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Five rivers in Gujarat being explored for Inland Water Transport

DPRs for four rivers and feasibility study for Jawai-Luni river originating from Rajasthan is in progress.

Mansukh Mandaviya The Union cabinet meeting chaired by PM Modi in December 2015 had included 106 additional inland waterways to the existing list of five national waterways.

At least five rivers of Gujarat — including Mahi, Narmada, Sabarmati and Tapi that flow into the Gulf of Khambhat — are being explored for Inland Water Transport under the National Waterway Act 2016.

According to information shared by Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of State for Shipping, Chemical & Fertilizers and Road Transport & Highways, Thursday, five rivers in Gujarat (includes Jawai-Luni rivers that flow into the Rann of Kutch) have been declared as National Waterways under the 2016 Act that proposes to develop 111 waterways across the country for the purpose of shipping and navigation.

Detailed Project Reports (DPR) for over 1100 kilometers of four of these rivers is currently being prepared. These DPRs are for 436 kilometers on River Tapi (National Waterway-100) from Hathnur dam in Maharashtra to the Gulf of Khambhat, 212 kilometers on the Sabarmati (National Waterway -87) from Sadholiya to the Gulf, 227 kms on Narmada (National Waterway-73) from Pandhariya (near Gujarat-Maharashtra border) and 248 kms on Mahi (National Waterway-66) from Kadana dam to the mouth of the river.

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Meanwhile, feasibility study is in progress for Jawai-Luni rivers (National Waterway 48) that originate in the Aravalli ranges in Rajasthan, but ends in the marshes of Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. The length of the waterway —- about 324 kilometers — of this river system falls in the Rann of Kutch.

The consultant appointed by the IWAI (Inland Waterways Authority of India) in January 2016 has completed the study for this river in Rajasthan, however they are still awaiting the nod from the Home Department in Gujarat to begin the study in the state. The permission is being sought as the region lies close to the Indo-Pakistan border.

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The Union cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Naredra Modi in December 2015 had included 106 additional inland waterways to the existing list of five national waterways. The IWAI is undertaking the techno-economic feasibility studies of each of these waterways. This is being done to identify feasible stretches of the rivers that can be developed for shipping and navigation.

First uploaded on: 22-09-2016 at 20:24 IST
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