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All Possible National Waterways of India

To transform the domestic shipbuilding sector of India and enhance its functioning as per the national waterways act of 2016 a total of 111 national waterways declared recently including the already existing five National waterways.

In the National waterways act of 2016, a total of 111 waterways were declared as national waterways of India including the existing 5 National waterways in it. The three already functioning national waterways are the 1st, 2nd and the 3rd national waterways. Passenger and Cruise waterway transportation, as well as cargos, are already running on these waterways. One of the most important reasons for the development of these National waterways in our country was to reduce transportation costs that were put up by the minister of state for shipping and finance Shri Pon Radhakrishnan in the Lok Sabha wherein he gave a written reply informing that out of 2011 waterways 20 National waterways are line in the North-eastern region of our country.

We shall see now the complete 111 recent waterways list

National Waterway No.	State	Location/ Place	Length (in km.)
1	Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar and UP	Ganga Bhagirathi Hooghly River system	1620
2	Assam	River of Brahmaputra commonly known as Brahmaputra River	891
3	Kerala	Inside the canal of western coast	205
4	Chhattisgarh,Tamil Nadu,Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka and Telangana	Kakinada Canal- River Krishna	2890
5	West Bengal and state of Odisha	Rivers inside the delta of Mahanadi River	256
6	Assam	Assam’s Aie River	68
7	West Bengal	Ajoy River	90
8	Kerala	Canals of Alappuzha- Changanassery	29
9	Kerala	Canal of Alappuzha-Athirampuzha-Kottayam	40
10	Maharashtra	River Amba	45
11	Maharashtra	River channel of Arunavati-Arab region	99
12	Uttar Pradesh	River Asi	5.5
13	Kerala and Tamil Nadu	Avm Canal	11
14	Odisha	River Baitarani	48
15	West Bengal	River channel of Bakreswar – Mayurakshi	135
16	Assam	River Barak	121
17	Himachal Pradesh and Punjab	River Beas	189
18	Assam	River Beki	69
19	Uttar Pradesh	River Betwa	67
20	Tamil Nadu	River Bhavani	95
21	Karnataka and Telangana	River Bheema	139
22	Odisha	River channel of Birupa-Badi Genguti-Brahmani	156
23	Odisha	BudhaBalanga	56
24	Uttar Pradesh	River Chambal	61
25	Goa	River Chapora	33
26	Jammu and Kashmir	River Chenab	51
27	Goa	River Cumberjua	17
28	Maharashtra	River channel of DabholCreek-Vashishti	49
29	West Bengal	River Damodar	142
30	Assam	River Dehing	109
31	Assam	Chathe/Dhansiri	114
32	Assam	River Dikhu	63
33	Assam	River Doyans	61
34	West Bengal	Canal of DVC	137
35	West Bengal	River Dwarekeswar	108
36	West Bengal	River Dwarka	119
37	Bihar and Uttar Pradesh	River Gandak	296
38	Assam and West Bengal	River Gangadhar	62
39	Meghalaya	River Ganol	49
40	Bihar and Uttar Pradesh	River Ghaghra	354
41	Karnataka	River Ghataprabha	112
42	Uttar Pradesh	River Gomti	514
43	Karnataka	River Gurupur	10
44	West Bengal	River Ichamati	63
45	Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan	Canal of Indira Gandhi	650
46	J&K	Indus River	35
47	West Bengal	River Jalangi	131
48	Gujarat and Rajasthan	River channel of Jawai, Luni and Rann of Kutch	590
49	Jammu and Kashmir	River Jhelum	110
50	Assam and Meghalaya	River Jinjiram	43
51	Karnataka	River Kabini	23
52	Karnataka	River Kali	53
53	Maharashtra	Kalyan, Thane and Mumbai system as well as River channel of Ulhas and Vasai Creek	145
54	Bihar and Uttar Pradesh	River Karamnasa	86
55	Tamil Nadu	River channel of Kaveri-Kollidam	311
56	Jharkhand	River Kherkai	22
57	Assam	River Kopili	50
58	Bihar	River Kosi	236
59	Kerala	Canal of Kottayam and Vaikom	19
60	West Bengal	River Kumari	80
61	Meghalaya	River Kynshi	28
62	Assam and Arunachal Pradesh	River Lohit	86
63	Rajasthan	River Luni	336
64	Odisha	River Mahanadi	426
65	West Bengal	River Mahananda	80
66	Gujarat	River Mahi	247
67	Karnataka	River Malaprabha	94
68	Goa	River Mandovi	41
69	Tamil Nadu	River Manimutharu	5
70	Maharashtra and Telangana	River Manjara	245
71	Goa	River Mapusa	27
72	Maharashtra	River Nag	59
73	Maharashtra and Gujarat	River Narmada	226
74	Karnataka	River Netravathi	79
75	Tamil Nadu	River Palar	142
76	Karnataka	River Panchagangavali	23
77	Tamil Nadu	River Pazhyar	20
78	Maharashtra and Telangana	River channel of Penganaga-Wardha	262
79	Andhra Pradesh	River Pennar	28
80	Tamil Nadu	River Ponniyar	126
81	Bihar	River Punpun	35
82	Assam	River Puthimari	58
83	Maharashtra	River Rajpuri	31
84	Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab	River Ravi	44
85	Maharashtra	River channel of Revdanda-Kundalika	31
86	West Bengal	River Rupnarayan	72
87	Gujarat	River Sabarmati	210
88	Goa	River Sal	14
89	Maharashtra	River Savitri	45
90	Karnataka	River Sharavati	29
91	Maharashtra	Narrow water channel of Jaigad and Shastri River	52
92	West Bengal	River Shilabati	26
93	Meghalaya	River Simsang	63
94	Bihar	River Sone	141
95	Assam	River Subansiri	106
96	Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Odisha	River Subarnarekha	311
97	West Bengal	Water system of Sundarbans	172
98	Himachal Pradesh and Punjab	River Sutlej	377
99	Tamil Nadu	River Tamiraparani	62
100	Maharashtra and Gujarat	River Tapi	436
101	Nagaland	Rivers Zungki and Tizu	42
102	Assam and Mizoram	Tl Wang	87
103	Uttar Pradesh	River Tons	73
104	Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh	River Tungabhadra	232
105	Karnataka	River Udayavara	15
106	Meghalaya	River Umngot	20
107	Tamil Nadu	River Vaigai	46
108	Uttar Pradesh	River Varuna	53
109	Maharashtra and Telangana	River channel of Wainganga-Pranahita	166
110	Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh	River Yamuna	1080
111	Goa	River Zuari	50

CONCLUSION

Within the National conduits act of 2016, an add-up to 111 conduits were pronounced as national conduits of India counting the existing 5 National conduits in it. National conduit 1 National conduit 2 and national conduit 3 are as of now useful. Traveller and Voyage conduit transportation, as well as cargos, are as of now running on these waterways.

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What is National Waterway 1?

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Ans. There are a total of 111 national waterways in India.

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Ans. The longest national waterway in India is the National waterway-1.