IWT in NER

Inland Waterways Authority of India

13th April, 2012

IWAI

Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) was constituted in October, 1986 by an Act of Parliament for development and regulation of inland waterways.

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Charter of IWAI

Development and regulation of National Waterways

Advise Central Government on matters relating to IWT

Assist State Governments in development of IWT Lay down standards for classification of inland

waterways Enter into joint ventures concerning inland

shipping Conduct research in matters relating to IWT

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National Waterways

So far five waterways have been declared as National waterways

NW-1, the Ganga (1620 km)- declared in 1986 NW-2, the Brahmaputra (891 km)- 1988 NW-3, the West Coast Canal (205 km)- 1993 NW-4, the Godavari, Krishna and canals between

Kakinada & Puducherry (1028 km)- 2008 NW-5, the Brahmani river, Mahanadi delta & East

Coast canal (588 km)- 2008 Barak river in Assam is under consideration for

declaration as NW-6 (121 km) Indo- B’desh Protocol routes (1700 km) connect

NW-1 with NW-2 and proposed NW-64

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DHUBRI PANDU

TEJPUR

DIBRUGARH

SADIYA

SILGHAT

JOGIGHOPA

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BOGIBIL

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Myanmar (Burma)

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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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Importance of IWT for NER

A cost effective & environment friendly mode Best suited for bulk goods, ODC, Project cargo &

hazardous goods IWT offers shorter, alternative route to Lower

Assam, Tripura, Mizoram & Manipur Provides port- hinterland connectivity to entire

region – Kolkata – Haldia Access to Chittagong port by Bangladesh set to

change EXIM cargo transport pattern in NER as well as Bhutan

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Importance of IWT for NER 891 km stretch of Brahmaputra developed as NW 2; 121

km stretch of Barak river under consideration as NW 6 So, about 1012 km of National Waterways likely Another 1566 km stretch of tributaries of Brahmaputra

& Barak identified in NER for development as State Waterways – Feeder routes

Kaladan multi-modal transport project set to provide alternate route through Myanmar to NER

Nagaland can get access to Myanmar through development of Tizu river link

River Brahmaputra offers immense scope for development of ‘river cruise’ & ‘eco-tourism’ in NER

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Status of NW-2 …. essential requirements

1. Fairway with targeted depth & width

2. Aids for 24 hrs navigation3. Terminals with cargo handling equipment and

Road- Rail link

4. Vessels

First three by Govt; fourth by Private sector

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Status of NW- 2

Projects being implemented for making NW-2 fully functional :FairwayLeast available depth (LAD) of 2.5 m between Dhubri- Neamati (630 km);2.0 m between Neamati-Dibrugarh (138 km) 1.5 m between Dibrugarh-Sadiya (123 km)IWAI has 2 dredgers at present (1 CSD and 1 HSD)2 more CSD & one HSD being added in 2012-13

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Status of NW- 2

Navigation aids 24 hrs navigation aids in 440km (Dhubri- Silghat), which can be

extended to entire waterway depending on necessity DGPS station set up at Jogighopa and works are nearing

completion at Silghat and Dibrugarh One more DGPS station will be set up at Dhubri These DGPS will provide safe navigation to Inland vessels using

electronic navigational charts Fortnightly talweg survey through 6 survey vessels of IWAI; river

notices being issued Besides, pilots are provided to cargo vessels

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Status of NW- 2Terminals IWT Port Pandu

IWT Port at Pandu has been developed by IWAI as a hub for multimodal connectivity in the North-East region by investing Rs. 100 Cr.

Low level permanent jetty is operational with mechanical handling equipment

Rail connectivity (BG) completed and ready for commissioning

Road connectivity already available High level jetty in progress Alternate road connectivity with NH-31 for

container/heavy traffic is under construction

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Status of NW- 2Terminals Floating terminals at Dhubri, Jogighopa, Tejpur, Silghat,

Neamati, Bogibil (north & south banks), Dibrugarh, Panbari & Orium ghat are being maintained with pontoon and gangway

Floating terminal can be provided at other locations on need basis

Two shore cranes and five floating cranes are availble for loading/unloading of cargo at the terminals

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Status of NW-2

Vessel Repair Facility• A critical deficiency• IWT unit of Army; Para-military forces also face

immense problems• Assam Govt’s partially completed slipway at

Pandu can be completed as joint project of IWAI, GoA & GRSE

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Status of NW-2

Cargo Vessels Failure of CIWTC is perhaps the biggest set back for

IWT in NER IWAI has 2/3 cargo vessels for demonstrative

voyages only IWT Directorate, Assam also has some cargo

vessels but now virtually defunct Private operators consider investment in vessels

too risky - lack of assured cargo; uncertainties surrounding Indo- Bangladesh Trade & Transit Protocol

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Important IWT Projects

Declaration of Barak river as National Waterway Kaladan multi modal transport project Kaladan RO-RO terminals at Dhubri and Hatsinghimari

(Phulbari) for RO-RO vessel movement Slipway facilities at Pandu Construction of terminals at Tejpur, Bishwanath

Ghat, Oriyumghat Study by RITES for development of State

waterways

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Important IWT Projects

Transportation of FCI foodgrains by IWT Mode to

North-East Transportation of coal by waterway for NTPC

power plant at Bongaigaon Transportation of pipes & other cargo of ONGC

& Oil India Ltd. from Kolkata to North-East Transportation of containers by IWT mode

between Kolkata and Pandu

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Barak river

Declaration of Barak river [Lakhipur- Bhanga

stretch (121 km)] as National Waterway is in advanced stage

Cost of development – Rs 123 Cr (2011prices) Navigational Channel of 40 m width and 1.6

m/2.0 m depth 1 CSD unit, 1 survey launch, & 1 inspection boat

are proposed for this NW IWT terminals at Lakhipur, Silchar and Badarpur Protocol routes connect Karimganj and Kolkata

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Bhanga

Badarpur

Silchar

Length –121 km Development cost -Rs 123 Cr (at 2011 prices) Status: Declaration in process

Proposed National Waterway (No 6) River Barak

Stretch Km

Bhanga - Lakhipur

121

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Kaladan multi modal transport project

Project funded by MEA – total project cost could be of over Rs.1000 crore

Provides alternative connectivity of North- East with mainland India through Kaladan river & Sittwe port in Myanmar

Multi modal project: Road- IWT- Sea IWAI as PDC did the bid process management M/s Essar Projects appointed by MEA as main contractor

for port & IWT components Cost of work (IWT & Port): Rs 342 crore Completion period is 3 years Construction commenced; likely completion June 2013

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Sittwe

Paletwa

Kaletwa

Myeikwa (IM Border)

Kyauktaw

Bay of Bengal

Kolkata Sittwe 539 km Sea

Sittwe Paletwa 158 km IWT

Paletwa Kaletwa 67 km Road

Kaletwa Myeikwa (IM Border)

62 km Road

Myeikwa (IM Border)

Lawngtlai

100 km Road

Lawngtlai Aizwal 334 km Road

Kolkata Aizwal 1260 km

Aizwal

Lawngtlai

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RO-RO terminals at Dhubri and Hatsinghimari

Perishable cargo from Meghalaya and consumable goods for West Garo Hills are transported by road using Jogighopa bridge

RO-RO terminals at Duhubri (North Bank) and Hatsingimari (South Bank) on River Brahmaputra will provide direct connectivity between Dhubri and Meghalaya avoiding circuitous road route through Jogighopa

DPR for construction of RO-RO terminal at Dhubri at a cost of Rs 30 Crore (aprox) is in final stage

DPR for Hatsingimari will be completed by May 2012 Action has been initiated for acquisition of land at

Hatsingimari

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Slipway facilities at Pandu

A partially built slipway (ship repair facility) of Assam Govt’s exists at Pandu

IWAI proposes to develope this slipway on Joint management basis with IWT- Assam, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers and IWAI.

A concept note for this project has been prepared through IL&FS and forwarded to Govt. of Assam for their views /suggestions.

Ministry of DoNER has been requested to keep a budgetary provision of Rs. 20 Cr for this project under NLCPR- Central during 2012-13

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Construction of other terminals

IWAI is working out the modalities for movement of FCI foodgrains for PDS through IWT to cater the needs of upper Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining areas

Terminals needs to be developed at Oryumghat, Bogibeel, Matmara, Biswanathghat and Tejpur for unloading foodgrains

State Government has been requested to acquire land at identified locations

Ministry of DoNER has been requested to keep a budgetary provision of Rs. 10 Cr for road connectivity of these IWT terminals under NLCPR- Central during 2012-13

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Recent Study by RITES IWAI has recently conducted a study through RITES (July

2011) for ‘identification of potential waterways of NER’ 23 river stretches identified

State Governments may develop these waterways using own resources/CSS /NLCPR-Central

Assam 7 river stretches 405 km

Arunachal Pradesh 4 river stretches 311 km

Mizoram 3 river stretches 370 km

Meghalaya 3 river stretches 90km

Tripura 2 river stretches 126 km

Nagaland 3 river stretches 204 km

Manipur 1 stretch 60 km

Total 23 stretches 1566 km

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Transportation of FCI foodgrains

FCI initiated the action for transportation of 10,000 MT of foodgrain from Kolkata to Tripura via Ashuganj on a trial basis

Tender was floated during Feb 2012 which remained non-responsive due to:

Small quantity of cargo Wrong jetty selection at Kolkata Very high security deposit

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Transportation of coal

NTPC has plan to transport 0.5 MMTPA of imported coal from Bay of Bengal to Bongaigaon by IWT

To materilize this transportation terminal & loading/unloading facility at Jogighopa and last mile connectivity from Jogighopa to Bongaigaon by Government funding need to be explored

IL&FS-IDC has been requested to prepare the Feasibility Report after making field visit alongwith NTPC, Railways and IWAI officials

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Transportation of pipes

ONGC and Oil India Ltd. is to convey their decision for transporting their pipes and other cargo to North –East through IWT mode

ONGC & Oil India will have to give a long term commitment of cargo through IWT mode including the details of O-D points

MoU needs to be signed between IWAI and these Companies

Thereafter they have to float a tender to select the transport operator in consultation with IWAI

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Transportation of containers

About 80 TEUs per week traffic exists between Pandu - Kolkata

CONCOR, Kolkata inspected the IWT terminal at Pandu

Long term commitment is required from CONCOR for transportation of part of their container cargo by IWT

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Potential Cargo

For 34 Hydel projects (30,000 MW) in AP, MoUs signed

- Reliance, NHPC, Jindal, Athena, NEEPCO etc Construction to continue upto 2030 24 million tonnes of cement and 2 million tonne of steel required upto 2027

ODC and other cargo shall also be transported IWT can be used for at least 40-50% of this IWAI has signed MoU with Jindal & Reliance

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Project cargo for Hydel Plants in Arunachal Pradesh For 34 Hydel projects (30,000 MW) in AP, MoUs signed

- Reliance, NHPC, Jindal, Athena, NEEPCO etc Construction to continue upto 2030 24 million tonnes of cement and 2 million tonne of

steel required upto 2027 ODC and other cargo shall also be transported IWT can be used for at least 40-50% of this IWAI has signed MoU with Jindal & Reliance

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Thank you

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River State River State

1.Dhaleswari Assam (125 km) 12.Karnafuli Mizoram/ B’desh (180 km)

2.Jia Bharali Assam (60 km) 13.Tuichawng Mizoram (135 km)

3.Buridihing Assam (80 km) 14.Tut Mizoram/ Assam (55 km)

4.Dikhow Assam/ Nagaland (40 km) 15.Kyanshi Meghalaya (30 km)

5.Dhansiri Assam/ Nagaland (25 km) 16.Simsang Meghalaya (35 km)

6.Kopili/Kolong Assam (50 km) 17.Jingiram Meghalaya/ Assam (20 km)

7.Disang Assam (25 km) 18.Gumti Tripura (80 km)

8.Dibang Arunachal / Assam (90 km) 19.Hoara Tripura (46 km)

9.Lohit Arunachal/ Assam (100 km) 20.Tizu Nagaland (42 km)

10.Siang Arunachal/ Assam (50 km) 21.Barak (extn) Manipur (60 km)

11. Subansiri Arunachal/ Assam (111 km) 22.Loktak lake Manipur (lake)

Recent Study by RITES

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Optimising utilisation of NW2

Indo- Bangladesh Trade & Transit Protocol which expired on 31st March 2012 renewed for one year only

Need to have IWT transit valid for duration of the entire Protocol (10 years) instead of shorter period of 1-2 years

Need to link major river ports like Jogighopa, Tejpur, Silghat, Oriyam ghat, Dibrugarh, Karimganj, Badarpur, Ashuganj with multi-modal rail & road links

Institutional strengthening of IWT setup in all NE States to utilize Central Sector Scheme for IWT

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Project Cargo for Palatana project in Tripura New Port of Call at Ashuganj made movement of this

project cargo feasible 90 consignments transported from Kolkata/Haldia since

March 2011

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Ashuganj

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IWT Protocol Route-Connectivity of Tripura Through Ashuganj

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Low level jetty at Pandu

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Cargo vessel in Brahmaputra

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Cargo vessel MV Rajagopalachari

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Dredging in river Ganga

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ODC movement in Brahmaputra

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Waterway alignmentRoadRailImportant places

West Coast Canal(Kottapuram – Kollam)

Champakkara & Udyogamandal canals

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River distance

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

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Kakinada - Puducherry Canals integrated with rivers Godavari and Krishna

Length- 1095 km Notified on 25.11.08 DPR completed PIB note submitted to

Ministry Cost – 1515 Cr

National Waterway- 4

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Development cost- Rs 4209 cr (at 2009 prices)

Status: Notified on 25.11.2008, DPR completed, PIB note sent to MoS •Back