NEW DELHI: The Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) and Chemicals &
Fertilizers, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya has informed the House that
Government is continuously monitoring and striving to reduce the
turnaround time of vessels at ports.
A Study has been conducted for benchmarking efficiency and productivity
of Major Ports to bring them at par with the international standards.
The study identified 116 port-wise action points out of which 93
initiatives have already been completed which resulted in reduction of
turnaround time
at Major Ports from 82.32 hours in the year 2016-17 to 59.51 hours in the year 2018-19.
As far as promoting inland water transport in the Country as an
economical, environment friendly supplementary mode of transport,
Minister Mandaviya informed the house that 111 Inland Waterways were
declared as National Waterways (Nws), namely NW-1(Ganga–Bhagirathi-
Hooghly River), NW-2 (River Brahmaputra) and NW-3 (West Coast Canal from
Kottapuram to Kollam) which have already developed with vessels plying
on them. In addition to this, NW-10 (River Amba), NW-68 (River
Mandovi), NW-73 (River Narmada), NW-83 (Rajpuri Creek), NW-85 (Revadanda
Creek-Kundalika River System), NW-91 (Shastri River-Jaigad Creek
System), NW-97 (Sunderbans Waterways), NW-100 (River Tapi) and NW-111
(River Zuari) are also operational.
He also further shared that Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
is implementing the Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) at an estimated cost
of Rs.5369.18 crore for capacity augmentation on the Haldia-Varanasi
stretch of NW-1 with the technical assistance of the World Bank.
Projects worth Rs.1800 crore approximately have commenced on ground in a
time period of three years after statutory clearances.
Also, fairway development works have also commenced in
Vijayawada-Muktyala stretch of River Krishna (part of NW-4) at a cost of
Rs.96 crore.
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