New waterways between India and Bangladesh will be possible by connecting two rivers of Tripura with as many rivers of Bangladesh, according to a study by the Rail India Technical and Economic Services.
RITES has submitted the Detail Project Report (DPR) after conducting feasibility study to create new inland water transport between the Gomati and the Hoara rivers in the State with the Meghna and the Teesta rivers of the neighbouring country, Secretary of Transport Department Kishore Ambuly said on Sunday.
“The rivers will have navigation facilities for smooth movement of barges,” he said.
The North Eastern Council (NEC) had provided funds for preparing the DPR for development of waterways in north eastern part of the country.
The project report would be submitted to the union ministry of shipping and other ministries concerned to formally initiate the process to open new waterway between two the two neighbours.
RITES had conducted a preliminary feasibility study early this year.
The State government had submitted a proposal to the central government for declaring the Gomti as a national waterway keeping in view the potential of linkage with inland waterways of Bangladesh, he said.
Indian and Bangladeshi waterways connect West Bengal and Assam and the inland waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Bangladesh Inland water Transport Authority (BIWTA) are operating vessels on these routes, official sources said.
The two neighbours share 2,979 km of land border and 1,116 km of riverine boundary and also share 54 rivers, including eight rivers flowing from Tripura.
India has long been pressing for using Bangladeshi waterways and ports, especially for easy transport of Indian goods from Kolkata and other mainland cities to northeastern States through that country, official sources said.
Over-sized turbines and other heavy machines for 726 MW gas-based thermal power project at Palatana in Gomti district was transported to Tripura by using the waterways and roads of Bangladesh.
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated Rs. 3,429-crore power project of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) at Palatana on June 21, 2013, the sources said.
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Bangladesh is a riverine country. About 800 rivers including tributaries flow through the country constituting a waterway of total length around 24140 km.
India's National Waterways: a long way to go.

Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly from Haldia to Allahabad 1620 km.
Brahmaputra from Dhubri to Sadiya          891 km.
West Coast canal from Kollam to Kottapuram 205 km.
Kakinada-Puducherry Canal (Godavari-Krishna)       1095 km.
East Coast Canal (Brahmani-Mahanadi)                 623 km.


    • ·      Development of Potential Waterways

  • Barring the Brahmaputra (National Waterway-I) and Barak (to be soon declared as National Waterway-VI), which are being developed by the Inland Waterways Authority of India, the smaller rivers in the region also have great potential for being developed as waterways.  Therefore, identifying the potential waterways in the region becomes necessary so that waterway development, navigational aids, terminal facilities, etc. can be developed.  Integrated development of waterways can generate waterway grid for North Eastern Region that may in future help shift cargo traffic from road transport to the cheaper and eco-friendly inland waterways.

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Rivar Hoara
Hoara is a small river having length of 46 km with in the state of Tripura from its source 
at Barmura hill range to Indo- Bangladesh border. Its catchment area is 488 Sq km in the 
Indian territory. After flowing through the Indian Territory the river crosses Bangladesh 
border near Agartala town and falls into river Titash. A view of river Hoara at Agartala 
can be seen in Fig. 8.2. The river is over flooded during high spate in summer season 
while during winter the depth is very low. The maximum and minimum discharge 
observed at Bordowali GD site was 233.5 cumec and 0.435 cumec respectively. The 
depth in this river varies between 0.3 and 1.5 m and width 25-80 m.