Under Sagarmala Programme, no financial assistance has been provided to Government of Andhra Pradesh for development of non-major Greenfield ports of Bhavanapadu Port in Srikakulam district, Kakinada SEZ Port in East Godavari, Machilipatnam Port in Krishna and Ramayapatnam Port in Prakasam District till date.

Year-wise funds allocated (Expenditure incurred) since 2015-16 to 2021-22 for developing the inland waterways in the State of Andhra Pradesh is given below:

National Waterway (NW)	Length (km)	Expenditure (Rs. in Crore)							Till October 2021
		2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Phase-I river Krishna in Vijayawada- Muktyala stretch of NW-4 -annual scheme	82	2.57	0.96	14.78	20.8	4.41	3.62 (provisional)	0.21

 

This information was given by Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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