Development of Waterways

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Government of India
Ministry of Shipping
30 JUL 2018 5:31PM by PIB Delhi

Development of Waterways

The Minister of State for Shipping, Road Transport and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today informed that theGanga, Yamuna, Narmada, Kaveri, Sone, Gandak and Kosi rivers etc. are among the 111 inland waterways declared as National Waterways (NWs) under the National Waterways Act, 2016.

The Minister said that the Inland Water Transport being a fuel efficient and environment friendly mode of transport, the intent of the Government is to develop shipping and navigation on viable NWs for movement of cargo and passenger vessels. 

The NW-1 on river Ganga, NW-2 on river Brahmaputra, NW-3 in Kerala, NW-4 from Vijaywada to Muktiyala in Andhra Pradesh, NW-9 in Kerala, NW-10 on river Amba in Maharashtra, NW-27, 68 and 111 in Goa, NW-85 in Maharashtra, NW-97 Sunderbans waterways and NW-100 river Tapi are operational.

As of now, the details of National Waterways targeted to be made operational during the next two years is as follows-

Sl. No.	National Waterway	Length	State
1.	NW-53: Kalyan-Thane-Mumbai Waterway, Vasai Creek and Ulhas River System	145	Maharashtra
2.	River Gandak (NW-37):Bhaisalotan Barrage near TriveniGhat to confluence with Ganga river at Hajipur	296	Bihar and UP.
3.	River Rupnarayan (NW-86): Confluence of Dwarkeshwar and Silai rivers (Pratappur) to confluence with Hooghly river (Geonkhali)	72	West Bengal
4.	NW-8:Alappuzha- Changanassery Canal	29	Kerala
5.	NW-16: Barak River (Silchar to Bhanga)	71	Assam