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Q30 (CDS-II/2016) Economy › Industry, Infrastructure & Investment › Transport infrastructure Answer Verified

With regard to water transportation in India, which of the following statements are correct? 1. Headquarters of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation is located at Delhi. 2. Headquarters of Inland Waterways Authority of India is located at Noida. 3. National Inland Navigation Institute is located at Kolkata. 4. First National Inland Waterway was between Haldia and Allahabad. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Statement 1 is incorrect as the Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC), established in 1967, is headquartered in Kolkata, not Delhi [3]. Statement 2 is correct; the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), established in 1986, has its head office in Noida, Uttar Pradesh [4]. Statement 3 is incorrect because the National Inland Navigation Institute (NINI) is located in Patna, Bihar, not Kolkata. Statement 4 is correct as National Waterway-1 (NW-1) was the first designated national waterway, covering the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system from Haldia to Allahabad (now Prayagraj) [3]. Consequently, only statements 2 and 4 are accurate regarding India's water transportation infrastructure. The IWAI remains the primary statutory body for the development and regulation of these national waterways [2].

Sources

  1. [1] Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 12: Transport, Communications and Trade > Inland Water Transport > p. 23
  2. [3] INDIA PEOPLE AND ECONOMY, TEXTBOOK IN GEOGRAPHY FOR CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 7: Transport and Communication > Inland Waterways > p. 81
  3. [4] http://iwai.gov.in/rivernavigationalchart/haldiasagar-island-allahabad-19
  4. [2] Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 15: Infrastructure > Inland Water Transport > p. 459
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