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Waterways details of Ferry service in NER:
|
Name of Ferry Service
|
Distance Covered
|
|
Dhubri - Phoolbari
|
17
|
|
Dhubri - Chunari
|
65
|
|
Goalpara - Ramapara
|
16
|
|
Bagbore - Guwahati - Sialmari
|
211
|
|
Sialmari - Vijoynagarh - Guwahati
|
96
|
|
Bohori - Guwahati
|
82
|
|
Guwahati - North Guwahati
|
4
|
|
Guwahati - Rajaduar
|
4
|
|
Guwahati - Karua
|
10
|
|
Kachari - Umananda
|
4
|
|
Guwahati - Kanchanmari
|
80
|
|
Nemati - Kamalabari
|
12
|
|
Bogibill - Kerangabil
|
30
|
|
Dibrugarh - Kacheri - Oriumghat
|
100
|
|
Sadia - Saikhowa
|
12
|
Source: Background paper No. 7, Inland Water Authority of India, March 2006
Waterways: Nevigable length of Main Rivers in NER:
|
State
|
Rivers
|
2000-01
|
|
Total length of the river in the state
|
|
Assam
|
Brahmaputra
|
724
|
|
Buridhing
|
161
|
|
Disang
|
129
|
|
Gangadhar
|
113
|
|
Subansiri
|
143
|
|
Kapili
|
103
|
|
Kolodeye
|
112
|
|
Kolong
|
121
|
|
Katakhal
|
161
|
|
Panchas
|
105
|
|
Others
|
1967
|
|
Total
|
3839
|
Waterways: Major Identified Cargo Routes for NW-2:
|
Identified Route
|
Nature of Cargo
|
|
Kolkata-Pandu
|
Coal, bitumen, iron and steel
|
|
Pandu-Kolkata
|
Gypsum, tea, coal
|
|
Jogighopa-Kolkata
|
Coal (Meghalaya )
|
|
Tezpur-Kolkata
|
Tea
|
|
Dibrugarh-Kolkata
|
Tea
|
|
Silghat-Budge Budge
|
POL
|
|
Namrup
|
Urea
|
|
Bongaigaon Refinery
|
RP Coke
|
Source: Background paper No-7, The Inland Water Authority of India, March 2006
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