List of national waterways in India

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]

A map of India, with inland rivers colored by their identification and declaration statuses
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List

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

Notes

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Wazirabad 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

  1. ^ "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)
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Press Information Bureau". www.pib.nic.in. Government of India. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  4. ^ IWAI revises cargo handling target to 100 MT on national waterways by FY22, Economic Times, 30 December 2019.
  5. ^ Market, Capital (2018-12-31). "National Waterway - 4 covers length of 2890 kms". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  6. ^ https://mdoner.gov.in/contentimages/files/Identification_of_Potential_Waterways_in_NER.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ Yamuna water link may get govt nod, Times of India, 6 April 2016.
  8. ^ Steamer service to revive navigation in Agra Canal after 143 years, Hindustan Times, 1 Feb 2017.