There are 111 officially notified Inland National Waterways (NWs) in India identified for the purposes of inland water transport,[1] as per The National Waterways Act, 2016. Out of the 111 NWs, 106 were created in 2016.[2] The NW network covers around 20,275.5 km. NW-1, 2, & 3 are already operational. Cargo as well as passenger / cruise vessels are plying on these waterways. Detailed Project Report (DPR) for development of NW-4 & 5 was completed in 2010. The DPR of NW 5 was updated in 2014. For the newly declared 106 NWs, techno-economic feasibility studies have been initiated.[3]
National waterways in India handled 55 million tonne (MT) in 2017-18 and 72 MT in 2018-19 cargo respectively, and expected to reach 100 MT by fy 2021–22.[4]
List
edit| Name | River | States | Length of NW (km) | Operational (Y/N/P(artial)) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NW1 | Prayagraj-Haldia stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly Rivers | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal | 1620 | Y |
| NW2 | Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of Brahmaputra River | Assam | 891 | Y |
| NW3 | Kollam-Kottapuram stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara canal and Udyogmandal canal | Kerala | 365 | Y |
| NW4 | Kakinada to Puducherry (Buckingham canal) Andhra Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (Yanam and Pondicherry) | 1095 | N[5] |
| NW5 | (a) Talcher-Dhamra stretch of Brahmani River-Kharsua River-Tantighai River-Pandua Nala-Dudhei Nala-Kani Dhamra River. (b) Geonkhali-Charbatia stretch of coovum Canal. (c) Harbatia-Dhamra stretch of Matai River and Mahanadi Delta Rivers |
Odisha, West Bengal | 623 | Y |
| NW6 | Aai River[6] BARAK RIVER | Assam | 121 | |
| NW7 | Ajay River | West Bengal | 96 | Y |
| NW8 | Alappuzha-Changanassery Canal | Kerala | 28 | Y |
| NW9 | Alappuzha-Kottayam-Athirampuzha Canal | Kerala | 38 | P |
| NW10 | Amba River | Maharashtra | 45 | Y |
| NW11 | Arunavati River-Aran River | northern maharastra | 98 | Y |
| NW12 | Asi River | Uttar Pradesh | 5.5 | Y |
| NW13 | AVM Canal | Kerala, Tamil Nadu | 11 | N |
| NW14 | Baitarani River | Odisha | 49 | Y |
| NW15 | Bakreshwar River-Mayurakshi River | West Bengal | 137 | Y |
| NW16 | Barak River | Assam | 121 | Y |
| NW17 | Beas River | Himachal Pradesh and Punjab | 191 | Y |
| NW18 | Beki River | Assam | 73 | Y |
| NW19 | Betwa River | Uttar Pradesh | 68 | Y |
| NW20 | Bhavani River | Tamil Nadu | 94 | Y |
| NW21 | Bhima River | Telangana and Karnataka | 139 | N |
| NW22 | Birupa River-Badi River-Genguti River-Brahmani River | Odisha | 156 | N |
| NW23 | Budhabalanga River | Odisha | 56 | N |
| NW24 | Chambal River | Uttar Pradesh | 60 | Y |
| NW25 | Chapora River | Goa | 33 | N |
| NW26 | Chenab River | JandK and Punjab | 53 | Y |
| NW27 | Cumbarjua Canal | Goa | 17 | N |
| NW28 | Dabhol creek-Vashishti River | Maharashtra | 45 | Y |
| NW29 | Damodar River | West Bengal | 135 | N |
| NW30 | Dihing River | Assam | 114 | Y |
| NW31 | Dhansiri River-Chathe River | Assam | 110 | N |
| NW32 | Dikhu River | Assam | 63 | N |
| NW33 | Doyans River | Assam | 61 | N |
| NW34 | DVC canal | West Bengal | 130 | N |
| NW35 | Dwarakeswar River | West Bengal | 113 | N |
| NW36 | Dwarka River | West Bengal | 121 | N |
| NW37 | Gandak River | Bihar and Uttar Pradesh | 300 | N |
| NW38 | Gangadhar River | Assam and West Bengal | 62 | N |
| NW39 | Ganol River | Meghalaya | 49 | N |
| NW40 | Ghaghara River | Bihar and Uttar Pradesh | 340 | N |
| NW41 | Ghataprabha River | Karnataka | 112 | N |
| NW42 | Gomti River | Uttar Pradesh | 518 | N |
| NW43 | Gurupura River | Karnataka | 10 | N |
| NW44 | Ichamati River | West Bengal | 64 | N |
| NW45 | Indira Gandhi Canal | Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan | 650 | N |
| NW46 | Indus River | Ladakh | 35 | N |
| NW47 | Jalangi River | West Bengal | 131 | N |
| NW48 | Jawai River-Luni River and Rann of Kutch | Rajasthan and Gujarat | 590 | N |
| NW49 | Jhelum River | JandK | 110 | N |
| NW50 | Jinjiram River | Meghalaya and Assam | 43 | N |
| NW51 | Kabini River | Karnataka | 23 | N |
| NW52 | Kali River | Karnataka | 54 | N |
| NW53 | Kalyan-Thane-Mumbai Waterway, Vasai Creek and Ulhas River | Maharashtra | 145 | N |
| NW54 | Karmanasa River | Uttar Pradesh and Bihar | 86 | N |
| NW55 | Kaveri River-Kollidam River | Tamil Nadu | 364 | N |
| NW56 | Kharkai River | Jharkhand | 23 | N |
| NW57 | Kopili River | Assam | 46 | N |
| NW58 | Kosi River | Bihar | 236 | N |
| NW59 | Kottayam-Vaikom Canal | Kerala | 28 | N |
| NW60 | Kumari River | West Bengal | 77 | N |
| NW61 | Kumari River | Meghalaya | 28 | N |
| NW62 | Lohit River | Assam | 100 | N |
| NW63 | Luni River | Rajasthan | 327 | N |
| NW64 | Mahanadi River | Odisha | 425 | N |
| NW65 | Mahananda River | West Bengal | 81 | N |
| NW66 | Mahi River | Gujarat | 248 | N |
| NW67 | Malaprabha River | Karnataka | 94 | N |
| NW68 | Mandovi River | Goa | 41 | Y |
| NW69 | Manimuthar River | Tamil Nadu | 5 | N |
| NW70 | Manjara River | Maharashtra and Telangana | 242 | N |
| NW71 | Mapusa River-Moide River | Goa | 27 | N |
| NW72 | Nag River | Maharashtra | 60 | N |
| NW73 | Narmada River | Gujarat | 227 | Y |
| NW74 | Netravati River | Karnataka | 78 | N |
| NW75 | Palar River | Tamil Nadu | 141 | N |
| NW76 | Panchagangavalli River (Panchagangoli) | Karnataka | 23 | N |
| NW77 | Pazhyar River | Tamil Nadu | 20 | N |
| NW78 | Painganga River-Wardha River | Maharashtra and Telangana | 265 | N |
| NW79 | Penna River | Andhra Pradesh | 29 | N |
| NW80 | Ponnaiyar River | Tamil Nadu | 125 | N |
| NW81 | Punpun River | Bihar | 35 | N |
| NW82 | Puthimari River | Assam | 72 | N |
| NW83 | Rajpuri creek | Maharashtra | 31 | Y |
| NW84 | Ravi River | Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir | 42 | N |
| NW85 | Revdanda creek and Kundalika River | Maharashtra | 31 | Y |
| NW86 | Rupnarayan River | West Bengal | 72 | N |
| NW87 | Sabarmati River | Gujarat | 212 | N |
| NW88 | Sal River | Goa | 14 | N |
| NW89 | Savitri River and Bankot creek | Maharashtra | 46 | N |
| NW90 | Sharavati river | Karnataka | 29 | N |
| NW91 | Shastri River-Jaigad Fort creek | Maharashtra | 52 | Y |
| NW92 | Shilabati River | West Bengal | 26 | N |
| NW93 | Simsang River | Meghalaya | 62 | N |
| NW94 | Son River | Bihar | 160 | N |
| NW95 | Subansiri River | Assam | 111 | N |
| NW96 | Subarnarekha River | Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha | 314 | N |
| NW97 | Sunderbans waterways | West Bengal | 654 | Y |
| NW98 | Sutlej River | Himachal Pradesh and Punjab | 377 | N |
| NW99 | Thamirabarani River | Tamil Nadu | 64 | N |
| NW100 | Tapi River | Maharashtra and Gujarat | 436 | Y |
| NW101 | Tizu River and Zungki River | Nagaland | 42 | N |
| NW102 | Tlwang River | Mizoram | 86 | N |
| NW103 | Tons River | Uttar Pradesh | 73 | N |
| NW104 | Tungabhadra River | Telangana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh | 230 | N |
| NW105 | Udayavara River | Karnataka | 16 | N |
| NW106 | Umngot River | Meghalaya | 20 | N |
| NW107 | Vaigai River | Tamil Nadu | 45 | N |
| NW108 | Varuna River | Uttar Pradesh | 53 | N |
| NW109 | Wainganga River-Pranahita River | Maharashtra and Telangana | 164 | N |
| NW110 | Yamuna River | Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi | 1089 | P |
| NW111 | Zuari River | Goa | 50 | Y |
See also
editNotes
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editWazirabad barrage (north Delhi)-Palla (disambiguation) (north Faridabad) perennial section is being developed for the passenger and cargo ferry service.[7] Okhla barrage-Agra steamer service is planned by the end of June 2017 with the help of Netherlands (c. Feb 2017).[8]
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "National Waterway Act, 2016: Centre set to explore 5 rivers in Gujarat for inland water transport". The Indian Express. 2016-09-25. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ "Press Information Bureau". www.pib.nic.in. Government of India. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ IWAI revises cargo handling target to 100 MT on national waterways by FY22, Economic Times, 30 December 2019.
- ^ Market, Capital (2018-12-31). "National Waterway - 4 covers length of 2890 kms". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
- ^ https://mdoner.gov.in/contentimages/files/Identification_of_Potential_Waterways_in_NER.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Yamuna water link may get govt nod, Times of India, 6 April 2016.
- ^ Steamer service to revive navigation in Agra Canal after 143 years, Hindustan Times, 1 Feb 2017.