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Rajya Sabha Starred Question No. 309

The document is a response from the Minister of Jal Shakti to a question asked in the Rajya Sabha regarding dredging initiatives for major rivers in India. It states that large-scale dredging is not feasible technically or sustainable, but selective dredging may be done depending on local conditions. It provides details of maintenance dredging carried out by the Inland Waterways Authority of India on various national waterways over the past two years to maintain navigation channels. Dredging data for rivers undertaken by states is not centrally maintained.

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Rajya Sabha Starred Question No. 309

The document is a response from the Minister of Jal Shakti to a question asked in the Rajya Sabha regarding dredging initiatives for major rivers in India. It states that large-scale dredging is not feasible technically or sustainable, but selective dredging may be done depending on local conditions. It provides details of maintenance dredging carried out by the Inland Waterways Authority of India on various national waterways over the past two years to maintain navigation channels. Dredging data for rivers undertaken by states is not centrally maintained.

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,


DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION
RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. *309
ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020

DREDGING OF MAJOR RIVERS

*309. SHRI C.M. RAMESH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether Government has undertaken any initiative for dredging of major rivers in the country, if so, the
details thereof; and
(b) the details of major rivers in the country where dredging work has been completed or nearing
completion during the last two years, State-wise?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI  

(SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

(a) & (b) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF STARRED QUESTION NO
*309 TO BE ANSWERED IN RAJYA SABHA ON 23.03.2020 REGARDING “DREDGING OF
MAJOR RIVERS”.

(a) & (b) Erosion and deposition of silt is a natural process in alluvial rivers. Rivers pickup, carry and
drop silt load as per their regime conditions i.e. discharge in the river, river slope, morphology, nature of
silt etc. The issue of desilting / dredging of rivers has been considered by Government since long and in
this context a multi-disciplinary Committee headed by Former Chairman, Central Water Commission in
2002 (Mittal Committee) has opined that large scale desilting or dredging of rivers in general is not
feasible technically due to several reasons like non-sustainability, non-availability of vast land required
for the disposal of dredged material etc. The Committee, however, suggested that selective dredging may
be undertaken depending upon local conditions.

The desilting measures including dredging in specific reaches of rivers for removal of drainage
congestion, channel capacity improvement and navigation purpose are formulated and implemented by
concerned States/ agencies as per requirement.

Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), a statutory body under Ministry of Shipping is
mandated with development and maintenance of national waterways for the purposes of shipping and
navigation. IWAI carries out maintenance dredging in the national waterways for maintaining a depth of
2 - 3 m with a bottom width of 45/35 m for providing navigation channel for safe shipping only in
shallow stretches during lean season when water level recedes in the river less than the targeted least
available depth (LAD). The details of maintenance dredging carried out by IWAI during last two years is
indicated at Annexure-1. The data regarding dredging of rivers undertaken by States is not maintained
centrally.

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ANNEXURE-I

Annexure referred to in the reply to part (a) & (b) of Starred Question No. *309 to be answered
in Rajya Sabha on 23.03.2020 regarding “Dredging of Major Rivers”.

Sl. National Waterway (NW) Dredging Quantity


No (lakh Cum)
2017-18 2018-19
.
1. NW-1 (river Ganga -Bhagirathi- Hooghly- 1620 km) 6.59 6.21
(i) Berhampore-Farakka-Rajmahal stretch
(ii) Rajmahal- Allahabad stretch
2. NW-2 (river Brahmaputra from Dhubri to Sadiya-891 km) 2.41 3.08
3. NW-3 (West Coast Canals in Kerala- 205 km) 0.53 0.69
4. NW-4 (river Krishna Mutyala-Vijayawada under Phase-I- 17.35
63.6 km) (since May 2017 to Dec.
2019)
5. NW-9 ( Alapuzha- Kottayam- Athirampuzha canal- 40 - 0.005
km)
6. NW- 16 (river Barak from Ujjainigram- Bhanga- 48 km) 15.23
(since 2017-18 to till
date)
Details of Dredging undertaken by IWAI during last two years

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