inland waterways authority is planning an iwt terminal at haldia, dist. east midnapore, west bengal. this will be a multimodal terminal with rail and road connectivity. the estimated cost of construction of phase-i of the terminal is rs. 4,650 million. 61 acres of land has been taken on 30 years lease from the haldia dock complex for construction of the terminal. the process for preparation of detailed project report and tender documents is underway. [info as of: jul. 16] inland waterways authority is planning a multimodal inland water transport (iwt) terminal at haldia, dist. east midnapore, west bengal. the estimated cost of construction of phase-i of the terminal is rs. 5.1 billion. 61 acres of land has been taken on 30 years lease from the kolkata port trust for construction of the terminal (phase-i). the project will be developed under the jal marg vikas project along the national waterway-1. the proposed budget plan for the terminal will be through 50 world bank loan and 50 government budget allocation. [info as of: sept. 16] inland waterways authority is planning a multi-modal terminal at haldia, dist. east midnapore, west bengal. 61 acres of land has been taken on 30 years lease from the kolkata port trust for construction of the terminal (phase-i). the terminal will be constructed under the world bank assisted jal marg vikas project, being implemented by inland waterways authority of india (iwai), ministry of shipping, government of india for the capacity augmentation of national waterway-1 i.e. on river ganga from haldia-varanasi for navigation. government is developing national waterway-1 (nw-1) under the jal marg vikas project, with assistance from the world bank at an estimated cost of rs. 42,000 million. the project would enable commercial navigation of vessels with capacity of 1,500-2,000 dwt tonnage. earlier, tender for phase-i of the terminal was published on 3rd march, 2016. six firms submitted their technical and financial proposals, and the evaluation is in progress. hpc & uniconsult, germany (consultants engaged for iwt sector development strategy and business development study for the jal marg vikas project) forecasted a cargo potential of 7.95 mt for the year 2020. the project work is expected to commence in q4 2016 & is planned for completion in 3 years thereafter. [info as of: mar. 16]
