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National Waterway 16

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Location
  
India

North end
  
Lakhipur

Length
  
121 km (75 mi)

South end
  
Bhanga

Owner
  
Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)

Operator
  
Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC)

National Waterways 6 is a waterway between Lakhipur and Bhanga of the Barak River.

This was announced in the Budget 2013-14. The Inland Waterways Authority of India will execute the project in two phases. The first will be completed by 2016-17 and the second by 2018-19, integrating the waterways in the northeast and helping cargo transport through Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh.

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National Waterway 16 Wikipedia