Question

What is the route of the National Waterway5?

• A. Talcher- Dhamra stretch of river Brahmani
• B. Kolkata-Haldia stretch of river Hooghly
• C. Kochi-Kollam stretch of river Periyar
• D. Farakka-Patna stretch of river Ganga

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Talcher- Dhamra stretch of river Brahmani

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