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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the project on the river Ganga that is being developed between Allahabad and Haldia to cover a distance of 1620 kilometers
A
Ganga Vikas
B
Jal Marg Vikas
C
Mahila bal Vikas
D
Bal Vikas
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The project envisages the development of waterway between Allahabad and Haldia on Ganga River that will cover a distance of 1620 km. The project covers Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Detailed explanation-2: -Introduction. Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system from Allahabad to Haldia was declared as National Waterway No. 1 vide National Waterway (Allahabad-Haldia stretch of the Ganga Bhagirathi-Hooghly river) Act 1982 (49 of 1982).

Detailed explanation-3: -A. N.W. NO. 1 :The NW-1 stretch from Allahabad to Haldia is known as the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system (1620km). This waterway was declared in 1986 as a National Waterway.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Ganga river holds a great potential for inland navigation as it is perennial and traverses some of the most densely populated parts of India. The Ganga-Bhagirathi Hooghly river system from Haldia to Allahabad (1, 620 km) has been declared as National Waterway No.

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