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Option 1 : Allahabad-Haldia Stretch
- National waterway 1 is from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh to Haldia in West Bengal.
- It is the longest waterway in India. It passes through Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal.
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Sl. No. |
National Waterway No. |
Length (km) |
Details of Waterways |
STATES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
National Waterway 1 |
1620 |
Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System (Haldia - Allahabad) |
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand & West Bengal |
|
2 |
National Waterway 2 |
891 |
Brahmaputra River (Dhubri - Sadiya) |
Assam |
|
3 |
National Waterway 3 |
205 |
West Coast Canal (Kottapuram - Kollam), Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals |
Kerala |
|
170 |
West Coast Canal (Kottapuram - Kozhikode) |
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|
4 |
National Waterway 4 |
50 |
Kakinada Canal (Kakinada to Rajahmundry) |
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and Maharashtra |
|
171 |
Godavari river (Bhadrachalam to Rajahmundry) |
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|
139 |
Eluru Canal (Rajahmundry to Vijayawada) |
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|
157 |
Krishna river (Wazirabad to Vijayawada) |
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|
113 |
Commamur Canal (Vijayawada to Peddaganjam) |
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|
316 |
North Buckingham Canal (Peddaganjam to Central Station of Chennai) |
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|
110 |
South Buckingham canal (Central Station of Chennai to Marakanam) |
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|
22 |
Marakanam to Puducherry through Kaluvelly tank |
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|
1202 |
River Godavari (Bhadrachalam - Nashik) |
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|
636 |
River Krishna (Wazirabad - Galagali) |
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|
5 |
National Waterway 5 |
256 |
East Coast Canal and Matai river |
Odisha and West Bengal |
|
265 |
Brahmani-Kharsua-Dhamra rivers |
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|
67 |
Mahanadi delta rivers (Consisting of Hansua river, Nunanala, Gobrinala, Kharnasi river, and Mahanadi river) |
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|
6 |
National Waterway 6 |
68 |
Aai River |
Assam |