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Q78 (CAPF/2025) Geography › Maps & Locations › Indian transport networks Answer Verified

Consider the following pairs with reference to National Waterways (NW) in India and the associated rivers: NW No. : River 1. NW-1 : Ganga 2. NW-10 : Amba 3. NW-100 : Tapi Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

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National Waterway 1 (NW-1) is the longest designated inland waterway in India, spanning 1,620 km along the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system from Prayagraj to Haldia [3]. It was the first waterway to be declared a National Waterway in 1986 [1]. Following the National Waterways Act of 2016, the total number of National Waterways was expanded to 111 [2]. Under this Act, NW-10 is designated on the Amba River in Maharashtra, which is a critical tidal river for industrial transport [6]. Furthermore, NW-100 is designated on the Tapi (Tapti) River, which flows through Maharashtra and Gujarat. All three pairs correctly match the National Waterway number with its respective river system as per the official classification by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).

Sources

  1. [1] Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 15: Infrastructure > Recent Initiatives by Government in the Inland Water Transport Sector > p. 460
  2. [2] INDIA PEOPLE AND ECONOMY, TEXTBOOK IN GEOGRAPHY FOR CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 7: Transport and Communication > Inland Waterways > p. 81
  3. [3] Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 15: Infrastructure > Inland Water Transport > p. 459
  4. [6] https://indiawris.gov.in/wiki/doku.php?id=tapi
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