NATIONAL WATERWAY (NW)-40

About:

• The waterway from Manjhighat at Ganga-Gaghra river confluence to Faizabad/Ayodhya along Gaghra River for a length of 354 km was declared as NW-40 during the year 2016, as part of Government’s renewed push to develop inland waterways sector in the country.
  
  
• The Detailed Project Report on the development of NW-40 envisages terminal at five locations – Ayodhya, Mahirpur (Tanda/Kalwari), Dohrighat, Tortipar and Manjhighat.
  
  
• Significance:
  • Together with NW-1 (on river Ganga), NW-40 will be a major transport modal choice for cargo and passenger movement.
    
    
  • The DPR on NW-40 projects movement of various categories of cargo, namely, agricultural products, industrials products, coal (for Tanda power plant), coarse sand and other general goods etc. through inland vessel capacity up to 1000 tonne.
    
    
  • Besides cargo and passenger movement, NW-40 will provide a connectivity to tourist and pilgrimage places along river Gaghra and Ganga.