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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

For Which River the Foundation stone for national waterway laid recently?

A	River Ganga
B	River Yamuna
C	River Narmada
D	River Krishna

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -1.NATIONAL WATERWAY (NW-1) The Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system between Haldia (Sagar) and Allahabad (1620 km) was declared as National Waterway-1 (NW-1) in 1986.

Detailed explanation-2: -In India, the inland waterways are provided by rivers such as Ganga, Brahmaputra, Godavari, Krishna, Brahmani, Barak, and canals like the East-West canal, West-coast canal, Buckingham canal, Damodar Valley Corporation canal, and the Sundarban areas.

Detailed explanation-3: -The river Brahmaputra having a length of 891 Km between Bangladesh Border and Sadiya was declared as National Waterway no. 2 (NW-2) on 1st September, 1988.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kakinada-Puducherry canal stretch (767km) along with Godavari River stretch (171km) between (Bhadrachalam and Rajhamundry) and Krishna River stretch(157km) between (Wazirabad and Vijaywada) is termed as NW-4.

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