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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Bangladesh
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Pakistan
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India
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Denmark
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Bangladesh. India and Bangladesh signed several agreements for enhancing inland and coastal waterways connectivity between the two countries for trade and cruise movements.
Detailed explanation-2: -An inland water transit and trade protocol exists between India and Bangladesh under which inland vessels of one country can transit through the specified routes of the other country.
Detailed explanation-3: -Inland waterways consist of the Ganges-Bhagirathi-Hooghly rivers, the Brahmaputra, the Barak river, the rivers in Goa, the backwaters in Kerala, inland waters in Mumbai and the deltaic regions of the Godavari-Krishna rivers.
Detailed explanation-4: -It aims to provide seamless connectivity between National Waterway-1 (NW-1) and NW-2 through the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) routes. The Eastern Waterways Grid will link the rivers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal.
Detailed explanation-5: -The important inland waterways of India are the Ganga, Brahmaputra, backwaters of Kerala, Godavari and Krishna rivers.