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National Waterway 6

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National Waterway 6
Details
LocationIndia
Length121 km (75 mi)
Ownerinland athourity of india
OperatorCentral Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC)

The total navigable length is 14,500km,out of which about5,200km of the river and 4000km of canals can be used by mechanised crafts. National Waterways 6 is a waterway between Lakhipur and Bhanga of the Barak River.[1] There are 111officially notified inland national waterways (NWs) in India. This was announced in the Budget 2013–14. The Inland Waterways Authority of India will execute the project in two phases. The first will be completed by 2016-17 and the second by 2018–19, integrating the waterways in the northeast and helping cargo transport through Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh.

NW 6

References

  1. ^ "National Waterways 06 | Inland Waterways Authority of India, Government of India". iwai.npglobal.in. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

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