National Waterway-1 passes through which of the following states? 1. Uttar Pradesh 2. Jharkhand 3. West Bengal 4. Assam 5. Bihar Select the correct answer using the code given below:

The correct answer is option 1. Key Points National Waterways As per the National Waterways Act 2016 , 111 waterways have been declared National Waterways (NWs) . Out of the 111, National Waterways declared under the National Waterways Act, 2016, 13 are operational for shipping and navigation and cargo/passenger vessels are moving on them. National Waterways-1 ​ The Ganga - Bhagirathi - Hooghly river system between Haldia (Sagar) and Allahabad (1620 km) was declared National Waterway-1 (NW-1) in 1986. It runs in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. 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.