Question

The National Waterways between Allahabad and Haldia is located on-
A) Brahmaputra river
B) Ganga river
C) Damodaran river
D) Komman river

Answer 1

Hint: The Basins of this River is very fertile and is very useful for the irrigation of the rice, oil seeds, lentils, and other vegetables. One of the most interesting facts about the river is that it supports various species of birds that are found in the country. Studies show that the river decomposes the organic wastes at a rate of 15 to 25 times, which is very fast when compared to the entire world.

Complete Answer:
Another flood in the formative intercessions in the streams in India is seen with the execution of National Inland Waterways Act, 2016. Under this Act, 138 stretches of the streams, estuaries, and so forth in 24 states and 2 association regions will be created as the 'public inland streams' for the transportation of immense load and traveler vessels. Building up these streams to permit enormous freight ships to ship payload requires production of diverts in these waterways with satisfactory profundity and width to permit these vessels to move.

- Public Waterway 2 is a fragment of the Brahmaputra River having a length of 891 km between the Bangladesh edge near Dhubri and Saadia in Assam. Option(A) is not the correct answer.
- The National Waterway 1 or NW-1 or Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly stream framework is situated in India and runs from Haldia to Pragya raj over the Ganges, Bhagirathi and Hooghly waterway frameworks. Option (B) is the correct answer.
- National Waterway 4 (NW-4) is a 1,095 km (680 mi) long stream in India. It interfaces with the Indian conditions of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and the association region of Puducherry. Option (C) is not the right answer.
- The national highway made on Komman river is also National Waterway-4. Thus, Option (D) is not the right answer.

Hence, we state that Option(B) ganga is the correct answer.

Note: 1) National Waterways Act came into effect in 2016. It proposed 106 additional National Waterways and merged 5 existing Acts which were declared the 5 National Waterways.
2) Out of the 111, National Waterways declared under the National Waterways Act, 2016, 13 are operational for shipping and navigation and cargo/passenger vessels are moving on them.