Water Transport
India has an extensive network of inland waterways in the form of rivers, canals, backwaters and creeks. The waterways of the country have been divided into internal waterways and oceanic waterways.
The following waterways have been declared as National Waterways:
- NW1- Allahabad to Haldia – 1620 Km
- NW2- Sadia to Dhubri on Brahmaputra River- 891 Km
- NW3- Kollam to Kottapuram – 168 km
- NW4- Kakinada to Marakkannam along Goodavari and Krishna river – 1095 km
- NW5 – Mangalgarhi to Paradeep and Talcher to Dhamara along Mahanadi and Brahmini- 623 Km
12 -Major Ports in India
Western Coast
- Tidal Port –(Child of partition) – Gujarat
- Mumbai – (Busiest and biggest) - Maharashtra
- JL Nehru-(Fastest growing)- Maharashtra
- Marmugao – (Naval base also) – Goa
- Mangalore – (Exports Kudremukh iron – ore) – Karnataka
- Cochin – (Natural harbor) – Kerala
Eastern Coast
- Kandla Paradip - (exports raw iron to japan) - Odisha
- Vishakhapatnam – (deepest port) – Andhra Pradesh
- Chennai –( Most modern in private hands) – Tamil Nadu
- Ennore – (Most modern in Private hands) - Tamil Nadu
- Tuticorin- (Southernmost) – Tamil Nadu
- Port Blair – (Strategically important)- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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