Question

Match the following :

NW 1	Kakinada to Puducherry
NW 2	Kollam to Kottapuram
NW 3	Sadiaa to Dubri
NW 4	Allahabad to Haldia

• A. A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
• B. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
• C. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
• D. A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

Answer 1

Answer:

C. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

Water transport

• The water transport is the cheapest mode of transport.

• Water transport can be broadly divided into two groups: inland water transportation and shipping.

• Shipping, in turn, can again be divided into two categories: coastal shipping and overseas shipping.

• Inland water transport includes natural modes like navigable rivers and artificial modes like canals

National Waterways

• Allahabad Haldia stretch (1620 km) of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system (NW-1) in 1986.

• Sadiya- Dhubri stretch (891 km) of Brahmaputra river (NW-2) in 1988.

• Kottapuram- Kollam stretch of West Coast Canal along with Champakara Canal and Udyogmandal Canal (205 km) (NW-3) in 1993

• Kakinada- Puducherry stretch of canals and the Kaluvelly Tank, Bhadrachalam Rajahmundry stretch of River Godavari and Wazirabad - Vijayawada stretch of River Krishna (1028 km) in 2008.

• Talcher- Dhamra stretch of river Brahmani, Geonkhali Charbatia stretch of the East Coast Canal, Charbatia- Dhamra stretch of Matai river and the Mangalgadi - Paradip stretch of the Mahanadi River Delta (585 km) in 2008