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National Waterways in India

There are 111 designated National Waterways (NWs) in India identified for the purposes of inland water transport, as per The National Waterways Act, 2016. Out of the 111 NWs, 106 were created in 2016. The NW network covers around 20,275.5 km. NW-1, 2, & 3 are already operational. Cargo as well as passenger / cruise vessels are plying on these waterways. Detailed Project Report(DPR) for development of NW-4 & 5 were completed in 2010. The DPR of NW 5 was updated in 2014. For the newly declared 106 NWs, techno-economic feasibility studies have been initiated

Name	River	OSM relation	States	Length of NW (km)
NW1	Allahabad-Haldia stretch of the Ganga—Bhagirathi-Hooghly Rivers		UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal	1620
NW2	Sadiya-Dhubri Stretch of Brahmaputra River		Assam	891
NW3	Kollam-Kozhikode Stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals		Kerala	365
NW4	Kakinada-Puducherry Stretch of Canals and the Kaluvelly Tank, Nashik-Bhadrachalam-Rajahmundry Stretch of River Godavari and Bridge near village Galagali-Wazirabad-Vijayawada Stretch of River Krishna		Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telanagana	2890
NW5	Talcher-Dhamra Stretch of Brahmani-Kharsua-Tantighai-Pandua Nala-Dudhei Nala-Kani Dhamra-river system, Geonkhali-Charbatia Stretch of East Coast Canal,harbatia-Dhamra Stretch of Matai River and Mahanadi Delta Rivers		Odisha, West Bengal	588
NW6	Aai River		Assam	71
NW7	Ajoy River		West Bengal	96
NW8	Alappuzha-Changanassery Canal		Kerala	28
NW9	Alappuzha-Kottayam Athirampuzha Canal		Kerala	38
NW10	Amba River		Maharashtra	45
NW11	Arunawati Aran River System		Maharashtra	98
NW12	Asi River		UP	5.5
NW13	AVM Canal		Kerala,Tamil Nadu	11
NW14	Baitarni River		Odisha	49
NW15	Bakreswar Mayurakshi River System		West Bengal	137
NW16	Barak River		Assam	121
NW17	Beas River		HP & Punjab	191
NW18	Beki River		Assam	73
NW19	Betwa River		UP	68
NW20	Bhavani River		Tamil Nadu	94
NW21	Bheema River		Telangana Karnataka	139
NW22	Birupa Badi Genguti Brahmani River System		Odisha	156
NW23	Budha Balanga River		Odisha	56
NW24	Chambal River		UP	60
NW25	Chapora River		Goa	33
NW26	Chenab River		J&K & Punjab	53
NW27	Cumberjua River		Goa	17
NW28	Dabhol Creek Vashishti River		Maharashtra	45
NW29	Damodar River		West Bengal	135
NW30	Dehing River		Assam	114
NW31	Dhansiri/Chathe River		Assam	110
NW32	Dikhu River		Assam	63
NW33	Doyans River		Assam	61
NW34	DVC Canal		West Bengal	130
NW35	Dwarakeswar River		West Bengal	113
NW36	Dwarka River		West Bengal	121
NW37	Gandak River		Bihar & UP	300
NW38	Gangadhar River		Assam & West Bengal	62
NW39	Ganol River		Meghalaya	49
NW40	Ghaghra River		Bihar & UP	340
NW41	Ghataprabha River		Karnataka	112
NW42	Gomti River		UP	518
NW43	Gurupur River		Karnataka	10
NW44	Ichamati River		West Bengal	64
NW45	Indira Gandhi Canal		Haryana, Punjab & Rajasthan	650
NW46	Indus River		J&K	35
NW47	Jalangi River		West Bengal	131
NW48	Jawai-Luni Rivers and Rann of Kutch		Rajasthan & Gujarat	590
NW49	Jhelum River		J&K	110
NW50	Jinjiram River		Meghalaya & Assam	43
NW51	Kabini River		Karnataka	23
NW52	Kali River		Karnataka	54
NW53	Kalyan-Thane-Mumbai Waterway, Vasai Creek and Ulhas River		Maharashtra	145
NW54	Karamnasa River		UP & Bihar	86
NW55	Kaveri Kollidam River		Tamil Nadu	364
NW56	Kherkai River		Jharkhand	23
NW57	Kopili River		Assam	46
NW58	Kosi River		Bihar	236
NW59	Kottayam-Vaikom Canal		Kerala	28
NW60	Kumari River		West Bengal	77
NW61	Kumari River		Meghalaya	28
NW62	Lohit River		Assam	100
NW63	Luni River		Rajasthan	327
NW64	Mahanadi River		Odisha	425
NW65	Mahananda River		West Bengal	81
NW66	Mahi River		Gujarat	248
NW67	Malaprabha River		Karnataka	94
NW68	Mandovir River		Goa	41
NW69	Manimutharu River		Tamil Nadu	5
NW70	Manjara River		Maharashtra, &Telangana	242
NW71	Mapusa/Moide River		Goa	27
NW72	Nag River		Maharashtra	60
NW73	Narmada River		Gujarat	227
NW74	Netravathi River		Karnataka	78
NW75	Palar River		Tamil Nadu	141
NW76	Panchagangavali (Panchagangoli) River		Karnataka	23
NW77	Pazhyar River		Tamil Nadu	20
NW78	Penganga Wardha River System		Maharashtra & Telangana	265
NW79	Pennar River		Andhra Pradesh	29
NW80	Ponniyar River		Tamil Nadu	125
NW81	Punpun River		Bihar	35
NW82	Puthimari River		Assam	72
NW83	Rajpuri Creek		Maharashtra	31
NW84	Ravi River		HP & J&K	42
NW85	Revadanda Creek Kundalika River System		Maharashtra	31
NW86	Rupnarayan River		West Bengal	72
NW87	Sabarmati River		Gujarat	212
NW88	Sal River		Goa	14
NW89	Savitri River (Bankot Creek)		Maharashtra	46
NW90	Sharavati River		Karnataka	29
NW91	Shastri River Jaigad Creek		Maharashtra	52
NW92	Silabati River		West Bengal	26
NW93	Simsang River		Meghalaya	62
NW94	Sone River		Bihar	160
NW95	Subansiri River		Assam	111
NW96	Subarnrekha River		Jharkhand, West Bengal & Odisha	314
NW97	Sunderbans Waterways		West Bengal	654
NW98	Sutlej River		Punjab & HP	377
NW99	Tamaraparani River		Tamil Nadu	64
NW100	Tapi River		Maharashtra & Gujarat	436
NW101	Tizu and Zungki Rivers		Nagaland	42
NW102	Tlwang (Dhaleswari River)		Mizoram	86
NW103	Tons River		UP	73
NW104	Tungabhadra River		Telangana, Karnataka & AP	230
NW105	Udayavara River		Karnataka	16
NW106	Umngot (Dwaki) River		Meghalaya	20
NW107	Vaigai River		Tamil Nadu	45
NW108	Varuna River		UP	53
NW109	Wainganga Pranahita River System		Maharashtra & Telangana	164
NW110	Yamuna River		Haryana, UP & Delhi	1089
NW111	Zuari River		Goa	50