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. 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.[2]
National waterways in India handled 55 MT in 2017-18 and 72 MT in 2018-19 cargo respectively, and expected to reach 100 MT by fy 2021-22.[3]
List
Name | River | States | Length of NW (km) | Operational (Y/N/P(artial)) |
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NW1 | Prayagraj-Haldia stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly Rivers | UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal | 1620 | Y |
NW2 | Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of Brahmaputra River | Assam | 891 | Y |
NW3 | Kollam-Kozhikode stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara canal and Udyogmandal canal | Kerala | 205 | Y |
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[4] | 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 | UP | 5.5 | Y |
NW13 | AVM Canal | Kerala, Tamil Nadu | 11 | Y |
NW14 | Baitarani River | Odisha | 49 | Y |
NW15 | Bakreshwar River-Mayurakshi River | West Bengal | 137 | Y |
NW16 | Barak River | Assam | 121 | Y |
NW17 | Beas River | HP & Punjab | 191 | Y |
NW18 | Beki River | Assam | 73 | Y |
NW19 | Betwa River | UP | 68 | Y |
NW20 | Bhavani River | Tamil Nadu | 94 | Y |
NW21 | Bhima River | Telangana & Karnataka | 139 | N |
NW22 | Birupa River-Badi River-Genguti River-Brahmani River | Odisha | 156 | N |
NW23 | Budhabalanga River | Odisha | 56 | N |
NW24 | Chambal River | UP | 60 | Y |
NW25 | Chapora River | Goa | 33 | N |
NW26 | Chenab River | J&K & Punjab | 53 | Y |
NW27 | Cumbarjua River | 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 & UP | 300 | N |
NW38 | Gangadhar River | Assam & West Bengal | 62 | N |
NW39 | Ganol River | Meghalaya | 49 | N |
NW40 | Ghaghara River | Bihar & UP | 340 | N |
NW41 | Ghataprabha River | Karnataka | 112 | N |
NW42 | Gomti River | UP | 518 | N |
NW43 | Gurupura River | Karnataka | 10 | N |
NW44 | Ichamati River | West Bengal | 64 | N |
NW45 | Indira Gandhi Canal | Haryana, Punjab & Rajasthan | 650 | N |
NW46 | Indus River | J&K | 35 | N |
NW47 | Jalangi River | West Bengal | 131 | N |
NW48 | Jawai River-Luni River and Rann of Kutch | Rajasthan & Gujarat | 590 | N |
NW49 | Jhelum River | J&K | 110 | N |
NW50 | Jinjiram River | Meghalaya & 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 | UP & 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 & 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 & 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 | HP & J&K | 42 | N |
NW85 | Revdanda creek & 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 & 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 & Odisha | 314 | N |
NW97 | Sunderbans waterways | West Bengal | 654 | Y |
NW98 | Sutlej River | Punjab & HP | 377 | N |
NW99 | Thamirabarani River | Tamil Nadu | 64 | N |
NW100 | Tapi River | Maharashtra & Gujarat | 436 | Y |
NW101 | Tizu River and Zungki River | Nagaland | 42 | N |
NW102 | Tlwang River | Mizoram | 86 | N |
NW103 | Tons River | UP | 73 | N |
NW104 | Tungabhadra River | Telangana, Karnataka & AP | 230 | N |
NW105 | Udayavara River | Karnataka | 16 | N |
NW106 | Umngot River | Meghalaya | 20 | N |
NW107 | Vaigai River | Tamil Nadu | 45 | N |
NW108 | Varuna River | UP | 53 | N |
NW109 | Wainganga River-Pranahita River | Maharashtra & Telangana | 164 | N |
NW110 | Yamuna River | Haryana, UP & Delhi | 1089 | P |
NW111 | Zuari River | Goa | 50 | Y |
Notes
NW110
Wazirabad barrage (north Delhi)-Palla (north Faridabad) perennial section is being developed for the passenger and cargo ferry service.[5] Okhla barrage-Agra steamer service is planned by the end of June 2017 with the help of Netherlands (c. Feb 2017).[6]
References
- http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2016/168716.pdf
- "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.
- https://mdoner.gov.in/contentimages/files/Identification_of_Potential_Waterways_in_NER.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.