W-NOV National Waterways

National Waterways 6 is a proposed waterway between Lakhipur and Bhanga of the Barak River.

• Length = 121 km

India has an extensive network of inland waterways in the form of rivers, canals, backwaters and creeks.

• The total navigable length is 14,500 km,
• out of which about 5200 km of river and
• 4000 km of canals can be used by mechanised crafts.
• Freight transportation by waterways is highly underutilised in India compared to other large countries and geographic areas like the United States, China and the European Union.
•  Cargo transportation in an organised manner is confined to a few waterways in Goa, West Bengal, Assam and Kerala.
• Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is the statutory authority in charge of the waterways in India.
•  Its headquarters is located in NOIDA (UP). It does the function of building the necessary infrastructure in these waterways, surveying the economic feasibility of new projects and also administration and regulation

National water  hgihway as per distance in desending order\\

NW-1 >NW4>NW2 > NW5>NW3>NW6

National Waterway 1  

• Allahabad–Haldia stretch of the Ganges–Bhagirathi–Hooghly river system.
• Estd = October 1986.
• Length = 1620 km
• Fixed terminals = Haldia, BISN (Kolkata), Pakur, Farrakka and Patna.
• Floating terminals = Haldia, Kolkata, Diamond Harbour, Katwa, Tribeni, Baharampur, Jangipur, Bhagalpur, Semaria, Doriganj, Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi, Chunar and Allahabad.

 National Waterway 2

Main article: National Waterway 2 (India)

• Sadiya — Dhubri stretch of Brahmaputra river.
• Estd = September 1982.
• Length = 891 km
• Fixed terminals = Pandu.
• Floating terminals = Dhubri, Jogighopa, Tezpur, Silghat, Dibrugarh, Jamgurhi, Bogibil, Saikhowa and Sadiya

 National Waterway 3

Main article: National Waterway 3 (India)

• Kottapuram-Kollam stretch of the West Coast Canal, Champakara Canal and Udyogmandal Canal.
• Estd = February 1993
• Length = 205 km
• Fixed terminals = Aluva, Vaikom, Kayamkulam, Kottappuram^{[disambiguation needed ]}, Maradu, Cherthala, Thrikkunnapuzha, Kollam and Alappuzha.
• Floating terminals =

National Waterway 4

Main article: National Waterway 4 (India)

• Kakinada–Pondicherry stretch of Canals and the Kaluvelly Tank, Bhadrachalam – Rajahmundry stretch of River Godavari and Wazirabad – Vijayawada stretch of River Krishna.
• Estd = November 2008
• Length = 1095 km

 National Waterway 5

Main article: National Waterway 5 (India)

• 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.
• Established = November 2008
• Length = 623 km

 National Waterway 6- recent

Main article: National Waterway 6 (India)

• Lakhipur to Bhanga of river Barak.
• Proposed
• Length = 121 km