Following is from http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=63957.

Union Government through Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) develops inland water terminals/ports only on those waterways which are declared as National Waterways (NWs). Following five waterways have so far been declared as NWs:

 

(i)    National Waterway-1: Allahabad-Haldia stretch of the Ganga – Bhagirathi-Hooghly river in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.  

(ii)    National Waterway-2: Sadiya–Dhubri stretch of the Brahmaputra river in the State of Assam.  

(iii)   National Waterway-3:  Kollam-Kottapuram stretch of West Coast Canal andChampakara and Udyogmandal canals  in the State of Kerala. 

(iv)   National Waterway-4:  Kakinada-Pudducherry stretch of canals comprising ofKakinada canal, Eluru canal, Commamur canal, Buckingham canal and theKaluvelly tank, Bhadrachalam-Rajahmundry stretch of river Godavari andWazirabad-Vijaywada stretch of river Krishna in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry.  

(v)   National Waterway-5:   Talcher-Dhamra stretch of Brahmani-Kharsua-Dhamrarivers, Geonkhali-Charbatia stretch of East Coast Canal, Charbatia-Dhamra stretch of Matai river and Mahanadi delta rivers between Mangalgadi and Paradip in the States of West Bengal and Orissa.   

Out of these NWs, developmental works including development of inland water terminals/ports are being carried out by Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) on NW-1, 2 and 3 only.  Developmental works on NWs 4 & 5 have not yet commenced.

 

Details of inland water terminals/ports developed on NW-1, 2 and 3 and the funds allocated for development/maintenance of IWT terminals/ports during 2010-11 are:

 

NW

Type of terminals / ports

Locations

Funds allocated for development / maintenance of terminals /ports during 2010-11

1.

 

 

NW-1

Fixed (Existing)

Patna                                                 (low level jetty)

 

 

 

Rs. 9.32 crore

Floating (Existing)

Haldia, Botanical Garden

(Kolkata),

BISN(Kolkata), 

Shantipur, Katwa,

Farakka,  Rajmahal, 

Sahebganj,

Bateshwarsthan, 

Bhagalpur, 

Munger, Semaria, 

Buxar, 

Ghazipur,Varanasi,

and Allahabad

Fixed (Under constr.)

Patna ( high level jetty)

and              

G R Jetty  ( Kolkata)

2.

 

 

NW-2

Fixed (Existing)

Pandu (low level jetty)

 

Rs. 9.10 crore

Floating (Existing)

Dhubri, Jogighopa, 

Tejpur, 

Silghat,Neamati, 

Dibrugarh and Sengajan

Fixed (Under constr.)

Pandu ( high level jetty)       

3.

 

 

NW-3

Fixed (Existing)

Kottapuram, Aluva, 

Maradu, 

Viakom, 

Taneermukham,

Trikkunnapuzha, 

Kayamkulam, 

Bolghatty and 

Willingdon Islands

 

 

Rs. 1.25 crore

Fixed (Under constr.)

Kollam

 

This information was given by the Minister of Shipping, Shri G.K. Vasan in Lok Sabha today.

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