name the important national waterways in india
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Prayagraj-Haldia stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly Rivers UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West
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Name of National Waterway
Length (km)Location (S)
National Waterway-1: Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System (Haldia – Allahabad)
1620
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal
National Waterway 2:Brahmaputra River (Dhubri – Sadiya)
891
Assam
National Waterway 3:West Coast Canal (Kottapuram – Kollam), Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals
205
Kerala
National Waterway 4
(Phase-I : Vijaywada to Muktyala)
82
Andhra Pradesh
National Waterways in Maharashtra
i)National Waterway 10 (AMBA RIVER)
ii)National Waterway 85 (REVADANDA CREEK – KUNDALIKA RIVER SYSTEM)
45
Maharashtra
31
National Waterways in Goa
i) NW-27-Cumberjua – confluence with Zuari to confluence with Mandovi river (17 km)
ii) NW 68 – Mandovi– Usgaon Bridge to Arabian Sea (41 km)
iii) NW 111 – Zuari– Sanvordem Bridge to Marmugao Port (50 km).
17
Goa
41
50
NW – 9: Alappuzha – Kottayam – Athirampuzha Canal Boat Jetty, Alappuzha to Athirampuzha (38 km) in Kerala.
38KeralaNW-100: TAPI RIVER173
Gujarat
NW-97: Sunderbans Waterways201
West Bengal
(through Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route)