NATIONAL WATERWAY-4 ON GODAVARI RIVER
By PIB Delhi
The Government has declared 111 Waterways as National Waterways (NWs) as per National Waterways Act, 2016. Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, conducts Techno-economic feasibility and Detailed Project report (DPR) of feasible NWs based on proposal from state concerned and takes appropriate action for development of these NWs for cargo/passenger movement as per DPR. Currently, 32 NWs are operational for Cargo/Passenger movement. The details of operational NWs are given at Annexure-I.
Annexure -I
| Operational National Waterways as on 30.11.2025 | ||
| Sl.No. | NW No. | Limits of NW |
| 1 | NW-1 | Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System (Haldia-Allahabad) |
| 2 | NW-2 | Brahmaputra River (Dhubri-Sadiya) |
| 3 | NW-3 | West Coast Canal |
| 4 | NW-4 | Krishna Godavari River Systems |
| 5 | NW-5 | East Coast Canal and Matai River/Brahmani-Kharsua-Dhamra Rivers/Mahanadi Delta Rivers |
| 6 | NW-8 | Alappuzha-Changanassery Canal |
| 7 | NW-9 | Alappuzha-Kottayam-Athirampuzha Canal |
| 8 | NW-14 | Baitarni River |
| 9 | NW-16 | Barak River |
| 10 | NW-23 | Budha Balanga |
| 11 | NW-31 | Dhansiri/Chathe |
| 12 | NW-44 | Ichamati River |
| 13 | NW-48 | Jawai-Luni-Rann Of Kutch River |
| 14 | NW-53 | (Kalyan-Thane-Mumbai Waterway, Vasai Creek And Ulhas River) |
| 15 | NW-64 | Mahanadi River |
| 16 | NW-86 | Rupnarayan River |
| 17 | NW-94 | Sone River |
| 18 | NW-97 | Sunderbans Waterway |
| 19 | NW-10 | Amba River |
| 20 | NW-83 | Rajpuri Creek |
| 21 | NW-85 | Revadanda Creek-Kundalika River System |
| 22 | NW-91 | Shastri River – Jaigad Creek System |
| 23 | NW-68 | Mandovi River |
| 24 | NW-111 | Zuari River |
| 25 | NW-73 | Narmada River |
| 26 | NW-100 | Tapi River |
| 27 | NW-27 | Cumberjua River |
| 28 | NW-47 | Jalangi River |
| 29 | NW-87 | Sabarmati River |
| 30 | NW-57 | Kopili River |
| 31 | NW-110 | Yamuna River |
| 32 | NW-40 | Ghaghra River |
This information was given by the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal Ji, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
