Pursuant to the ambitious waterways project launched by the
Government of India, five waterways in India have been declared as
National Waterways (NWs) so far. The five waterways which have been
declared as NWs include:
(a) Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system (Allahabad-Haldia-1620
km) as NW-1
(b) River Brahmaputra (Dhubri-Sadiya – 891 km) as
NW-2.
(c) West Coast Canal (Kottapuram-Kollam) along with Udyogmandal
and Champakara Canals – (205 km) as NW-3.
(d) Kakinada- Puducherry canals along with Godavari and Krishna
rivers (1078 km) as NW-4.
(e) East Coast Canal integrated with Brahmani river and Mahanadi
delta rivers (588 km) as NW-5.
Out of the aforesaid NWs, NW-1, NW-2 and NW-3 are partly
operational in certain stretches there are certain amount of vessel
movement through these NWs. NW-4 and NW-5 are yet to be made
operational.
