Promotion of Inland Water Transport 

The Minister of State for Shipping, Road Transport and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today informed that the development of viable National Waterways is being undertaken for the movement of cargo and passenger vessels.  Besides, under the Sagarmala Programme, a Central Sector Scheme is being implemented for providing support to Major/Non-Major Ports/State Governments for creation of infrastructure to promote movement of cargo/passengers by sea/National Waterways.

The details of the National Waterways which are operational/ navigable for transportation at present is as follows-

Sl. No.	National Waterway No.	Length (km)	State
1.	National Waterways-1: Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System (Haldia – Allahabad)	1620	Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal
2.	National Waterway 2:Brahmaputra River (Dhubri – Sadiya)	891	Assam
3.	National Waterway 3:West Coast Canal (Kottapuram – Kollam), Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals	205	Kerala
4.	National Waterway 4(Phase-I) : Vijaywada to Muktyala	82	Andhra Pradesh
5.	Waterways in Maharashtra i)National Waterway 10 (Amba) ii)National Waterway 85 (Revadanda Creek – Kundalika river system)	45	Maharashtra
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6.	Waterways in Goa   i) NW-27-Cumberjua – confluence with Zuari to confluence with Mandovi river (17 km)   ii)  NW 68 – Mandovi– Usgaon Bridge to Arabian Sea (41 km) iii) NW 111 – Zuari– Sanvordem Bridge to Marmugao Port (50 km).	17	Goa
		41
		50
7.	Alappuzha – Kottayam – Athirampuzha Canal (NW-9): Boat Jetty, Alappuzha to Athirampuzha (38 km) in Kerala.	38	Kerala
8.	TAPI RIVER (NW-100) (Sea- mouth to Magdala Port)	15	Gujarat
9.	Sunderbans Waterways    (NW-97):	201	West Bengal (through Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route)