Parliament passed a new Inland Vessels Bill, 2021 law that will bring uniformity in the rules and regulations that govern the inland waterways and navigation in India. The new bill will replace the century-old Inland Vessels Act, 1917.
Parliament passed a new Inland Vessels Bill, 2021 law that will bring uniformity in the rules and regulations that govern the inland waterways and navigation in India. The new bill will replace the century-old Inland Vessels Act, 1917.
Inland Waterway in India
|
Sl. No. |
National Waterway (NW) No. |
Length (km) |
Location (S) |
1. |
NW-1: Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System (Haldia - Allahabad) |
1620 |
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal |
2. |
NW-2: Brahmaputra River (Dhubri - Sadiya) |
891 |
Assam
|
3. |
NW-3: West Coast Canal (Kottapuram - Kollam), Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals |
205 |
Kerala |
4. |
NW-4: Phase-1development of the stretch Muktiyala to Vijyawada of river Krishna |
82 |
Andhra Pradesh |
5. 6. 7.
8. |
Waterways in Maharashtra i) NW-10 (Amba River) ii) NW-83 (Rajpuri Creek) iii) NW-85 (Revadanda Creek - Kundalika River System) iv) NW-91 (Shastri river–Jaigad creek system) |
45 31 31
52 |
Maharashtra
|
9.
10.
|
National Waterways in Goa NW-68 – Mandovi – Usgaon Bridge to Arabian Sea (41 km) NW-111 – Zuari– Sanvordem Bridge to Marmugao Port (50 km). |
41
50 |
Goa |
11. 12. |
National Waterways in Gujarat NW-73- Narmada river- NW-100- Tapi river |
226 436 |
Gujarat &Maharastra |
13. |
Sunderbans Waterways (NW-97): Namkhana to AtharaBankiKhal in West Bengal. |
172 |
West Bengal (through Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route) |
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