The National Waterways Act, 2016.

Section 1. National Waterway 111

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

111. National Waterway 111 Zuari River : Sanvordem bridge Lat 15[o] 16‟15"N, Lon 74[o] 07‟11"E to Marmugao Port Lat 15[o] 25‟55"N, Lon 73[o] 48‟13"E. 1. 12th April, 2016, vide notification No. S.O. 1384 (E), dated 11th April, 2016, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(ii). (c) the National Waterway (Kollam-Kottapuram Stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals) Act, 1992 (25 of 1992); (d) the National Waterway (Talcher-Dhamra Stretch of Rivers, Geonkhali-Charbatia Stretch of East Coast Canal, Charbatia-Dhamra Stretch of Matai River and Mahanadi Delta Rivers) Act, 2008 (23 of 2008); and (e) the National Waterway (Kakinada-Puducherry Stretch of Canals and the Kaluvelly Tank, Bhadrachalam-Rajahmundry Stretch of River Godavari and Wazirabad-Vijayawada Stretch of River Krishna) Act, 2008 (24 of 2008), are hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Acts referred to in sub-section (1), in so far as they are in conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed to have been done or omitted to be done or taken or not taken under the provisions of this Act. THE SCHEDULE |||THE SCHEDULE| |---|---|---| |||(_See_section 2)| |Sl. No.|National Waterways|Limits of the National Waterways| |(1)|(2)|(3)| |1.|National Waterway 1|Allahabad-Haldia Stretch of the Ganga—Bhagirathi-Hooghly| |||Rivers with the following limits, namely:—| From road bridge at Allahabad across the river Ganga, about - 2 kilometres upstream of the confluence of the rivers Ganga and Yamuna at Triveni to the inland waterway limit on the tidal waters of the river Hooghly from a line drawn between No. 1 Refuge house at the entrance to Baratola river commonly called channel creek, to a position 2.5 kilometres due south of Saugor lighthouse, and then connected to the right or south bank at the entrance to the Hijili or Russulpore river, through river Ganga, lock canal and feeder canal at Farakka, river Bhagirathi and river Hooghly. - 2. National Waterway 2 Sadiya-Dhubri Stretch of Brahmaputra River with the following limits, namely:— From a line drawn across the Brahmaputra river from the point on the north bank of the Kundil river at its confluence with the Brahmaputra river near Sadiya to the beginning of the river island Majuli and therefrom through all the channels of the Brahmaputra river on either side of the river island Majuli up to the end of the river island Majuli and then up to the international border down stream of Dhubri. - 3. National Waterway 3 Kollam-Kozhikode Stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals with the following limits, namely:— The northern limit of the West Coast Canal shall be Kozhikode at Lat 11°13‟39"N, Lon 75°46‟44"E and the southern limit shall be a line drawn across the Ashtamudi KayaI at a distance of 100 metres south of Kollam jetty. The Champakara Canal starting from the confluence with the West Coast Canal and ending at the railway bridge (railway siding for Cochin Oil Refinery) near Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited, boat basin. The Udyogmandal Canal starting from the confluence with West Coast Canal and ending at the Padalarn road bridge (Eloor-Edayar). (1) (2) (3) 4. National Waterway 4 Kakinada-Puducherry Stretch of Canals and the Kaluvelly Tank, Nashik-Bhadrachalam-Rajahmundry Stretch of River Godavari and Bridge near village Galagali-Wazirabad-Vijayawada Stretch of River Krishna with the following limits, namely:— Kakinada-Puducherry canal (Canal system consisting of Kakinada canal, Eluru canal, Commamur canal and North Buckingham canal, portion of the Coovum river linking North and South Buckingham canals, South Buckingham canal and Kaluvelly tank) Northern limit: A line drawn across the Kakinada canal parallel to the Jagannadhapuram road bridge, Kakinada at a distance of 500 metres down stream at Lat 16° 56‟ 24" N, Lon 82° 14‟20"E; Southern limit: Junction of East Coast Highway and Chinnakalawari-Kanakachettikulam road at Kanakachettikulam which is the end point of the artificial canal link to Kaluvelly tank at Lat 20° 0‟ 07" N, Lon 79° 52‟ 12" E. River Godavari Western limit: Road bridge on Mumbai-Agra Highway at Nashik across river Godavari at Lat 20° 0‟ 07" N, Lon 73° 48‟ 12" E; Eastern limit: Sir Arthur Cotton barrage across river Godavari at Dowlaiswaram, Rajahmundry at Lat 16° 56‟ 05" N, Lon 81° 45‟ 32" E. River Krishna Western limit: Bridge near village Galagali Lat 16°25‟ 28" N, Lon 75°26‟19" E. Eastern limit: Prakasam barrage across river Krishna at Vijayawada at Lat 16° 30‟ 18" N, Lon 80° 36‟ 23" E.

Source: India Code