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Jal Marg Vikas Project
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- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for implementation of the Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) for capacity augmentation of navigation on National Waterway-1 (NW-1).
- The project is implemented with the technical assistance and investment support of the World Bank.
States/districts covered
- States: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal
National Waterway 1
- The National Waterway 1 (NW-1) or Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system runs from Haldia (Sagar) to Allahabad across the Ganges, Bhagirathi and Hooghly river systems. It is 1,620 km long, making it the longest waterway in India.
- One of the major problems for a commercially viable and safe navigation on NW-1 is low depth upstream of Farakka due to low discharges from tributaries and difficult hydro morphological characteristics of river Ganga.
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