Inland Waterways Authority of India Newsletter Issue 1, 2011

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Inside This Issue: From Chairperson’s Desk National Waterways- 1 A Retrospective It gives me great pleasure to The Authority is at a cusp where National Maritime Agenda 2 pen my reflections on the occasion it has to vigorously promote this 2010-20 (Role of IWAI) of the launch of IWAI’s Newsletter environment friendly mode of JALTARANG. You would be aware mass transportation and harness Cargo Movement 2 that the Authority is completing 25 its potential to the fullest possible years of its existence this year and extent. The successful movement of National Inland Navigation 2 would celebrate its Silver Jubilee in imported coal to NTPC’s Farakka opportunity, I urge you the ‘Team Institute October, 2011. Thermal Power Plant, through IWAI’ to contribute towards making IWT, would dispel doubts, if any, of National Waterways vibrant and NTPC Coal Movement & 3 Over the years, the Authority naysayers and would act as a bedrock regain the lost glory of this important Stake Holders meet has remained focused on creation of for furthering the use of IWT as an transport mode. The goal is within infrastructure in terms of fairways, our reach and together we can make Kaladan Multimodal Transit 3 important mode for transportation of jetties, navigational aids, cargo it possible. Transport Project bulk cargo, over dimensional cargo handling equipments etc. We are and hazardous cargo. I also take this opportunity to Quiz 4 now in a position to guarantee assured depth in the National The Authority needs to work as a send my greetings and best wishes to you and all members of your family Do you know? 4 Waterways. But we have to make team to face the challenges offered concerted efforts to promote that the by traditional modes of transport viz. in the New Year. Hindi Poem 4 infrastructure created is fully used roads and railways and also work and the waterways are treated like towards a modal shift of bulk cargo Employees Corner 4 ‘marine highways’. movement through IWT. Taking this Bhupinder Prasad

National Waterways – A Retrospective

IWAI was set up on 27th October, at Gaighat, Patna. High level Terminals Permanent Terminal 1986 vide Inland Waterways jetty under construction. Fixed with low level jetty constructed Authority of India Act, 1985, for terminals available at TT Shed at Pandu. High level jetty under regulation and development of inland in Kolkata, Pakur and Farakka. construction. Floating terminals waterways for the purposes of shipping Floating terminals available at at Dhubri, Jogighopa, Tezpur, and navigation. various locations. Mechanized Silghat, Neamati, Dibrugarh, cargo handling available at certain Panbari, Sadiya and Saikhowa. National Waterways No.1 terminals. Night Navigation Facilities The Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly such as lighted buoys for night river system from Allahabad to Night Navigation Facilities navigation and also day channel Haldia (1620 kms)- declared as such as lighted buoys for night marking provided from Dhubri to Editorial Team : National Waterway in 1986. navigation provided from Tribeni to Varanasi. Day channel marking Sadiya. S.K. Shahi, Fairway 3.0 m depth between between Tribeni to Allahabad. National Waterways No.3 Vijay Dialani, Haldia and Farakka. 2.5 m depth Dr. I.P. Singh between Farakka and Patna. 2.0 National Waterways No.2 The West Coast Canal from m depth between Patna and Kollam to Kottapuram along Design and Layout: Varanasi 1.5 m depth between The from with Champakkara and Varanasi and Allahabad River Sadiya to Dhubri (891 kms)- Udyogmandal Canals (205 Deepak Das declared as National Waterway in Jayesh Kandwal conservancy measures such as kms) declared as National bandalling and Dredging with 1988. Waterway in 1993. eight CSD units in progress at Fairway 2.5 m depth between airway 2.0 m depth between Published by: various locations F Bangladesh Border and Dibrugarh. Kochi and Alappuzha & IWAI,HQ. Noida Terminals Permanent Terminal 1.5 m depth between Dibrugarh Udyogmandal and Champakkara with low level jetty constructed and Sadiya. Canals. Page 2 tyrjax

Terminals Permanent Terminals navigation provided in entire National Waterways No.5 constructed at Kottapuram, Aluva, National Waterway. The Brahmani river and Mahanadi Ernakulam, Vaikom, Cherthala Capital Dredging 26 lakhs delta system along with East Thrikunnauzha and Kayamkulam. cubic meters completed and Coast Canal (588 kms.) declared One is under construction at 14 lakhs cubic meters being as National Waterway in 2008. Kollam. Two more terminals have undertaken. been constructed with Ro-Ro and National Waterways No.4 Lo-Lo facility at Bolghatty and “IWT is an attractive Willingdon Island for connectivity The Godavari and Krishna rivers transport alternative both with ICTT Valarpaddam. and canals between Kakinada in environmental and in and Puducherry, (1027 kms)- Night Navigation Facilities declared as National Waterway economic terms.” such as lighted buoys for night in 2008. National Maritime Agenda 2010-2020 Role of IWAI  Development of IWAI  Making National Waterways  Deploying CSD units for infrastructure. 1, 2 & 3 fully functional by maintenance dredging in providing navigational channel National Waterways to facilitate  Declaration of river Barak as of 3.0m/2.5m/ 1.5m depth movement of cargo vessels and National Waterway no. 6 for about 330 days in a year also river cruise vessels, coal  Development of National in various stretches. Providing movement for NTPC and other Waterways no. 4 & 5. fixed and floating Terminals and thermal power plants and ODC  Extension of National Waterway Night Navigational Aids with movement. no. 3 in Kerala. DGPS connectivity.

Cargo Statistics and Cargo Movement “Compared to Road and Rail transport IWT is The key to growth of Inland Water Transport lies in maximization Transportation Of Jute environment friendiest.” of usage of facilities created by IWAI and ensuring more and more cargo is transported by IWT mode. The cargo moved in IWAI has been making constant National Waterways in the last three quarters in Million Tonne efforts to locate different types KMs is given below: of cargo which can be moved on inland vessels. In this regard Jute National Apr.-Jun. 2010 Jul.-Sep. 2010 Oct.-Dec. 2010 Corporation of India was vigorously Waterway pursued which culminated in the NW-1 318 343 262 initial cargo of about 300 tonnes NW-2 2.7 1.6 0.9 being transported from Pandu NW-3 2.6 3.3 4.6 to Kolkata in IWAI cargo vessel M.V. Lal Bahadur Shastri and M.V. The Over Dimensional Cargo Movement is included in the above figures. Rabindranath Tagore. The vessels were flagged off on 21.01.2010 at IWAI cargo vessel M.V. Lal Bahadur Shastri In Goa Waterways for the period April-November, 2010 the cargo moved and M.V. Rabindranath Tagore were flagged is 1193 million tonne km and in Mumbai Waterways for the period April to Pandu () by Chairperson, off on 21.01.2010 at Pandu (Guwahati) by September, 2010 the cargo moved is 352 million tonne km. IWAI Smt. Bhupinder Prasad. Chairperson, IWAI. National Inland Navigation Institute

 National Inland Navigational was imparted to ex-navy  ECDIS course and other Institute established at personnel , supervisors and value added simulation Gaighat Patna offers IV G.P. crew of IWAI. course are planned in future Rating induction course. for mariners.  The survey launch  To augment in house Survekshak was inducted as expertise, a dredging training ship Survekshak for course was conducted facilitating on board training by TID Netherlands from by NINI. 1st October, 2010 to 6th  A Marine Simulation Center Inauguration of TS Survekshak October, 2010. The training established at NINI included both theoretical was inaugurated on 1st aspects (lectures in class December, 2010. NINI is now ^^ufn;k¡ room) and practical aspects geared to impart training to ifjogu ds fy, (on board the cutter suction crew using the latest state ojnku gSa** dredgers). The training of art technology. Guard of Honour tyrjax Page 3

NTPC Coal Movement and Stake Holders Meet

National Thermal Power Consultation with IWT movement of Jute from Guwahati Corporation and Inland Stakeholders in the NER region to Kolkata by IWT mode during Waterways Authority of India in January 2011 has revealed the jute production months. are working on project for  Coal India Limited informed transportation of imported coal  Difficulties faced by about Margareta coals mined by IWT mode between Haldia Food Corporation of India in near Dibrugarh and indicated and Farakka/ Kahalgaon. NTPC movement of food grains by the possibility of coal movement has committed transportation Rail and Road due to capacity from Dibrugarh to Bongaigon of 3 million tonnes per year of constraints. IWT mode can and also from Dibrugarh to imported coal. Project is being mitigate the hardships faced by Kolkata. Tenders have been developed with investment present operators using rail or invited and bids to be received from Private Sector. IL&FS- road. by 28th February, 2011. IDC are assisting IWAI/NTPC in  Company India tendering process. Expression Ltd evinced keen interest in  Present available Cargo of interest has evinced good movement of empty containers can be transported by IWT response from major logistic from Kolkata to Guwahati mode and the need of the operators. Success in this (about 2500 FEUs). hour is to augment number of movement will surely pave way inland vessels. Incentive for for more coal being transported  Jute Corporation of India construction of inland vessels by IWT mode for other Thermal informed about the heavy and freight subsidy for IWT power plants situated near demand of Jute in India and movement are crucial stimulants navigable rivers. abroad and possibility of needed.

Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project

The transit route for movement IWAI had carried out re- completion date is June, 2013. “IWT has lowest specific energy as per DPR was Kolkata to connaissance of the project IWAI has also appointed M/s consumption, the lowest capital Sittwe by sea going ships and area in December, 2008 and Scott Wilson India Pvt. Ltd., New expenditure requirements Sittwe to Kaletwa by river subsequently twice in 2009 and Delhi as Supervision Consultant for the maintenance barges and thereafter by road reviewed/ updated the DPR. to assist in the supervision of and improvement of the to Mizoram. Detailed Hydrographic survey of works. The construction work infrastructutre and the lowest Construction of an integrated the Sittwe port area undertaken has started in December, 2010. external costs.” Port and Inland Water during October, 2009 through Equipments and materials have Transport (IWT) Terminal at M/s CONCORDIA, an Yangon arrived at site. Sittwe, transshipment terminal based survey agency. After The Frame Work Agreement at Paletwa, development of following tender procedure for two protocols (Protocol on navigational channel along river M/s Essar Projects (India) Ltd., Transit Transport and Protocol Kaladan from Sittwe to Paletwa Mumbai was awarded the work on Maintenance) were signed by (158 km), highway from Paletwa and the letter of acceptance INDIA and MYANMAR Ministry to India-Myanmar border (129 issued by MEA in April, “In terms of safety, Inland of External Affairs is Nodal km) and construction of 6 nos. 2010. Agreement between navigation causes the lowest Agency for implementation IWT barges of 300 tonne each M/s Essar Projects and MEA accident costs in comparision was concluded on 14th May, and IWAI were appointed by for transportation of cargo with other transport modes.” MEA as Project Development between Sittwe and Paletwa 2010. The contract price is Consultant. are the project components. Rs.342 crores and the schedule

The Foundation stone laying ceremony of the works was held at Sittwe, Myanmar on 19.12.2010. Hon’ble Minister for Transport, Government of Myanmar and the Regional Commander for the Rakhine Province were the dignitaries from Myanmar who attended the function apart from Senior

Dignitaries from India & Myanmar at the Foundation stone Chairperson, IWAI addressing the gathering at Sittwe, Myanmar at Sittwe Officers from MEA, Embassy of India-Yangon and IWAI. Page 4 tyrjax

Do you know? ty dh rjax goes that the Gods lost their lqu jh ikou ty dh rjax! strength, and to regain it, they rw cgrh jg fur uhj lax!! thought of churning the Ksheer Sagara (primordial ocean of ioZr f”k[kjksa is pk¡nh&lk] milk) for amritha (the nectar yko.; :i rsjk ns[kk! of immortality). This required lw;Z fdj.k ds Nwrs gh] them to make a temporary agreement with their arch f[kap xbZ cnu esa ,d js[kk!! enemies, the demons or Asuras js[kk us yh ,slh meax! to work together with a promise rw cgrh jg fur uhj lax!! of sharing the nectar equally Kumbha is Sanskrit word for thereafter. However, when believed that during the battle, eu ys meax ru ys meax] Pitcher (actually a roundish pot the Kumbha (urn) containing Lord Vishnu flew away with the ik’kk.kksa ls d.k&d.k >jdj! with no handles). Mela means the amrita appeared, a fight Kumbha of elixir spilling drops “khryrk ikourk ysdj] ‘a gathering’ or ‘ a meet’ or ensued. For twelve days and of amrita at four places: Prayag, curs ns[kk rq>dks fu>Zj!! simply a fair. The origin as per twelve nights (equivalent to Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik. Hindu mythology is Samundra twelve human years) the gods Now Kumbh Mela is celebrated dj ty izikr ls eksg Hkax! Manthan episode (churning of and demons fought in the at these holy places. rw cgrh jg fur uhj lax!! the ocean of milk). The account sky for the pot of amrita. It is infpUg rVksa ij rw jprh] thou ds iaFk lq>kus dks! Inland Waterways Quiz vk¡py esa fueZy ty Hkjrh] Authority Of India ekul dh riu cq>kus dks!! A-13, Sector–1, Noida, Name the Rivers: Gautam Budh Nagar, uhjo dy&dy djrh vHkax! Ghaziabad U.P. 201 301, Sr.No. Quiz Answer Tel.No. 0120-2544036\ rw cgrh jg fur uhj lax!! Fax No. 0120-2543973, 1 Longest Indian River is 0120-2521764 lfjrk ls vxj fcNksg gqvk] E-Mail: [email protected] 2 Bhar Chukki & Gagana Chukki are located on rw “kkar ljksoj esa cSBh! IWT Terminal, Gaighat, P.O.-Gulzarbagh, 3 The holy shrine of Pandharpur is situated on ekuks laU;kflu gks dksbZ] Patna -800 007, jgrh gS ;w¡ ty ls ,saBh!! Tel.No.0612-2630100, 4 Daughter of Mountain King Himavat is 0612-260114. Fax No.0612-2630100 5 Muddiest river in the world is f”ko n`x ls ?kk;y T;ksa vuax! [email protected], rw cgrh jg fur uhj lax!! [email protected] 6 Tungabhadra is main tributary of

P-78, Garden Reach Road 7 Aptly called the southern Ganges is loZLo mlh dks lkSai fn;k] Kolkata 700 043 loZLo tgk¡ ls ik;k Fkk ! Tel No. 033-24390393, 8 Prayag is at the confluence of River Ganga and 24395577, 24396055, ygjfla/kq esa lek xbZ] 24391710 Answers in next issue Fax No. 033-24395570 ;k fla/kq ygj us ik;k Fkk!! [email protected], [email protected] Employee’s Corner nksuksa ds eu vkbZ mpax! National Waterways Road, rw cgrh jg fur uhj lax!! Kannadikkadu, Behind Nair’s Hospital, NH-47, Bypass, 1. Sh. L.K. Rajak and Sh. V.C. Dialani promoted as Deputy Maradu, Kochi-682304 Directors in the month of Oct. 2010. xhfrdk flag Tel No.0484-2295064, iq=h MkW- bUæiky flag 0484-2389804, 2. Sh. Amrendra Kumar Singh, Sh. Mayank Tyagi, Sh. V. Mob:09446014417 fgUnh vf/kdkjh Fax: 0484-2389445 Murgeshan and Sh. Arvind Kumar promoted as Assistant [email protected], Directors. [email protected]

nd Pandu Port Complex, 3. Sh. Subroto Parui is promoted as Master 2 Class and Sh. Pandu Yogesh Prasad Mandal is promoted as Master 3rd Class in the Guwahati 781 012 month of Jan. 2011. Tel No.0361-2570055, 2570109 Fax No.0361-2570099 4. Marriage of daughter of Smt. & Sh. Jai Singh, Driver was [email protected], held on 5th Feb. 2011. IWAI congratulates and wishes both [email protected] the bride and the groom a very happy married life. We’re on the Web!

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