National Waterways of India

National Waterways of India

The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) was established on 27th October 1986 for development and regulation of inland waterways for shipping and navigation in Indian water territories which has a length of 14,500 km, out of which about 5200 km of river and 4000 km of canals can be used by mechanized crafts by Indian government. The Authority primarily undertakes projects for development and maintenance of IWT infrastructure on national waterways through grant which are received from Ministry of Shipping. The head office of the Inland Waterways Authority of India is at Noida in Uttar Pradesh. The Authority also has its regional offices at Kolkata,Patna, Guwahati and Kochi and sub-offices at Varanasi, Allahabad, Bhaglapur, Farakka and Kollam,so there are six ( 6) waterways in india at present

National Waterway Serial Number	India Inland Waterway	Length(Km)
National Waterway 1	Allahabad–Haldia stretch of the Ganges–Bhagirathi–Hooghly river system	1620
National Waterway 2	Sadiya — Dhubri stretch of Brahmaputra river	891
National Waterway 3	Kottapuram-Kollam stretch of the West Coast Canal, Champakara Canal and Udyogmandal Canal	205
National Waterway 4	Kakinada–Pondicherry stretch of canals and the Kaluvelly Tank, Bhadrachalam – Rajahmundry stretch of River Godavari and Wazirabad – Vijayawada stretch of River Krishna	1095
National Waterway 5	Talcher–Dhamra stretch of the Brahmani River, the Geonkhali - Charbatia stretch of the East Coast Canal, the Charbatia–Dhamra stretch of Matai river and the Mangalgadi - Paradip stretch of the Mahanadi River Delta	623
National Waterway 6	Lakhipur to Bhanga of river Barak	121