Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Dredging in Brahmaputra & Barak
Posted On:
28 DEC 2017 5:58PM by PIB Delhi
National Waterway-2 (NW-2), Brahamputra river, from Dhubri to Sadiya (891 km) in Assam, is an operational waterway for shipping and navigation. Inland Wateways Authority of India (IWAI) undertakes regular maintenance dredging annually on NW-2 for maintaining the navigable channel of 2.5 m depth between Dhubri and Neamati; 2.0 m depth between Neamati & Dibrugarh and 1.5 m depth between Dibrugarh and Oriumghat.
The maintenance dredging work on NW-16 Barak river, for the development of navigable channel of required depth and width between Silchar and Bhanga, a distance of 70 km., has commenced on 18th November, 2017 and the work is scheduled to be completed by January, 2019.
The details of the funds allocated and utilized for development of fairway in NW-2 and NW-16 during 2016-17 and 2017-18 are given below:
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National Waterways
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Year
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Funds Allocated
(Rs. in lakhs)
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Expenditure in Lakhs
(Rs. in lakhs)
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NW-2
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2016-17
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681.14
|
373.88
|
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2017-18
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784.90
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306.52 (up to November, 2017)
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NW-16
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2016-17
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NIL
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NIL
|
|
2017-18
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700.00
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(Work commenced on 18.11.2017)
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This information was given by the Minister of State for Shippping Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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