106 New Waterways

Note 1: Some of the rivers / canals (underlined) are in more than one State.
Note 2: West Cost Canal extended in Kerala under NW-3.
Note 3: Godavari extended in Telangana and Maharashtra under NW-4.
Note 4: Krishna extended in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka under NW-4.
Status of 106 new National Waterways
1. As part of the preparatory works to undertake development on 106 new National Waterways, IWAI has grouped them under 3 categories as under.
2. (A) Category – I: 8 waterways which are considered to be the most viable and can be taken up for development in Phase-I. Accordingly, consultancy 
3 assignments for preparing EPC tender documents contract and environmental studies for these waterways are being undertaken.
2. (B) Category – II: Those waterways which are in the coastal regions and have some tidal stretches are being considered for development in this category. The number of such coastal rivers and canals is 60 (14 rivers of Sunderbans have been considered as one waterway and extension of West Coast Canal has been considered in NW-3, thus making a total of 46 new waterways). These 60 rivers have been divided into 8 clusters based on their geographical locations.
(i) Two stage DPR studies (stage I feasibility study & based on viability stage II DPR study) for all the rivers was awarded. On the basis of Stage-1 feasibility reports, preparation of second stage Detailed Project Report (DPR) for 24 National Waterways has already been awarded.
2. (C) Category – III : The remaining waterways which are in remote, inaccessible & hilly regions have been grouped in this category. These 54 rivers/canals (Krishna and Godavari rivers have been included as extension of NW4, hence effectively 52 new waterways in the list of 106 waterways) have also been sub-divided into various clusters and initially only feasibility studies for all these waterways have been awarded.
(i) Feasibility reports are being finalized. Developmental works would be planned based on the outcome of these reports.