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The National Waterways Act, 2016 is an Act of Parliament of India. It was tabled in Lok Sabha by Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on 5 May 2015. The Act merges 5 existing Acts which have declared the 5 National Waterways and proposes 101 additional National Waterways. The Act came into force from 12 April 2016. [1]
There are 111 officially notified Inland National Waterways (NWs) in India identified for the purposes of inland water transport, [1] as per The National Waterways Act, 2016. Out of the 111 NWs, 106 were created in 2016. [2] The NW network covers around 20,275.5 km. NW-1, 2, & 3 are already operational.
To increase the share of waterways in inland transport, the National Waterways Act, 2016 was passed which proposed 106 additional National Waterways. [4] This has the potential to greatly reduce the cost of transportation and lower the nation's carbon footprint by moving traffic from surface roads and railroads to waterways. [5]
The National Waterways Act, 2016 has extended the length of NW-4 from 1,095 km (680 mi) to 2,890 km (1,800 mi) by connecting the Krishna and Godavari Rivers. [5] The Project would be undertaken in 3 phases with first phase beginning in October, 2017 and to be completed by June, 2019 [ 6 ]
It is the first National Waterway in the country with 24-hour navigation facilities along the entire stretch. It has been extended to Kozhikode by the National Waterways Act, 2016. [1] The National Waterway 3 mainly passes through the previous Thiruvananthapuram–Shoranur canal.
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is the statutory authority in charge of the waterways in India. It was constituted under IWAI Act-1985 by the Parliament of India. [1] Its headquarters is located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. India has an extensive network of inland waterways in the form of rivers, canals, backwaters and creeks. The total ...
The National Waterway 1 was landed in a controversy and protests after Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister of Shipping in July, 2014 announced that the government will construct barrages every 100 km (62 mi) on river Ganga and will undertake dredging activities in identified stretch to provide a width of 45 m (148 ft) and a depth of 3 m (9.8 ft ...
Sanctioning of works related to construction, maintenance and operation of National Highways. Sanctioning the estimates for various centrally sponsored schemes including CRF (Central Road Fund), Roads of Interstate Connectivity. Dealing the matters related to road safety. Administration of NH act 1956, The Highway Administration Rules 2005