STAKEHOLDERS CONFERENCES REPORT (2019-20) Stakeholders Conferences Report (2019-20) 2 | Inland Waterways Authority of India Stakeholders Conferences Report (2019-20) Contents Message from Chairperson ................................................................................................................................................................... 5 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 2. Stakeholders conference at Goa on 30.11.2019 ................................................................................................................ 11 2.1. List of speakers .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2. Key highlights ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 2.3. Key action points ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 2.4. Photo Gallery ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 3. Stakeholders conference at Dhaka on 05.12.2019........................................................................................................... 19 3.1 Key highlights .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20 3.2 Key action points ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 21 3.3 Photo Gallery ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 4. Stakeholders conference at Kolkata on 17.12.2019 ........................................................................................................ 25 4.1 List of Speakers ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 4.2 Key highlights .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 27 4.3 Key action points ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 30 4.4 Photo Gallery ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 31 5. Stakeholders conference at Kochi on 24.01.2020 ............................................................................................................ 35 5.1 List of speakers ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 5.2 Key highlights .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 37 5.3 Key action points ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 39 5.4 Photo Gallery ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 41 6. Stakeholders conference at Mumbai on 07.02.2020 ....................................................................................................... 45 6.1 List of speakers ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46 6.2 Key highlights .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 47 6.3 Key action points ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 49 6.4 Photo Gallery ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 50 7. Stakeholders conference at Patna on 11.02.2020 ............................................................................................................ 53 7.1 List of Speakers ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 54 7.2 Key highlights .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 55 7.3 Key action points ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 57 7.4 Photo Gallery ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 58 8. Summary of key initiatives undertaken by IWAI for development of IWT ............................................................. 61 Annexure – I: List of delegates in Goa Conference ..................................................................................................................... 64 Annexure – II: List of delegates in stakeholder conference at Dhaka ................................................................................. 66 Annexure – III: List of delegates in stakeholder conference at Kolkata ............................................................................ 67 Annexure – IV: List of delegates in stakeholder conference at Kochi ................................................................................. 69 Annexure – V: List of delegates in stakeholder conference at Mumbai ............................................................................. 70 Annexure – VI: List of delegates in stakeholder conference at Patna ................................................................................. 72 3 | Inland Waterways Authority of India Stakeholders Conferences Report (2019-20) 4 | Inland Waterways Authority of India Stakeholders Conferences Report (2019-20) Message from Chairperson Efficient transport infrastructure is the key to boosting economic growth and promoting sustainable development. Inland Water Transport (IWT) system ensures both, by provisioning access, mobility, connectivity and employment generation at the grass root level with lesser carbon footprint and cost. During start of 20th century, IWT was an integral part of mode of transportation and widely used for trade and passenger movement. The rapid development of other modes of transport i.e. rail, road and air, coupled with inadequate development and promotion of IWT sector over years, resulted in a decline in the share of water transport in India. However, considering that IWT has multiple inherent benefits over other modes of transport, the need for systematic development of IWT sector was realized which is apparent from the fact that various committees were formed and advocated the development of IWT sector. National Transport Policy committee in its report in 1980 recommended setting up of an authority to develop and regulate Inland Waterways in India. This recommendation led to formation of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) in 1986. Renewed emphasis has been given to the IWT sector in the last few years and several projects for the development of infrastructure to promote the IWT sector have been undertaken. To increase the cargo traffic on National Waterways, a number of efforts have been initiated by IWAI in the areas of development of fairway for round the year navigability, river information systems, jetties / terminals for cargo