A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Guwahati between Assam-based Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) for the transportation of petroleum and petrochemical products to Bangladesh and other Southeast Asian nations.
Importance of MoU
About Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
National Waterway (NW) |
Location |
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NW-1: Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System (Haldia - Allahabad) |
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal |
NW-2: Brahmaputra River (Dhubri - Sadiya) |
Assam |
NW-3: West Coast Canal (Kottapuram - Kollam), Champakara and Udyogamandal Canals |
Kerala |
NW-4: Muktiyala to Vijyawada of river Krishna |
Andhra Pradesh |
i) NW-10 (Amba River) ii) NW-83 (Rajpuri Creek) iii) NW-85 (Revadanda Creek - Kundalika River System) iv) NW-91 (Shastri river–Jaigad creek system) |
Maharashtra
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NW-68 – Mandovi – Usgaon Bridge to Arabian Sea (41 km) NW-111 – Zuari– Sanvordem Bridge to Marmugao Port (50 km) |
Goa |
NW-73- Narmada river-NW-100- Tapi river |
Gujarat & Maharastra |
Sunderbans Waterways (NW-97): Namkhana to AtharaBankiKhal in West Bengal |
West Bengal (through Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route) |
Refinery |
State |
Jamnagar |
Gujarat |
Vadinar |
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Gujarat |
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Kochi |
Kerala |
Mangalore |
Karnataka |
Paradip |
Odisha |
Panipat |
Haryana |
Mumbai |
Maharashtra |
Manali |
Tamil Nadu |
Nagapattinam |
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Guru Gobind Singh |
Punjab |
Visakhapatnam |
Andhra Pradesh |
Tatipaka |
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Haldia |
West Bengal |
Bina |
Madhya Pradesh |
Mathura |
Uttar Pradesh |
Numaligarh |
Assam |
Bongaigaon |
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Guwahati |
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Digboi |
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Barauni |
Bihar |
Pachpadra |
Rajasthan |