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goods and passenger traffic is on the water while in Korea and Japan,

43 and 44 percent of goods and passenger traffic respectively is on
water. In European countries, 40 percent of goods and passenger
traffic is on water. India accounts for just 3.5 percent of goods and
passenger traffic through inland waterways.

Source: Inland Waterway Authority of India

List of water Ways-

These waterways include Ganga -Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system (
Allahabad-Haldia- 1620 kilometers) as NW-1, River Brahmaputra
(Dhubri-Sadiya- 891 kilometers) as NW-2, West Coast Canal

(KottapuramKollam) along with Udyogmandal and Champakara
Canals- 250 kilometers as NW-3, Kakinada-Puducherry canals along
with Godavari and Krishna rivers (1078 kilometers) as NW-4. The
NW-5 consists of East Coast Canal integrated with the Brahmani
River and Mahanadi delta Rivers (588 km).

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