National Waterway No. 1 : Inland Waterways Authority of India

National Waterway 1

Declaration Date: October, 1986

The Ganga – Bhagirathi – Hooghly river system between Haldia (Sagar) & Allahabad (1620 kms) was declared as National Waterway No. – 1(NW-1) during October 1986. IWAI is carrying out various developmental works on the waterway for improvement of its navigability as laid down in the IWAI Act, 1985 (82 of 1985). As per IWAI, Act 1985, IWAI is responsible to develop the waterway for navigation. Till 2010 IWAI had been maintaining a navigable depth of 2.5 meters between Haldia(Sagar) & Farakka (560 km), 2.0 meters in Farakka – Patna (460 Km) and 1.5 meters in Patna – Allahabad sector (600Km). At present the waterway is being used by tourism vessels, ODC Carriers, IWAI vessels etc. At present several power companies have initiated action for setting up Thermal Power projects and extensive movement of over dimensional cargo (ODC), imported coal for NTPC projects is planned to operate during the next 5-6 years, while a number of ODC consignments and tourist vessels (Pandaw cruise from Kolkata to Varanasi and VIVADA cruise vessel from Kolkata to Murshidabad) were recorded to have moved through the waterway during 2009-10. The Authority is acquiring the additional dredging fleet during 2010. After deployment of the additional dredgers along with Bandalling it is planned to provide an enhanced minimum depth of 3.0 meters in Haldia(Sagar) – Farakka, 2.50 meters in Farakka – Patna, 2.0 meters in Patna – Varanasi and 1.5 meters in Patna – Allahabad sector during 2010-11.

Fairway development

The depth maintained in NW- 1 till March 2010 and that to be maintained by IWAI during 2010-2011 is given below in a tabular form:

		2010		2011
Sl. No	Stretch	Depth Maintained	No. of shoals attended	Depth aimed for 2010-2011	No. of shoals anticipated
1	Haldia(Sagar) – Farakka (560 km)	3.0	6	3.0	12
2	Farakka– Patna (460 km)	2.0	17	2.5	81
3	Patna – Varanasi (363 km)	1.5	26	2.0	34
4	Varanasi – Allahabad (237 km)	1.5	17	1.5	34

The shoals (shallow areas) are being attended by bandalling (a conventional method of erecting bamboos and bamboo mats) to divert the flow to the main channel. Four dredgers (one Cutter suction dredger in Haldia - Farakka stretch, two Cutter suction dredger and one Hydraulic surface dredger earmarked for Farakka - Varanasi stretch) have also been placed in NW-1. Two more Cutter Suction dredgers constructed and delivered and two are under construction which will be deployed in Haldaia – Farakka and Farakka- Varanasi stretches of NW-1.

Terminals

Floating terminals at 18 locations and one fixed/permanent terminal RCC Jetty at Patna are being maintained on NW-1 for handling cargo vessels and passenger ferries as per the details given below:

Details of Terminals in Haldia - Farakka stretch of NW-1
A. Flaoting Terminal
Sl No.	Name of terminal with chainage	Land area	Size of berth, water front	No of Pontoon Gangway Pontoon	Handling equipment	Starage area	Link approach road	Security	Water/Lighting facilty	Remarks
1	Haldia (Ch. 35.0km)	10319 Sq. m	200 mtr	04 Pontoons 01 Gangway	EOT Crane Steel Pipe Line	Godown Open Space	3.5 KM via HDC	06 nos. unarmed	Drinking Water Sodium Vapour Lamps	Land taken from Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) on lease basis.
2	Botanical Garden Jetty (Ch. 134.5 km)	996 Sq. m	50 mtr	01 Pontoon 01 Gangway	Steel Pipe Lione	NIL	150 m	03 nos. armed 01 no. unarmed	Sodium Vapour Lamps (Total Illumination)	Land taken from KoPT on free of cost.
3	BISN Jetty(Ch. 135.0 km)	11606.64 Sq. m	100 mtr	03 Pontoon 01 Gangway	Steel Pipe Lione	Open Space area 6000 sq.m.	1 km	03 nos. armed 01 no. unarmed	Sodium Vapour Lamps (Total Illumination)	Land taken from KoPT on lease basis
4	Shantipur (Ch. 241.0 km)	8000 Sq. m	100 Mtr	02 Pontoons 02 Modular Pontoon Jetty	NIL	150 sq.m.	3 km	03 nos. unarmed	NIL	Land taken from District Magistrate free of cost
5	Katwa(Ch. 334.50 km)	Land not available Pontoon placed on water front	30 mtr	01 Pontoon	NIL	NIL	1.5 km	03 nos. unarmed	NIL	Land not available pontoon placed on water front
6	Hazardwari (Ch. 439 km)	Land not available Pontoon placed on water front	30 mtr	01 No. Pontoon	NIL	NIL	100 m	03 nos. unarmed	Street Lights provided by Local Administration	Land not available pontoon placed on water front
7	Farakka(Ch. 542.0 km)	4800 Sq. m	80 mtr	02 Pontoons	NIL	NIL	100 m	03 nos. unarmed	NIL	Land given by FBP on free of cost
B. Fixed RCC Jetty
Sl No.	Name of terminal with chainage	Land area	Size of berth , water front	No of Pontoon Gangway Pontoon	Handling equipment	Starage area	Link approach road	Security	Water/Lighting facilty	Remarks
1	G.R.Jetty-2(Ch. 134.5 km)	14606 Sq. m	216 mtr.	Shall be provided after construction	NIL	Deposit work by CPWD	500 Mtr.	NIL	To be provide as per deposit work to CPWD	Land taken from KoPT on 30 years lease. Construction of RCC Jetty is under progress.

STATUS OF FLOATING TERMINALS IN FARAKKA - ALLAHABAD ON NW-1
Sl. No.	Name of terrminal with Chainage	Land area	Size of berth, water front	No of Pontoon Gangway Pontoon	Handling equipment	Storage area	Link approach road	Security	Water/ Lighting facility	Remarks
1	RAJMAHAL (MANGLAHAT) (Ch. 588Km.)	Land not Available Pontoon placed on water front	F.J.Ganga IV,35 m	Pontoon barge for berthing : Gangway with 6 Pontoons	Nil	To be stored on Pontoon. Private land could be made available	Kachcha Rasta Available	Available	Water storage facility available : Lighting facility not available	Generator could be provided for lighting whenever required
2	SAHEBGANJ (SAMDAGHAT) (Ch.617Km.)	Land not Available Pontoon placed on water front	Crane Pontoon III, 35 m	Pontoon barge for berthing: Gangway with 6 Pontoons	Crane on pontoon available	To be stored on Pontoon. Private land could be made available	Kachcha Rasta Available	Available	Water storage facility available : Lighting facility not available	Generator could be provided for lighting whenever required
3	BATESHWARSTHAN(Ch. 683Km.)	Land not Available Pontoon placed on water front	F.J.Ganga I, 35 m	Pontoon barge for berthing: Gangway with 6 Pontoons	Nil	To be stored on Pontoon. Private land could be made available	Kachcha Rasta Available	Available	Water storage facility available: Lighting facility not available	Generator could be provided for lighting whenever required
4	BHAGALPUR(Ch715Km.)	1000 Sq. m Land Available	F.J.Ganga VI, 35 m	Pontoon barge for berthing: Gangway with 6 Pontoons	Nil	Available	Available	Available	Water storage facility available : Lighting facility available	Total IWAI land 3.86 Acre available for DGPS terminal.
5	MUNGER (Ch.793Km.)	3.4 Acre Land Available	F.J.Ganga II, 35 m	Pontoon barge for berthing : Gangway with 6 Pontoons	Nil	To be stored on Pontoon. Private land could be made available	Kachcha Rasta Available	Available	Water storage facility available : Lighting facility not available	Generator could be provided for lighting whenever required
6	SEMARIA (Ch 850 Km..)	Land not Available Pontoon placed on water front	Crane pontoon, 35m	Pontoon barge could be placed along bank	Crane on Pontoon available	Pvt. land could be arranged	Kachcha Rasta Available	Available	: Water storage facility available: Lighting facility not available	Generator could be provided for lighting whenever required
7	BARH(Ch. 880 Km..)		H.B.Vindhyas, (27m)	No Pontoon only House Boat placed		..	Kachcha Rasta Available	Available	Water storage facility available: Lighting facility available	H.B Vindhyas was placed for embarking of Pandaw Cruise tourists
8	BUXAR(Ch. 1124 Km.)	Land not Available Pontoon placed on water front	..	Pontoon barge for berthing: Gangway with 6 Pontoons	Nil	To be stored on Pontoon. Private land could be made available	Kachcha Rasta Available	Available	Water storage facility available : Lighting facility not available	Generator could be provided for lighting whenever required
9	GHAZIPUR(Ch. 1177Km.)	Land not Available Pontoon placed on water front	F.J.Ganga VI, 35 m	Barge for berthing placed	Nil	To be stored on Pontoon. Private land could be made available	Kachcha Rasta Available	Available	Water storage facility available : Lighting facility not available	Generator could be provided for lighting whenever required
10	RAJGHAT(VARANASI)(Ch. 1308Km)	Land not Available Pontoon placed on water front	F.J.Ganga VIII, 35 m	: Pontoon barge for berthing: Gangway with 6 Pontoons	Nil	To be stored on Pontoon. Private land could be made available	Available	Available	Water storage facility available : Lighting facility not available	Generator could be provided for lighting whenever required
11	ALLAHABAD (Ch. 1535)	8.759 Hectare Land Available	Barge Bahak -25 (CP),35 m	Pontoon barge for berthing: Gangway with 6 Pontoons	Crane on Pontoon (Unserviiceable) available	Land area 8.759 Hactare available	Available	Available	Water storage facility not available : Lighting facility not available	IWAI Land Generator could be made available
B. Fixed RCC Jetty
Sl. No.	Name of terrminal with Chainage	Land area	Size of berth, water front	No of Pontoon Gangway Pontoon	Handling equipment	Storage area	Link approach road	Security	Water/ Lighting facility	Remarks
1	PATNA (GAIGHAT) (Ch. 955Km.)	3.24 Acre	46.6 m	Nil (R.C.C Jetty)	Crane-3 nos.,DG set-1, Petrol pump -1, Water pump-3	630 sqm Transit shed and 1000 mq (Aprox.) Open area for storage	Available	Available	Available	Permamemnt Lowe level Jetty

Navigation Facilities

In order to provide the safe navigation for various cargo vessels, tourist vessels with foreign tourists, local regular service by private operators and mechanized country boats day navigation marks with bamboos and navigational lights fixed on country boats have been provided from Tribeni to Varanasi as detailed below:

Sl No.	Stretch Distance in Km	Number of day marks		Solar operated Navigational lights fixed on country boats
Sl No.	Stretch Distance in Km	Lean Season	Flood Season
1	Tribeni - Farakka (351 Km)	173	173	351
2	Farakka - Munger (275 Km)	311	125	249
3	Munger-Patna(185km)	249	85	162
4	Patna- Ghazipur(230 Km)	220	110	257
5	Ghazipur Chunar(172 km)	220	110	143 (up to Varanasi)
5	Chunar Allahabad(198 km)	260	130	--

High Tension wire clearance

Minimum vertical clearance above HFL under high voltage transmission cables of 110 k.v

19 m + 1 cm. for each addtional 1 k.v. above 110 k.v.

Sufficient vertical clearance above HFL under high voltage transmission cables of 110 k.v is available in NW-1 except.

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