In March 2016, India’s Parliament enacted the National Waterways Act, 2016, creating 106 new waterways on many rivers, river stretches, estuaries, creeks, backwaters and canals in the country. This was part of a renewed push for the development of large-scale commercial shipping and navigation on these inland waterways to transport bulk and hazardous goods. The move was called a “game changer” by Nitin Gadkari, then shipping minister. A new report by the think-tank Manthan Adhyayan Kendra takes stock of the inland waterways programme from 2016 until the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. It shows that not only has the government failed to keep its promises, but claimed benefits such as the low cost and environmental friendliness of inland waterways are based on wrong or incomplete analysis. The status review In 2016, 37 national waterways (NW) were prioritised, which were to be developed by 2019. However, work hasn’t even begun on 21 of these. These 37 NWs included waterways on the Gandak, Ghaghara and Kosi rivers, which were showcased for their potential to provide connectivity to Nepal. But after some initial work, development was stopped in 2020. Now these waterways are not even included in the list of NWs selected for development in the April 2020 Action Plan of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).
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