Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Inland Waterways in India




National Waterway 1
-Allahabad — Haldia stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system.
-Established = October 1986.
-Length = 1620 km
-Fixed terminals = Haldia, BISN (Kolkata), Pakur, Farrakka and Patna.
-Floating terminals = Haldia, Kolkata, Diamond Harbour, Katwa, Tribeni, Baharampur, Jangipur, Bhagalpur, Semaria, Doriganj, Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi, Chunar and Allahabad.

National Waterway 2
-Sadiya — Dhubri stretch of Brahmaputra river.
-Established = September 1982.
-Length = 891 km
-Fixed terminals = Pandu.
-Floating terminals = Dhubri, Jogighopa, Tezpur, Silghat, Dibrugarh, Jamgurhi, Bogibil, Saikhowa and Sadiya

National Waterway 3

-Kottapuram-Kollam stretch of the West Coast Canal, Champakara Canal and Udyogmandal Canal.
-Established = February 1993
-Length = 205 km
-Fixed terminals = Aluva, Vaikom, Kayamkulam, Kottappuram, Maradu, Cherthala, Thrikkunnapuzha, Kollam and Alappuzha.

National Waterway 4
-Kakinada - Puducherry stretch of Canals and the Kaluvelly Tank, Bhadrachalam – Rajahmundry stretch of River Godavari and Wazirabad – Vijayawada stretch of River Krishna.
- Established = November 2008
-Length = 1095 km

National Waterway 5
-Talcher - Dhamra stretch of the Brahmani River, the Geonkhali - Charbatia stretch of the East Coast Canal, the Charbatia - Dhamra stretch of Matai river and the Mangalgadi - Paradip stretch of the Mahanadi River Delta.
-Established = November 2008
-Length = 623 km

National Waterway 6
-Lakhipur to Bhanga of river Barak.
-Proposed
-Length = 121 km

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