Arrange the following national waterways in descending order considering their length.
A. National Waterway 2
B. National Waterway 4
C. National Waterway 3
D. National Waterway 5
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → B, A, D, C
B. National Waterway 4 — stretches of the Godavari and Krishna with the Kakinada-Puducherry canals, 1,078 km.
A. National Waterway 2 — the Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of the Brahmaputra, 891 km.
D. National Waterway 5 — stretches of the Brahmani and the Mahanadi delta channels with the East Coast canals, 588 km.
C. National Waterway 3 — the Kottapuram-Kollam stretch in Kerala, 205 km.
NCERT (2025-26): “Inland Waterways … For the development, maintenance and regulation of national waterways in the country, the Inland Waterways Authority was set up in 1986. In order to create wide waterways network and to promote inland water transport in the country as an economical, environment friendly supplementary mode of transport to rail and road, 111 inland waterways (including 5 national waterways declared earlier, Table 7.3) were declared as National Waterways (NWs) by the National Waterways Act, 2016.…”
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