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Last week the Lok Sabha passed two National Waterways Bills. The first Bill relates to the declaring of Talcher-Dharma stretch of the Brahmani-Kharsua-Dharma rivers, Geonkhali-Charbetia stretch of the East Coast Canal and Charbatia-Dhamra stretch of the Matai as well as Mahanadi delta rivers as National Waterway No. 4, covering West Bengal and Orissa. The second Bill pertains to declaring Kakinada-Puducherry stretch of canals covering Kakinada Canal, Eluru Canal, Commander Canal, Buckingham Canal and Kaluvelly Tank and Bhadrachalam-Rajamundry stretch of the Godavari and Wazirabad-Vijaywada stretch of the Krishna as National Waterway No. 5, covering Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. The members, cutting across party line, welcomed the Bills. However, there was also demand for linking the Brahmani with the Mahanadi in Orissa to ensure availability of water in the Brahmani throughout the year. Also, there was demand for declaring Haldia-Sunderban stretch as a national waterway.

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