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- - - - As per the National Waterways Act, 2016, 111 waterways have been declared as NWs.
        
        • National Waterway 1:
        
        NW1 starts from Allahabad to Haldia with a distance of 1620 km. The NW1 run through the Ganges, Bhagirathi and Hooghly river system with having fixed terminals at Haldia, Farrakka and Patna and floating terminals at most of the riverside cities like Kolkata, Bhagalpur, Varanasi and Allahabad. It will be the longest National Waterway in India.
        
        • National Waterway 2:
        
        NW2 stretchs on Brahmaputra River from Sadiya to Dhubri in Assam state. The NW2 is one of the major freight transportation waterway of north east India and the third longest Waterway with a total length of 891 km.
        
        • National Waterway 3:
        
        NW3 or the West Coast Canal is located in Kerala state and run from Kollam to Kottapuram. The 205 km long West Coast Canal is India’s first waterway with all-time navigation facility. The NW3 is consist of West Coast Canal, Champakara Canal and Udyogmandal Canal and runs through Kottappuram, Cherthala, Thrikkunnapuzha, Kollam and Alappuzha.
        
        • National Waterway 4:
        
        NW4 connect Kakinada to Pondicherry through canals, tank and River Godavari along with Krishna River. The NW4 the second longest waterway of India with a total lenght of 1095 km in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
        
        • National Waterway 5:
        
        NW5 connects Orissa to West Bengal using the stretch on Brahmani River, East Coast Canal, Matai River and Mahanadi River The 623 km long canal system will handle the traffic of cargo such as coal, fertilizer, cement and iron.
        
        • National Waterway 6:
        
        NW6 is the proposed waterway in Assam state and will connect Lakhipur to Bhanga at River Barak. The 121 km long waterway will boost trade between Silchar (Assam) to Mizoram.