Waterway |
River |
Stretch |
NW-1 |
Ganges river |
Allahabad to Haldia stretch (1,620 km) |
NW-2 |
Brahmaputra river |
Sadiya to Dhubri stretch (891 km) |
NW-3 |
Kerala backwaters |
Kottapuram to Kollam (205 km) |
NW-4 |
Godavari & Krishna river canal |
The Kakinada -Puducherry stretch of canals and the kaluvelly tank, Bhadrachalam -Rajahmundry stretch of river Godavari & Wazirabad- Vijayawada stretch of Krishna river(1095 km) |
NW-5 |
Brahmani river & Mahanadi delta system, along with east coast |
Talchar-dhamra stretch of river Brahmani, geonkhali-charbatia stretch of east coast canal, Charbatia-dharma stretch of matai river and mangalgadi-paradip stretch of Mahanadi delta river(623km) |
NW-6 |
River Barak |
Lakhipur - Bhanga (121 km) |