With regard to water transportation in India, which of the following s

With regard to water transportation in India, which of the following statements are correct?

  • 1. Headquarters of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation is located at Delhi.
  • 2. Headquarters of Inland Waterways Authority of India is located at Noida.
  • 3. National Inland Navigation Institute is located at Kolkata.
  • 4. First National Inland Waterway was between Haldia and Allahabad.
1 and 2 only
2 and 3
2 and 4 only
1, 2 and 4
This question was previously asked in
UPSC CDS-2 – 2016
Statements 2 and 4 are correct regarding water transportation in India.
Statement 1 is incorrect: The headquarters of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC) is located at Kolkata. Statement 2 is correct: The headquarters of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is located at Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Statement 3 is incorrect: The National Inland Navigation Institute (NINI) is located at Patna, Bihar. Statement 4 is correct: The first National Inland Waterway (NW-1) was declared on the Ganga river system between Haldia (West Bengal) and Allahabad (Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh).
IWAI, established in 1986, is the nodal agency for developing and regulating inland waterways. NW-1 is the longest operational waterway in India and is crucial for transport in the Gangetic basin.
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