What are the 5 National Waterways of India?
Also state importance/significance of Waterways as a mode of transportation.
Answers
Hooghly river
Brahmaputra river
National waterways 3
Krishna river
Mahanadi river delta
AVM canal
NW1 Prayagraj-Haldia stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly Rivers UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal 1620 Y
NW2 Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of Brahmaputra River Assam 891 Y
NW3 Kollam-Kottappuram stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara canal and Udyogmandal canal Kerala 205 Y
NW4 (a) Kakinada-Puducherry stretch of canals and the Kaluvelly Tank.
(b) Nashik-Bhadrachalam-Rajahmundry stretch of Godavari River.
(c) The bridge near village Galagali-Wazirabad-Vijayawada stretch of Krishna River. Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana 1095 Y
NW5 (a) Talcher-Dhamra stretch of Brahmani River-Kharsua River-Tantighai River-Pandua Nala-Dudhei Nala-Kani Dhamra River.
(b) Geonkhali-Charbatia stretch of East Coast Canal.
(c) Harbatia-Dhamra stretch of Matai River and Mahanadi Delta Rivers