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title: "NW-1: the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly waterway · SSL"
description: "National Waterway 1 on the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly: 1,620 km from Haldia (Sagar) to Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal."
url: https://safeandsecure.in/waterways/nw-1/
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updated: 2026-11-11
lang: en-IN
publisher: Safe & Secure Logistics Private Limited
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NW-1 · Uttar Pradesh · Bihar · Jharkhand · West Bengal

# Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly

Haldia (Sagar) to Prayagraj: 1,620 km of navigable water.

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Haldia (Sagar) → Prayagraj. India boundary per Survey of India (state layer: DataMeet, CC BY 4.0). Moving marks are illustrative.

- 1,620 km length IWAI
- 4 states
- 4 terminals listed IWAI

Down the river

## Along the water

Varanasi Kalughat

Kalughat Sahibganj

Sahibganj Haldia

Declared a National Waterway in 1986. The Jal Marg Vikas Project covers the 1,390 km Haldia-Varanasi stretch (IWAI).

Our road network here

## SSL deliveries into NW-1’s states

Consignments delivered, FY2025-26 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026)

1. Uttar Pradesh 1,09,483 consignments
2. Bihar 63,517 consignments
3. Jharkhand 2,12,010 consignments
4. West Bengal 10,671 consignments

SSL booking register, volumes only. Road deliveries, not waterway cargo.

## Frequently asked questions

**Where does NW-1 run?**

National Waterway 1 follows the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly, from Haldia (Sagar) to Prayagraj, 1,620 km through Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal (IWAI).

**Which terminals are on NW-1?**

Varanasi (multimodal, 1.26 MTPA); Kalughat (intermodal container, 77,000 TEU/yr); Sahibganj (multimodal, 3.03 MTPA); Haldia (multimodal, 3.08 MTPA).

**Can SSL move my cargo on NW-1?**

Our desk arranges the waterway leg; our trucks carry cargo to and from the river. In FY2025-26 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026) our road network delivered 3,95,681 consignments into the states it crosses.

Other waterways: [NW-2](https://safeandsecure.in/waterways/nw-2/) · [NW-3](https://safeandsecure.in/waterways/nw-3/) · [NW-4](https://safeandsecure.in/waterways/nw-4/) · [NW-5](https://safeandsecure.in/waterways/nw-5/) · [NW-16](https://safeandsecure.in/waterways/nw-16/)

Sources

- [Inland Waterways Authority of India](https://iwai.gov.in/offerings/national-waterway/national-waterways1)
- Safe & Secure Logistics booking register (volumes only) · FY2025-26 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026)

Cargo along the Ganga?

Our desk checks the river; our trucks do both ends.

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