National Waterway-2 | 04 Nov 2019

• The first-ever container cargo movement on Brahmaputra (National Waterway -2) will sail via National Waterway-1 (River Ganga), Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route and National Waterway-2 (River Brahmaputra).

National Waterway-2

• The Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of the Brahmaputra river (891 Km) declared as National Waterway-2 in 1988 is located in the state of Assam.
• As per the National Waterways Act, 2016, 111 waterways have been declared as NWs.
  
  • National Waterway-1 (Prayagraj-Haldia) with length 1620 km is the longest National waterway in India.

Source:PIB