Centre announces to develop 14 new National Waterways

Newsmantra — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 04:46:06 +0000

In addition to development of five National Waterways (NWs) (NW-1 to NW-5), development of 14 new NWs has been approved by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India in the States of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Goa, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Assam.

Jawai-Luni-Rann of Kutch River System has been declared as National Waterway-48 for a total length of 615 km (205 km in Rajasthan & 410 km in Gujarat) under National Waterways Act, 2016 along with 111 NWs in the country. As per the final feasibility Report, NW-48 has not been found feasible for development for shipping and navigation.

There is no proposal to construct Bhawatraport and hence the question of time limit for its construction does not arise. List of new NWs sanctioned under Phase-I development

NW-8- Alappuzha-Changanassery Canal in Kerala
NW-9- Alappuzha-Athirampuza Canal in Kerala
NW-27-Cumberjua River in Goa
NW-68- Mandovi River in Goa
NW-111- Zuari River in Goa
NW-86- River Rupnarayan in West Bengal
NW-97- Sundarbans Waterways in West Bengal
NW-40- Ghaghra River in U.P. & Bihar
NW-44- Ichamati River in West Bengal
NW-10- Amba River in Maharashtra
NW-28-Dabhol Creek Vashisthi River in Maharashtra
NW-57- Kopili River in Assam
NW-31- Dhansiri River in Assam
NW-16- River Barak in Assam

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Master plan for mega Ports

Newsmantra — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 05:13:43 +0000

Six port clusters out of which four port clusters i.e. Cochin – Vizhinjam Port cluster, Galathea South Bay Port, Chennai -Kamarajar –Cuddalore Port cluster, Paradip and Other Non-Major Ports cluster with capacity of more than 300 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) and two port clusters i.e. Deendayal and Tuna Tekra Port cluster, Jawaharlal Nehru – Vadhavan Port cluster with capacity of more than 500 MTPA are to be developed as Mega Ports by the year 2047. The activities to be undertaken by Major Ports for augmentation of capacity and improving infrastructure are included in the Maritime AmritKaal Vision, 2047. The works for Infrastructure enhancement and capacity augmentation in the Major Ports are already under progress through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode and also through internal resources.

This information was given by the Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha today.

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Centre announces to develop 14 new National Waterways

Master plan for mega Ports