 bill no 63 of 1989 the national waterway (quilon-kottapuram stretch of west coast canal and champakara and udyogmandal canals) bill, 1989 a billto provide for the declaration of the quuonkottapuram stretch of west coast canal and champakara and udyogmandal canals to be a nationaz waterway and also to provide for the regulation and developmje:nt of the said stretch and the canals for purposes of bhipping and navigation on the said waterway and for matters comt<ected therewith or incidental thereto bb it enacted by parliament in the fortieth year of the republic of india as follows:-short title alld commencement 1 (1) this act may be called the natiod8l waterway (quilon-kottapuram stretch of west coast canal and champakara and udyog-5 mandai canals) act, 1989 (2) it shall come into force en such date u the central govemment may, by notiftcadon in the oftldal gazette, appoint 2 the quilon-kottapuram stretch of west coast canal and champakara and udyogmandal canals, the limits of which are specifted in the schedule is hereby declared to be a national waterway declaration of quilon-kottapu-118m stretch of west coast canal and champaleara and udyogmandal cana1s to be a national waterway 3 it is hereby declared tbat it is expedient ill the public interest that the union should take under its control the regulation ad development 5 of quilon-kottapuram streteh of west coast caaal add champabra add udyopumdal canals for purposes of shippidg and navipuon on the national waterway to the extent provided in the inland waterways authority of india act, 1985 i 82 of 1985 declaration as to expediencyof control by the union of quilonltottapuram stretch of west coast canal ancj champakara and udyogman' dal ' canals for certain purposes  the schedule (see section 2) limits of the national watgway (quilon'-ko'n'ap'ujlam stre1'cl1 of weer cqast canal and ciiampakaba and udyoomandal canals)the northern limit of the west coast canal shall be a line drawn across the riwr periyar at a distance of 10 kilometer upsteream of kat- 15 tapuram road btid~e (nh-17) connecting maliankara 4uld valiapauikan 'ibunthu, and the southern limttshall be a line drawn across the ashtamudy kayal at a distance of 100 meters south of quilon jetty the champakara canal starting frem the codfiuence with the west cout canal and ending at the l'ailway bridge (railway widing for coehtn 20 oil refinery) near fertilizers and chemicals tranvancore ltd, boat brain the udyctpwldal·c~llw'unl from the ooa4uence with· west· coast canal and ending at the pldalam·,oad i~ (doer-byar) in view of lack of suitable organisation and the paucity of resources with the state governments the development of inland water transport has not made much headway there are certain advantages in this mode of transport such as, low cost of transport, eneray emciency, generation of employment among weaker sections of the community and less of ponution the various committees set up by the government for the purpose of looking into this matter recommended that the central government shauld declare certain waterways as national waterways and assume responsibility for their development 2 the central government have already constituted the inland waterways authority of india under the inland waterways authority of india act, 1985 (82 of 1985) for the regulation and development of inland waterways for purposes of shipping and navigation 3 allahabad-haldia stretch of the ganga-bhagirathi-hoogbly ri-'9t!lr and the sadiya-dhubri stretch of the brahmaputra riff!' ha'le already been declared as national waterways and tke inland waterways authmity of india has taken up the development, maintellance and man-agement of these waterways 4 it is dow plopesed to deelue the' qatlodmitmtapuiiim stntab " "nest coast canal and champaltara and udyogmandal canall  the tkw national waterway infomnation cljiii'edtly available 1ncitcates that theinfrastractural faeilitses el8entiauy required for safe aad: eon98llledt &hipping and na~gaticm are not adequate for ili8f:afme4 operatiob , liirp mechanised crafts regulation and developmerrt ot quilon-kottapuram stretch of west coast canal and champakara and udyogmandal canals for purposes of shipping and navigation on the proposed national waterway under the control of the union ts in the public interest and· declaration to that effect has also been made in the !rill 5 the biu seeks to acbiev:e the above objects n1!!w 0i:lm; the 7th august 1989 raj1!sh piidr the effect of clause 3 of the bill will be to entrust the responsibility to regulate and develop the proposed national waterway for the purposes of shipping and navigation to tne union the regulation and development of the proposed national waterway will be carried out by the inlancj waterways authority of india constituted under the inland waterways authority of india act, 1985 (82 of 1985) consequently, three distinct functions namely, development, maintenance and management will devolve on the inland waterways authority of india the financial implications are indicated in the succeeding paragraphs 2 it has been visualised that the total originating traftic in the region is 10904 million tonnes and the total terminating traffic in the region would be 998 million tonnes out of this, the estimated share of inland water transport would be 173 million tonnes after full development of the proposed national waterway by 1992-93, the anticipated inland water transport traffic may be 308 million tonnes this traftic is expected to be handled at 14 terminals, namely, kottapuram, ernakulam, cochin, vaikom, shartallai, veehoor, ambalapuzha, trikkummapuzha, arattupuma, kayamkulam, chavara, asthamudi, arookutty and quilon 3 the development of the canals and the infrastructural facilities so as to eater to the requirements of shipping and navigation to handle the above mentioned tramc include development of the waterway for navigation, channel marking, construction of jetties, transit sheds, installation of handling equipment, etc it is estimated that the expenditure with respect to the said infrastructural facilities will be of the order of rs 4284 crores this expenditure will be of a non-recurring nature 4 in addition to the said expenditure of non-recurring expenditure, it is estimated that an expenditure of recurring nature of the order of rs 120 crores annually will be incurred for maintenance of infrastructural facilities 5 the declaration of the proposed stretch of the west coast canal and champakara and udyogmandal canals as national waterway and to provide for ~he regulation and development of the said canal for purposes of ~ping and navigation is not expected to involve any other expenditure of recurring or non-recurring nature 1 -  - billto provide for the declaration of the quilon-kottapuram stretch of west coast canal and champakara and udyogmandal canals to be a national waterway and also to provide for the regulation and devel0pment of the said stretch and the canals for purposes of shipping and navigation on the said waterway and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto , " tt1tniport) 