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Tizu Zunki River Development for Economic Growth
Context: Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) announced development of Tizu Zunki, designated as National Waterways 101 (NW101) along with initiatives to develop the immense tourism potential of Doyang River Lake.
Tizu Zunki River Development for Economic Growth:
- The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Government of Nagaland to conduct a detailed feasibility study for navigation on NW 101.
- IWAI will provide technical assistance for development of NW 101 for navigation.
- Aim: Enhance cargo and passenger transport thus, boosting economic growth in the region.
- Nagaland Government called the youth to train in maritime skills at Maritime Skill Development Centre.
- This will create job opportunities for the region’s youth while contributing to India’s self-reliance and economic growth.
- Waterways are the most economical, sustainable & efficient mode of transportation.
- Developing Nagaland’s waterways is part of efforts to make Northeast India’s growth engine, leveraging its dynamic waterways for nation-building and economic growth.
- The Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) is working to augment efforts for efficient inter-regional connectivity via waterways. For example:
- The Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project aimed at linking multiple national waterways.
- Linkage of NWs like NW 2 (Brahmaputra river) and NW 16 (Barak river)with Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBPR).
Tizu River: Flows through Zunheboto and Phek districts, eventually emptying into Chindwin River, Myanmar.
- Main tributaries of Tizu River are: Zunki, Lanye, and Likimro river.
- It flows into Chindwin River, which further enters Irrawaddy River, at Htamanthi, Myanmar.
- Irrawaddy River drains into Andaman Sea after travelling through river ports like Mandalay Chowk, Prome and & Hinthada.
- This provides an alternative route for cargo movement from Northeast India to international trade routes.
Zungki River: Biggest tributary of Tizu river.
- Originates from the north-eastern part of Changdong forest.
Doyang River Lake Development:
- The Doyang River Lake will be developed to boost tourism potential.
- Community jetties and Ro Pax ferries will be established to facilitate tourism activities.
- It’s famous for being a roosting site of the longest-travelling raptors, Amur Falcons.
- This initiative is expected to significantly enhance the tourism sector in Nagaland.
- It originates on the Japfu Mountain. It is the longest and the biggest river of Nagaland.
- Flows north through the Naga Hills to Wokha district, then turns west to become the Dhansiri River.
- The Dhansiri, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, forms a natural border between Nagaland and Assam.
- Tributaries of Doyang are Chubi River, Nzhu River, Tsui, Tullo and Tishi.
- Doyang Lake: It is a large reservoir created by the Doyang Hydro Electric Project in the Wokha district of western Nagaland.
National Waterways Act, 2016:
- It declared 111 rivers, river stretches, canals, creeks, and estuaries as NWs in India.
- This included 5 existing NWs and 106 newly identified waterways.
- It empowered Central Government to regulate these 111 NWs for shipping, navigation, and transportation through mechanically propelled vessels
- It designated IWAI as the regulatory body responsible for the development, maintenance, and management of the NWs.
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI):
- Established in 1986 by the IWAI Act
- It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
- It undertakes projects for development and maintenance of inland Water transport infrastructure on NWs through grants received from the Ministry of Shipping.
