Question

India is having the inland navigation waterways of the ___________ km length.
A. 14,500
B. 64,700
C. 94,500
D. 1,14,900

Answer 1

Hint: The most navigable rivers in India having the waterways are Ganges – Bhagirathi - Hooghly rivers. These comprise the inland waterways.

Complete answer: India is the country which has an extensive network of inland waterways. These are in the form of rivers, canals, backwaters and the creeks.
The total navigable length is 14,500 km, and out of which about 5,200 km of river and 4,000 km of the canal are being used by mechanized crafts.
About 44 million tonnes of the cargo are being moved annually through all these waterways. These are using mechanized vessels and country boats.
Inland waterways consist of the Ganges-Bhagirathi-Hooghly rivers. Also, the other rivers are the Brahmaputra, the Barak river, the rivers in Goa, the backwaters in Kerala, inland waters in Mumbai. Also, it includes the deltaic regions of the Godavari-Krishna rivers.

Additional Information:
Inland waters are the permanent water bodies inland from the coastal zone and areas. These are the properties and mainly used by the permanent, seasonal, or intermittent occurrence of flooded conditions. Inland waters include the rivers, lakes, floodplains, reservoirs, wetlands, and inland saline systems. According to the National Waterways Act, 2016, 111 waterways have been declared as the National Waterways. These are including the five existing NWs.

Thus, The correct option is A.

Note: The National Waterway 1, also popular as the NW-1 or Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system is situated in India. It runs from the Haldia (Sagar) to Prayagraj across the Ganges, Bhagirathi and Hooghly river systems. It is of the length 1,620 km and it is making the longest waterway in India.