The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for implementation of the Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) for capacity augmentation of navigation on National Waterway-1 (NW-1) at a cost of Rs 5369.18 crore with the technical assistance and investment support of the World Bank. The Project is expected to be completed by March, 2023.
Major Impact:
No. of beneficiaries:
States/districts covered
Project details:
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Fairway Development |
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Construction of the multi-modal terminal at Varanasi. |
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Construction of the multi-modal terminal at Sahibganj. |
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Construction of the multi-modal terminal at Haldia. |
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Construction of an inter-modal terminal at Kalughat . |
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Construction of an inter-modal terminal at Ghazipur. |
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Construction of a new navigation lock at Farakka. |
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Provision of navigational aids. |
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Construction of five pairs of Roll on-Roll off (Ro-Ro) terminals. |
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Construction of Integrated Ship Repair and Maintenance Complexes. |
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Provision of River Information System (RIS) and Vessel Traffic Management System (VTMS) |
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Bank Protection works |
Background:
BACKGROUNDER NOTE
Implementation strategy/ and targets:
Funding Pattern:
Major interventions and their completion timeline:
S.No |
Major milestones |
Time Frame for completion/ Target date |
1. |
Fairway Development |
March, 2023 |
2. |
Construction of Phase-I of multi-modal terminal at Varanasi. |
November, 2018 |
3. |
Construction of Phase-I of the multi-modal terminal at Sahibganj. |
March, 2019 |
4. |
Construction of multi-modal terminal at Haldia. |
March, 2019 |
5. |
Construction of inter-modal terminal at Kalughat. |
March, 2020 |
6. |
Construction of inter-modal terminal at Ghazipur. |
March, 2020 |
7. |
Construction of intermodal terminal at Tribeni/Kalyani |
March, 2020 |
8. |
Construction of new navigational lock at Farakka. |
March, 2019. |
9. |
Integrated Vessel Repair & Maintenance Complexes |
March, 2020 |
10. |
Construction of Ro-Ro jetties |
March, 2020 |
11. |
Vessel Procurement |
March, 2019 |
12. |
Land Acquisition and R&R/RAP |
March,2019 |
13. |
Provision of River Information System (RIS) and Vessel Traffic Management System (VTMS). |
March, 2020 |
14. |
Bank protection works. |
December, 2019 |
Details and progress of scheme already running:
Contract for construction of Phase-I (A) of the terminal at an estimated cost of Rs.169.59 crore awarded in May, 2016. Physical progress of work: 25%.
Contract awarded for constructing a Rs 517.36 crore state-of-the-art multi-modal terminal at Haldia, West Bengal. Work initiated.
Contract for construction of phase-I (A) of the terminal at an estimated cost of Rs. 280.90 crore awarded in October, 2016. Physical progress of work: 25.62%
Contract for construction of a new navigation lock at an estimated cost of Rs 359.19 crore awarded in November, 2016. Physical progress: 22.30%
Tender process for fairway development through Performance Based Maintenance Dredging Contract for Provision of Least Assured Depth and quantity based dredging to provide a depth of 2.2 m to 3 metres between Farakka and Varanasi is being completed for awarding.
In order to scale up private investment in the IWT sector, IWAI has identified Kolkata terminal (GR Jetty-1, GR Jetty-II and BISN) and Patna terminal (Gaighat and Kalughat) for their development and operation under the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) mode.
Contract awarded to a joint venture of Thompson Design Group (TDG), Boston (USA) and Infrastructure Architecture Lab of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (USA) in December 2016 for identifying suitable locations for construction of ferry terminals in six cities - Varanasi, Patna, Bhagalpur, Munger, Kolkata and Haldia on NW-1.
IWAI in August, 2016 signed a contract with M/s DST, Germany to design vessels, especially suited to navigate on NW-1. Consultancy completed with submission of stipulated 13 designs. Designs accepted by the Vetting Committee. Vessel testing is going on.
IWAI has taken up a technologically challenging project of setting up of River Information Service System on NW-1 for the first time in India. River Information System (RIS) are equipment, hardware and software information technology (IT) related services designed to optimize traffic and transport processes in inland navigation.
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