Inland Water Transport Sector

Inland Waterways Authority of India

New Delhi, 18th October 2012

PresentationOn Inland Water Transport Sector of

India

January, 2014

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Institutional set up for IWT

• Govt. of Indian set up in October 1986 fordevelopment and regulation of Inland Waterways

• Only National Waterways (NW) under the purview ofCentral Govt. / IWAI

• Other waterways under the respective State Govts• IWAI mandated, interalia, to take up

Infrastructure development & regulation on NWs Techno- economic feasibility studies Proposals for declaration of NWs Advise the Central Govt on IWT matters Assistance to States in IWT development

4Source: Total Transport System Study by RITES

Rlys had88% sharein 1951;now only36%

Roadssharewent upfrom 11%in 1951 to50 %Sub optimal utilization of IWT is a great

economic opportunity loss to the country

IWT

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National Waterways

• Five National Waterways NW-1, Ganga (1620 km) NW-2, Brahmaputra (891 km) NW-3, West Coast Canal (205 km) NW-4, Godavari, Krishna rivers & Kakinada-

Puducherry canals (1078 km) NW-5, Brahmani river, Mahanadi delta & East Coast

Canal (588 km)• Barak river (121 km) proposed as NW-6• Indo- Bangladesh Protocol routes (2303 km) connect

NW-1, NW-2 & NW-6

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Indo – Bangladesh Protocol routes

connect NW-1, NW-2 & NW-6

B A N G L A D E S H

A S S A M

M E G H A L A Y A

MANIPUR

MIZORAM

TRIPURA

HALDIA

KOLKATA

DHUBRIPANDU

TEJPURSILGHAT

JOGIGHOPA

SHISHUMARA

DHULIAN

KARIMGANJ

RAJSHAHI

NARAYANGANJDHAKA

LAKHIPUR

Bay of Bengal

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DISPUR

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SHILLONG

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AIZWALAGARTALA

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BAGHABARI

CHILMARI

BAHADURABAD

SIRAJGANJ

ZAKIGANJ

FENCHUGANJSHERPUR

MARKULI

AJMIRIGANJ

BHAIRABBAZAR

CHANDPUR

BARISAL

KAUKHALI

MONGLA

KHULNA

CHALNA

NAMKHANA

GODAGARI

ARICHA

ASHUGANJ

Myanmar (Burma)

IMPHAL

KOHIMA

NAGALAND

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Legend

Kolkata - Guwahati/Pandu ...... 1535 kmKolkata - Karimganj...................1318 kmDhulian-Rajshahi...........................78 km

Protocol route distances

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BHANGA

AKHAURA

DAIKHAWA

LegendDeclared National waterwayProposed National waterwayProtocol routeRoadRailNH 51

ANGTIHARA

SYLHET

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KOTTAPURAM

ALUVA

UDYOGAMANDAL CANALKAKKANAD(CSEZ)

CHAMPAKKARA CANALKOCHIMARADU

VAIKOM

CHERTHALA THANNERMUKKOM

LOCK CUM BARRAGE

ALAPPUZHA

THRIKKUNNAPUZHA

KAYAMKULAM

THRIKKUNNAPUZHALOCK GATE

CHAVARA

KOLLAM

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Arabian SeaLegend

Waterway alignmentRoadRailImportant places

West Coast Canal(Kottapuram – Kollam)

Champakkara & Udyogamandal canals

National Waterway-3

River distanceKottapuram - Kollam 168 kmUdyogamandal canal 23 kmChampakkara canal 14 kmTotal length 205 km

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Development cost- Rs 1515 cr

(2010 prices)

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Development cost- Rs 4210 cr (2010 prices)

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BhangaBadarpur

Silchar

Length –121 km Development cost – Rs 123 cr (2012 prices) Status: Declaration in process

Proposed National Waterway – 6 : River Barak

Stretch KmBhanga - Lakhipur 121

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Complexities of Indian waterways

• NW-1 (Ganga) and NW-2 (Brahmaputra); typicalalluvial rivers large water level fluctuation huge sediment load, multiple channels maintaining a navigable channel with 2 m depth, a

difficult task• Hence dredging & bandalling is done annually• NW-3 is a tidal waterway

Once depth is developed with capital dredging, itcan be maintained for a number of years

• NW-4 & 5 are combination of rivers, canals and tidalsections

Cargo Movement on NWCargo Movement on NW--1, 2, 3, Goa & Mumbai Waterways1, 2, 3, Goa & Mumbai Waterways(in million (in million tonnestonnes))

STRETCH 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

NW-1 1.35 1.81 1.87 3.31 2.71

NW-2 2.18 2.11 2.16 2.41 2.42

NW-3 0.77 0.67 0.89 1.34 1.23

Sub total NWs 4.30 4.59 4.92 7.06 6.37

GOA 45.58 53.03 54.50 43.28 7.58

MUMBAI 10.16 11.99 14.88 19.95 9.72

Grand Total 60.03 69.61 74.30 70.29 23.68

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Cargo potential

• Potential for cargo movement in NWs: Coal, Food grains, Fertilizers, Cement, Bitumen, Fly

ash, Project cargo, Hazardous goods• Yet remains untapped• Long term cargo commitment required to attract

private investment in vessels Commitment by NTPC has drawn investment of Rs 650crore by private sector

Commitment by ONGC made it possible to move morethan 90 consignments for Palatana power plant inTripura

ODC movement

What has been done by IWAI

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IWT infrastructure requirements

1. Fairway: Navigation Channel with targeted least available depth

(LAD) for round the year operation

2. Navigation aids: Aids for safe and efficient day and night navigation

3. Terminals/ river ports: For berthing, loading/ unloading of vessels, cargo

handling equipment and connectivity with rail and rail

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Infrastructure on NW 1, 2 & 3

a. FairwayNW 1

2.5 m depth in Haldia -Farakka (560 km) 2.5 m in Farakka - Patna(460 km) 2.0 m in Patna - Ghazipur (230 km) 1.5 m in Ghazipur- Varanasi 133km) 1.2 m in Varanasi- Allahabad (237 km)

NW 2 2.5 m in Dhubri- Neamati (630 km), 2.0 m in Neamati- Dibrugarh (138 km) 1.5 m in Dibrugarh- Sadiya (123 km)

NW 3 2.0 m in 155 km stretch 1.2 m in rest of the stretch (dredging in 22 km is in progress) Likely to be completed by June, 2014

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Infrastructure on NW 1, 2 & 3 Contd…

b. Navigational aids

• Fortnightly surveys and issue of River Notices

• Navigation charts, Navigational atlas and river atlas

• 24 hrs navigation aids in Diamond Harbor - Ballia (1030 km) inNW-1, Dhubri- Silghat (442 km) in NW-2 and entire NW-3

• DGPS stations at Swarupganj, Bhagalpur and Patna on NW-1;Jogighopa, Silghat & Dibrugarh on NW-2; and coming up atVaranasi on NW-1 and at Dhubri on NW-2

• River Information System(RIS) under implementation on NW-1

• Pilots available on NW-1 & 2

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Infrastructure on NW 1, 2 & 3 Contd…

c. TerminalsNW-1

Fixed RCC terminals at Kolkata, Patna, Farakka & Pakur

Fixed terminals coming up at Varanasi

Floating terminals at 16 places

NW-2

Fixed RCC terminal at Pandu

Floating terminals at 10 places

NW-3

Fixed RCC terminals at 10 places

d. Human Resource Development• National Inland Navigation Institute (NINI) set up at Patna

Permanent IWT terminal at Patna

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Low level jetty at Pandu

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RECENT SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS

30 L tonnes/annum of coal being transported by NTPC fromSandheads to Farakka (640 km) and another 30 L tonnes/annum for Barh (1040 km) being finalized.

Multimodal Terminal at Jogighopa jointly with CRWC beingformulated

Ro-Ro Jetties at Kochi operational in NW-3

Liquefied Ammonia being transported by FACT in NW-3

Fly Ash transportation on Protocol Routes

IFFCO & TATA Chemicals started fertilizer movement in NW-1

Movement of food grains to North East via Protocol route

ODC Movement in NW-1 and NW-2

Implementing Multimodal Transit Transport Project inMyanmar

Kaladan Multimodal Transit Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport ProjectTransport Project

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An Overview

• Piloted and funded by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)• Project is based on DPR prepared by RITES in 2003.

• Framework Agreement and two Protocols (Protocol onTransit Transport and Protocol on Maintenance) signed on2nd April 2008 between Governments of India & Myanmar.

• MEA is the nodal agency on Indian side; and Ministry ofForeign Affairs of Myanmar on the other side

• Article-4 of the Framework Agreement provides forappointment of a Project Development Consultant (PDC)

• Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) appointed asPDC by the MEA in March 2009.

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Kolkata Sittwe 539 km

Sittwe Paletwa 158 km

Paletwa Kaletwa 48 km

Kaletwa Myeikwa (IM Border)

52 km

Myeikwa (IM Border)

Lawngtlai 100 km

Lawngtlai Aizawl 334 km

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Project Components

(A) Port & IWT components:

Fairway development / Sea-dredging in Sittwe port area

Construction of Port and IWT terminal at Sittwe

Fairway development/Dredging on Sittwe - Paletwa stretchof Kaladan river (158 Km)

Construction of IWT Terminal at Paletwa

Construction of 6 Nos. of IWT vessels (300 ton each)

(B) Road component: Highway (100 km) from Paletwa to Indo-Myanmar Border.

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Progress made

• MEA issued Letter of Acceptance(LoA) to Essar Projects IndiaLtd. in April 2010 at a cost of Rs. 342 Crores for the Port &IWT works.

• Agreement between MEA and Contractor signed in May 2010.• Port & IWT works to be implemented in 36 months. Extension

of one year is accorded for completion (i.e. upto June 2014)• Govt. of Myanmar has provided land for setting up camp and

land for construction at Sittwe during September 2010.• Construction activity at Sittwe started in December 2010.• Reclamation for backup facilities at Sittwe- 96% completed• Construction of Rubble mounted Dyke -85% Completed.• The Approach Jetty for both the Port & IWT terminals at

Sittwe – 100% completed..

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Progress made….. Contd.• Main Jetty piling work for Port & IWT jetty at Sittwe- 100% .• Residual work like railing, ladder, lamp post , electrical work &

10 T rail mounted level luffing crane work is in progress.• Dredging at Sittwe is almost completed.• Construction of backup facilities structures at Sittwe (Port

Office, IWT Office, Covered Storage, Road etc.) is in progress.• Construction of drainage at Sittwe– 100% work completed• Construction of 6 Nos. of Barges has started in March 2013

and more than 40 % of work completed.• Construction work of IWT terminal at Paletwa has started in

April 2013 .• Piling work at Paletwa terminal is in progress( total 42 nos.

out of 75 pile is completed).

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INDO-BANGALDESH PROTOCOL ON

INLAND WATER TRANSIT AND TRADE ANDRELATED ISSUES

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Background

• Pursuant to Article VIII of the Trade Agreemententered into between the Government of thePeople’s Republic of Bangladesh and theGovernment of India, a Protocol on Inland WaterTransit and Trade between the two countries havebeen signed and renewed from time to time

• The existing Protocol is valid upto 31th March,2015.

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•INDO – BANGLADESH• PROTOCOL ROUTES

•B A N G L A D E S H

•A S S A M

•M E G H A L A Y A

•MANIPUR

•MIZORAM

•TRIPURA

•HALDIA

•KOLKATA

•DHUBRI

•PANDU

•TEJPUR•SILGHAT

•JOGIGHOPA

•SHISHUMARA

•DHULIAN

•KARIMGANJ

•RAJSHAHI

•NARAYANGANJ•DHAKA

•LAKHIPUR

•Bay of Bengal

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•AIZWAL•AGARTALA

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•BAGHABARI

•CHILMARI

•BAHADURABAD

•SIRAJGANJ

•ZAKIGANJ

•FENCHUGANJ•SHERPUR

•MARKULI

•AJMIRIGANJ

•BHAIRAB BAZAR

•CHANDPUR

•BARISAL

•KAUKHALI

•MONGLA

•KHULNA

•CHALNA

•NAMKHANA

•GODAGARI

•ARICHA

•ASHUGANJ

•Myanmar (Burma)

•IMPHAL

•KOHIMA

•NAGALAND

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•Legend

•Kolkata - Guwahati/Pandu ...... 1535 km•Kolkata - Karimganj...................1318 km•Dhulian-Rajshahi...........................78 km

•Protocol route distances

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•BHANGA

•AKHAURA

•DAIKHAWA

•Legend•Declared National waterway•Proposed National waterway•Protocol route•Road•Rail•NH

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•ANGTIHARA

•SYLHET

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Ports of Call

Under the Protocol both the countries are providingthe facilities of “Ports on Call” at following locations:

India BangladeshKolkata NarayanganjHaldia Khulna

Karimganj MonglaPandu SirajganjSilghat Ashuganj

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Issues

• Validity of Protocol for short periods

• Insufficient navigable depth in Protocol routes

• Development of Ashuganj as Transhipment terminal

• Development of infrastructure at LCS Agartala and

strengthening of roads

• Inclusion of Surma river between Ashuganj and

Chhatak/Sylhet in Protocol route

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National Waterway Grid Study

• The idea of National Waterways Transport Connectivity Gridhad emanated from the 2013 Budget speech of the FinanceMinister

• IWAI has entrusted with this task and the study wasawarded to M/s RITES in two phases

• It envisages creation of connectivity for the 5 NationalWaterways (NW) and the proposed 6th NW with road andrail connectivity to IWT locations. Also envisages port- NWconnectivity, wherever possible

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National Waterway Grid Study

• 31 potential terminal locations have been identified in 6NWs based on 80% O-D traffic in the primary corridor (approx 50 km on both sides of NW).

• Port- NW connectivity at 7 ports ( Kolkata, Haldia, Dhamra,Paradip, Kakinada, Krishnapatnam & Kochi)

• Consultation with stakeholders viz State Govts, Ports,NHAI, Ministry of Railways has already done.

• Ph-1- 14 terminals during 2014-17• Ph-2- 17 terminals during 2017-22

PROJECT PHASING

PROJECT PHASE

NUMBER OF TERMINALS

TRAFFIC(MnT)

INVESTMENT

REQUIRED (Rs Cr)

PRIVATE INVESTMEN

T(Rs Cr)

SAVINGS IN TPT. COST (Cr Rs/Yr )

Phase 1 (2014-17)

14(NW 1: 7 NW 2: 2,NW 3: 2, NW 6: 3)

35 1981 10391 342

Phase 2 (2017-22)

17(NW 1: 5,NW 2: 3,NW 3: 2, NW 4: 3,

NW 5: 4)

159* 20782 55208 2406

Total Investment (up to 2021-22) 22763 65599

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•* Cumulative traffic of Phase 1 & 2

THANK YOU

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