India, July 21 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
National Waterways
Project
Status
NW-68 (Mondovi River)
Construction of 4 Jetties
NW-27 (Cumberjua canal), NW-111(Zuari River) and NW-68 (Mandovi River)
Construction of 10 Jetties
Jetties constructed.
Mode
Freight (Rs/TKm)
Railways
1.36
Highways
2.50
IWT
1.06
Factor considered
Rates Considered (Rs/TKm)
Waterways
Road
Rail
Emission of GHGs
0.0006
0.0031
0.0006
Factors considered
Rates Considered (Rs./TKm)
Source
Waterways
Road
Rail
Air Pollution
0.03
0.202
0.0366
Planning Commission : TTS Study
Noise Pollution
Negligible
0.0032
0.0012
Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses (PIANC)
Soil and Water Pollution
Negligible
0.005
Negligible
PIANC
Statement of Budget Allocation/Expenditure
(Rs. in Crores)
Sl.
No.
National Waterways (NW)
States
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
2025-26
(Unaudited)
1. (a)
NW-1 (Ganga Bhagirathi-Hooghly River Systems) - Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP)
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand & West Bengal
339.22
501.26
501.48
616.27
1. (b)
NW-1 (Ganga Bhagirathi-Hooghly river Systems) - Other than JMVP
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand & West Bengal
66.25
163.38
97.72
98.36
2.
NW-3 (West Coastal Canal) NW-8 (Alappuzha-Changanassery) and NW-9 (Alappuzha-Kottayam-Athirampuzha)
Kerala
3.82
4.78
15.26
22.93
3.
NW-4 (Krishna River)
Andhra Pradesh
0.18
0.67
1.22
18.28
4.
NW-5 (Mahanadi Delta Rivers)
Odisha
0.76
26.53
2.24
8.66
Other Plan Schemes for NWs including new NWs
NW-27 (Cumbarjua Canal), NW-68 (Mandovi River) and NW-111 (Zuari River)
Goa
NW-86 (Rupnarayan River) NW-44 (Ichamati River) and NW-97 (Sunderban Waterways)
West Bengal
NW-26 (Chenab River), NW-49 (Jhelum River) and NW-84 (Ravi River)
Jammu and Kashmir
NW-51 (Kabini River) and NW-90 (Sharavati River)
Karnataka
NW-73 (Narmada River) and NW-100 (Tapi River)
Gujarat
6.
NW-2 (Brahmaputra River) and NW-16 (Barak River)
Assam
100.18
261.76
432.30
232.46
Total
514.77
969.63
1083.70
1074.48
Sl. No.
NW No.
State
National Waterways
1
NW-1
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal
Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System (Haldia-Allahabad)
2
NW-2
Assam
Brahmaputra River (Dhubri-Sadiya)
3
NW-3
Kerala
West Coast Canal
4
NW-10
Maharashtra
Amba River
5
NW-83
Maharashtra
Rajpuri Creek
6
NW-85
Maharashtra
Revadanda Creek-Kundalika River System
7
NW-91
Maharashtra
Shastri River - Jaigad Creek System
8
NW-68
Goa
Mandovi River
9
NW-111
Goa
Zuari River
10
NW-73
Gujarat
Narmada River
11
NW-100
Gujarat
Tapi River
12
NW-4
Andhra Pradesh
Krishna Godavari River Systems
13
NW-97
West Bengal
Sunderbans Waterway
14
NW-16
Assam
Barak River
15
NW-44
West Bengal
Ichamati River
16
NW-94
Bihar
Sone River
17
NW-86
West Bengal
Rupnarayan River
18
NW-5
Odisha
East Coast Canal And Matai River/Brahmani-Kharsua-Dhamra Rivers/Mahanadi Delta Rivers
19
NW-64
Odisha
Mahanadi River
20
NW-23
Odisha
Budha Balanga
21
NW-8
Kerala
Alappuzha-Changanassery Canal
22
NW-9
Kerala
Alappuzha-Kottayam - Athirampuzha Canal
23
NW-14
Odisha
Baitarni River
24
NW-31
Assam
Dhansiri/ Chathe
25
NW-48
Gujarat
Jawai-Luni-Rann Of Kutch River
26
NW-53
Maharashtra
(Kalyan-Thane-Mumbai Waterway, Vasai Creek and Ulhas River)
27
NW-27
Goa
Cumberjua River
28
NW-47
West Bengal
Jalangi River
29
NW-87
Gujarat
Sabarmati River
30
NW-57
Assam
Kopili River
31
NW-110
Uttar Pradesh
Yamuna River
32
NW-40
Uttar Pradesh
Ghaghra River
11.25
33.48
77.52
Year-wise budgetary allocation, expenditure and progress achieved since 2022-23 under the Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) and other projects on National Waterways (NWs) are given at Annexure-I. State-wise operational NWs are given at Annexure-II. There are three Operational NWs in Goa, namely, NW-27 (Cumberjua canal), NW-111 (Zuari River) and NW-68 (Mandovi River) and specific projects thereon are given below.
4.36
Measures taken by the Government for promotion of Inland Water Transport (IWT), coastal shipping and multimodal logistics are given at Annexure-III. Due to these measures, the cargo movement on NWs has increased from 18 Million Metric Tons (MMT) in 2013-14 to 218 MMT in 2025-26.
IWT is an alternate mode of transport to the Rail and Road and it helps to reduce congestion in those areas wherever navigable waterways are available. Benefits for movement of per ton cargo by IWT in comparison to Road and Rail in terms of reduced cost and carbon emissions are detailed below:
Economic mode of Transport (at price level of 2014):
5.
Source: Railways- Ministry of Railways, Road- TTSS, IWT - IWAI
More environment friendly mode of transportation
Source: 12th Five Year Plan
Less polluting mode of transportation
In order to strengthen multimodal logistics integration through digital platforms, the Government has developed Maritime Single Window (MSW) Sagar Setu as a centralized message exchanging platform for the maritime sector which is integrated with various stakeholder systems for real-time exchange of vessel, cargo and maritime logistics related information. This platform is integrated with Freight Operations Information System for Railways cargo movement, Unified Logistics Interface Platform for road transport, Indian Customs Electronic Gateway for cargo clearance and other logistics stakeholder platforms to improve cargo visibility, facilitate data sharing, reduce manual interventions and enhance logistics efficiency across various modes of transport. Inland Waterways Authority of India, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has also developed a digital portal named CAR-D (Cargo Data) Portal which is a web-based portal for collection & compilation, analysis and dissemination of all cargo and cruise movement data on NWs.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
