Recently, for the first time through National Waterways, food grains were sent from Patna via Bangladesh to ‘Pandu’ in Guwahati. For this the Brahmaputra (NW2) has been linked with the Ganges (National Waterway-1) through the ‘Indo Bangladesh Protocol (IBP)’ route, thus ushering in a new era for inland waterways in Assam.
The MV Lal Bahadur Shastri ship completed the first pilot voyage from Patna to Guwahati carrying 200 metric tonnes of food grains for the Food Corporation of India (FCI).
By this ship, the National Waterway-1 (Ganga River) will travel via Bhagalpur, Manihari, Sahibganj, Farakka, Tribeni, Kolkata, Haldia, Hemnagar. Further it covered a distance of 2,350 kms via Khulna, Narayanganj, Sirajganj, Chilmari and National Waterway No.-2 of Dhubri and Jogighopa of Indo Bangladesh Protocol (IBP).
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Inland Waterways in India:
111 ‘Inland Waterways’ have been declared as ‘National Waterways’ under the National Waterways Act, 2016 to promote inland water transport in the country.
Inland water transport is being promoted by the Government of India as an economical, eco-friendly complementary mode of rail and road transport in the country.
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Under Entry 24 of the ‘Union List’ under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, the Central Government has the power to make laws relating to navigation and navigation on inland waterways classified by Parliament as National Waterways.
Important National Waterways of India:
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National Waterway 1:
Allahabad to Haldia (1620 km distance).
National Waterway 1 (NW1) passes through the Ganges, Bhagirathi and Hooghly river systems. And there are ‘fixed terminals’ on this route at Haldia, Farakka and Patna.
Floating terminals are built on this waterway in river-bank cities like Kolkata, Bhagalpur, Varanasi and Allahabad.
It is the longest national waterway in India.
National Waterway 2:
The water course of the Brahmaputra River from ‘Sadiya to Dhubri’ in the state of Assam has been classified as ‘National Waterway 2’.
NW2 is the third longest waterway in the country, with a total length of 891 km.
National Waterway 3:
The ‘West Coast Canal’ flowing ‘from Kollam to Kottapuram’ in the state of Kerala is classified as NW3.
The 205 km long ‘West Coast Canal’ is India’s first waterway with an all-time navigational facility.
National Waterway 3 (NW3) consists of West Coast Canal, Champakara Canal and Udyogamandal Canal.
This waterway passes through Kottapuram, Cherthala, Thrikunnapuzha, Kollam and Alappuzha.
National Waterway 4:
National Waterway 4 (NW4) connects Kakinada with Pondicherry.
It is the second longest waterway in India.
The total length of this waterway passing through Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu is 1095 km.
National Waterway 5:
National Waterway 5 (NW5) connects Odisha with West Bengal.
It passes through the streams of Brahmani River, East Bank Canal, Matai River and Mahanadi River.
This 623 km long canal system handles the traffic of cargo such as coal, fertilisers, cement and iron.
National Waterway 6:
National Waterway 6 (NW6) is a proposed waterway in Assam.
It will connect Lakhipur with Bhanga through Barak River.
Trade between Silchar (Assam) to Mizoram will get a boost through the 121 km long waterway.
Here we mention all information about National waterways – Today Current Affairs.
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