAM 0.035 0.032 0.029 Kolkata-Pandu Bitumen, steel, pipes, 0.03 0.025 cement, detergent, 0.025 batteries 0.02 DOWNSTREAM 0.015 Pandu-Kolkata Gypsum, tea, jute 0.01 Jogighopa-Kolkata Coal(Meghalaya) 0.005 Tezpur-Kolkata Tea 0 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Tea (7,95,661 T) (8,18,683 T) (8,04,401 T) Dibrgarh-Kolkata Silghat-Budge Budge HSD (Numaligarh) 8 Cargo Potential as per CES Report Commodity Route Quantity (in tonnes) Forest products Jogighopa-Patna 1,44,000 Karimganj/Badarpur-Kolkata/Haldia 50,000 Tea Dibrugarh/Tezpur/Pandu-Kolkata 70,000 Jute Pandu-Haldia 20,000 POL Dhansirimukh- Bangladesh 5,50,000 Petro Crude Jogighopa-Haldia/Kolkata 1,00,000 Paper products Badarpur-Kolkata 45,000 Grand Total 13,74,000 Expenditure Pattern Year Expenditure (Rs in crore) 2000-01 5.3 2001-02 8.8 2002-03 15.43 2003-04 20.70 2004-05 25.02 2005-06 35.30 2006-07 21.00 (RE–Rs 52.5 cr) (upto Feb’07) 9 Future Plans for NW-2 z NW-2 to become fully functional by March, 2009 z Post 2009 - Upgradation of necessary infrastructure z Encouragement of Pvt. sector for fleet augmentation z Development of feeder routes by States z Indo-Bangladesh Protocol renewal on long term basis z Strengthening of IWT institutions in States Cargo movement on NW-2 (Projected) (in btkm) 4.87 5 4.72 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.37 2.5 2 1.5 1.23 0.75 1 0.5 0 2009-10 2011-12 2016-17 2021-22 2024-25 10 IWT Link between North-East and East z IWT Protocol between India and Bangladesh for transit and trade z Ports of call: Haldia, Kolkata, Pandu and Karimganj in India; Narayanganj, Sirajganj, Khulna and Mongla in Bangladesh East and North-East Region SADIYA DIBRUGARH TEJPUR DHUBRI PANDU N ALLAHABAD PATNA KARIMGANJ FARAKKA DHULIAN RAJASHAI KOLKATA HALDIA 11 Proposed NW-6 z Declaration proposal for Bhanga – Lakhipur (121 km) stretch of Barak river under consideration z Estimated cost of development – Rs. 46 cr at 2002 prices z Through Indo-Bangladesh protocol route this river is also connected to Haldia and Kolkata Ports Proposed National Waterway - 6 MEGHALAYA A S S A M BANGLADESH B AR AK . R z R. LAKHIPUR River Barak SILCHAR K A KARIMGANJ BADARPUR R Length -121km Bhanga A B I N D I A Development cost - Rs 46 cr(Yr 2002 cost) MANIPUR N TIPAIMUKH TRIPURA MIZORAM DAM Stretch Km MYANMAR Bhanga - Lakhipur 121 Source :TEF Study by RITES 12 Alternative route linking East to North East z MEA has commissioned a study through RITES z Finding: Kolkata – Sitwe (Myanmar) sea route (720 km), Sitwe – Kaletwa (Myanmar) IWT route (226 km) and Kaletwa – Saikah (Mizoram) by road (167 km) is feasible Map Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for IWT States can avail financial assistance for z Survey and studies z Waterway development z Terminals z Navigation aids 100% grant to North-Eastern States 13 Implementation of CSS ….progress in NER A total of 20 projects received from NE States z 5 projects sanctioned z 4 projects under examination z 11 projects not covered under CSS guidelines hence not sanctioned Implementation of CSS ….progress in NER z Assam – 3 projects sanctioned Construction of Pontoons for jetties on the northern bank of river Brahmaputra at Guwahati (Kuruwa, Rajaduar, Madhyamkhand, North Guwahati, Silsako, Umananda & Amingaon) - Cost- Rs 2.60 cr, Sanctioned in March 2004 3 pontoons completed, 4 nearing completion Funds released – Rs 2.60 cr Construction of one RCC jetty and two pontoons on the southern bank of river Brahmaputra at Machkhoa, Guwahati - Cost - Rs 3.52 cr, Sanctioned in March 2004 2 pontoons nearing completion, RCC jetty in progress (50% completed) Funds released – Rs 2.40 cr 14 Implementation of CSS ….progress in NER Construction of pontoons for jetties on major ghats of river Brahmaputra at Sualkuchi, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Palasbari, Kamlabari, Neamati, Oriumghat, Pandu, Phulbari, Sadia and Saikhowa Cost - Rs 4.20 cr, Sanctioned in March 2005 Construction of pontoons in progress – hull completed (65%) Funds released – Rs 4.10 cr z Tripura – 1 project sanctioned Development of Dumber lake for ferry services Cost - Rs 0.47 cr, Sanctioned in March 2006 Funds released – Rs 0.09 cr z Manipur – 1 project sanctioned Development of Loktak lake for IWT Cost - Rs 2.80 cr, Sanctioned in January 2006 Funds released – Rs 1.78 cr Implementation of CSS ….progress in NER Projects under examination : Arunachal Pradesh – Development of a portion of Siang river (Rs.
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    Bill No. 122-F of 2015 THE NATIONAL WATERWAYS BILL, 2016 (AS PASSED BY THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT— LOK SABHA ON 21 DECEMBER, 2015 RAJYA SABHA ON 9 MARCH, 2016) AMENDMENTS MADE BY RAJYA SABHA AGREED TO BY LOK SABHA ON 15 MARCH, 2016 ASSENTED TO ON 21 MARCH, 2016 ACT NO. 17 OF 2016 1 Bill No. 122-F of 2015 THE NATIONAL WATERWAYS BILL, 2016 (AS PASSED BY THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT) A BILL to make provisions for existing national waterways and to provide for the declaration of certain inland waterways to be national waterways and also to provide for the regulation and development of the said waterways for the purposes of shipping and navigation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. (1) This Act may be called the National Waterways Act, 2016. Short title and commence- (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification ment. in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2 Existing 2. (1) The existing national waterways specified at serial numbers 1 to 5 in the Schedule national along with their limits given in column (3) thereof, which have been declared as such under waterways and declara- the Acts referred to in sub-section (1) of section 5, shall, subject to the modifications made under this tion of certain Act, continue to be national waterways for the purposes of shipping and navigation under this Act. inland waterways as (2) The regulation and development of the waterways referred to in sub-section (1) national which have been under the control of the Central Government shall continue, as if the said waterways.
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