{{Short description|Indian waterway}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox waterway | name = National Waterways (NW-2) | image= | caption= | location= India | coordinates= | opened= 1 September, 1988 | length= 891 km | north_end=Sadiya | south_end= Bangladesh border | terminals= 11 | owner= Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) | operator= Central Inland Water Transport Corporation [http://ciwtcltd.com/index.htm (CIWTC)] }}
'''National Waterway 2''' (NW-2) is a section of the Brahmaputra River having a length of 891 km between the Bangladesh border near Dhubri and Sadiya in Assam.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2016/168716.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 December 2017 |archive-date=16 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516214245/http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2016/168716.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Press Information Bureau|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/mbErel.aspx?relid=147477|website=www.pib.nic.in|publisher=Government of India|accessdate=30 January 2017}}</ref>
==History== It was declared as National Waterway No. 2 on 1 September 1988.
==Development== ===Summary=== * '''Established''': September 1988. * '''Length''': 891 km * '''Fixed terminals''': Pandu Port. * '''Floating terminals''': Dhubri Port, Jogighopa, Tezpur, Silghat, Dibrugarh, Jamuguri, Bogibil, Saikhowa and Sadiya
===Navigational aid=== To provide the safe navigation for various vessels, day navigation marks with bamboos and navigational lights fixed on country boats/beacons have been provided between the Bangladesh Border and Dibrugarh.
===Enhancements=== In December 2017, the union minister Nitin Gadkari flagged off 2 barges of 200-tonne capacity each carrying a total of 400 tonnes of cement from the Pandu Port to Dhubri Port for a distance of 255 km, resulting in reduction of 300 km of road travel and logistics costs for this Sagarmala project to connect Northeast India and to enhance movement for the Indian Armed Forces by setting up roll on-roll off services, 4 Global Positioning System (DGPS) stations for safe navigation (Dhubri, Jogighopa, Biswanthghat and Dibrugarh) and 12 floating terminal facilities (Hatsingimari, Dhubri, Jogighopa, Pandu Port, Tezpur, Silghat, Biswanath Ghat, Neamati, Sengajan, Bogibil, Dibrugarh/Oakland and Uriumghat, which will be increased). There are 19 National Waterways for the Northeast connectivity.<ref name=iw1>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/62280025.cms Nitin Gadkari to flag off cargo shipment via NW 2 on Brahmaputra], Economic Times, 2 Dec 2017.</ref>
=== Economic impact === India and Bangladesh plan to use NW2 as part of the larger Eastern Waterways Grid for economic development purposes.
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===See also=== * Inland waterways of India * Inland Waterways Authority of India * Pandu Port
===External links=== * [http://iwai.nic.in/waterways/national-waterways/national-waterways-2?id=2524 NW II] on the website of the Inland Waterways Authority of India
===Citations=== {{reflist}} {{Indian Waterways Network}}
Category:Waterways in India Category:Transport in Assam Category:Transport in Dibrugarh Category:1988 establishments in Kerala