02-01-2018, 04:35 PM
Water Transport
*The cheapest way of transportation in India
Ans : Water Transportation
*Indian Waterway Authority of India controls the water transportation of remote areas in India.
*Total length of Inland Waterways in India 1687 km
* The waterways canal build in India during the British ruling period
Ans : Buckingham Canal (Tamil Nadu)
* First National Waterway in India
Ans : Allahabad - Haldiya (1620 km)
*First Sea plane service in Kerala was launched in the backwaters of
Ans : Ashtamudi river (2 June 2013)
*Kerala State Water Transport Corporation is at
Ans : Alappuzha
*Kuttanadu is the region which depends 90% of its transportation through water.
New Info
*National Waterways Act 2016 came into force from
Ans : 12th April 2016
*As per National Waterways Act the total number of designated national waterways in India
Ans : 111
Solar Boat
* First solar boat in India begin its service recently
Ans : Aditya
*First service root
Ans : Vaikom- Thavanakkadavu
National Waterways
*National waterway -1
Ans : Allahabad - Haldia (Length: 1620 km)
* National Waterway II
Ans : Sadiya - Dhubri (Length 891 km)
*National Waterway III
Ans : Kollam - Kozhikode (Length 365km)
*National Waterway IV
Ans : Kakinada - Puducherry (Length 2890 km) -
*National Waterway V
Ans : Talchar - Dhamra (Length 588 km)
No Confusion
* Waterway known as east-coast canal
Ans : National Waterway 5
* Waterway known as west -coast canal
Ans : National Waterway 3
