Digital portal for private jetties and terminals on National Waterways launched; first NoC for jetty on Mandovi in Goa
Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on 9 April 2025 launched an IWAI digital portal under the National Waterways (Construction of Jetties/Terminals) Regulations, 2025, and handed over the first NoC for a jetty at Malim on NW-68 (Mandovi) in Goa.
Summary
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on 9 April 2025 launched a digital portal developed by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to invite private investment in infrastructure on National Waterways. It follows the National Waterways (Construction of Jetties/Terminals) Regulations, 2025, under which any entity, including private players, can develop or operate an inland waterway terminal on a National Waterway after securing a No Objection Certificate (NoC) from IWAI; the rules apply to existing and new, permanent or temporary terminals. The first NoC issued through the portal went to Mumbai-based Marina India Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. to set up a jetty, with an investment of about ₹8 crore, at Malim on National Waterway-68 (River Mandovi) in Goa, designed to berth up to 16 yachts and pleasure craft of up to 30 m.
Key facts
- Launched
- 9 April 2025 by Sarbananda Sonowal
- Portal by
- Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
- Rules
- National Waterways (Construction of Jetties/Terminals) Regulations, 2025
- Approval needed
- NoC from IWAI
- First NoC
- Marina India Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., jetty at Malim, NW-68 (Mandovi), Goa
- Jetty
- about ₹8 crore; up to 16 yachts
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The first NoC issued through IWAI's new digital portal in April 2025 was for a jetty at Malim in Goa on which waterway?
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Correct answer: C — River Mandovi (NW-68)
River Mandovi (NW-68); the NoC went to Marina India Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. for a jetty of about ₹8 crore.
Under the National Waterways (Construction of Jetties/Terminals) Regulations, 2025, a private entity needs a No Objection Certificate from which body to build a terminal on a National Waterway?
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Correct answer: A — Inland Waterways Authority of India
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), which also developed the new digital portal.