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title: "NW-4: the Krishna-Godavari + Kakinada/Eluru/Commamur/Buckingham canals waterway · SSL"
description: "National Waterway 4 on the Krishna-Godavari + Kakinada/Eluru/Commamur/Buckingham canals: 2,890 km from Kakinada to Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana…"
url: https://safeandsecure.in/waterways/nw-4/
canonical: https://safeandsecure.in/waterways/nw-4/
updated: 2026-11-11
lang: en-IN
publisher: Safe & Secure Logistics Private Limited
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NW-4 · Andhra Pradesh · Telangana · Tamil Nadu · Puducherry · Karnataka · Chhattisgarh · Maharashtra

# Krishna-Godavari + Kakinada/Eluru/Commamur/Buckingham canals

Kakinada to Puducherry: 2,890 km of navigable water.

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

- 2,890 km length IWAI
- 7 states
- n/a terminals listed IWAI

Down the river

## Along the water

Kakinada Vijayawada

Vijayawada Puducherry

Our road network here

## SSL deliveries into NW-4’s states

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

1. Andhra Pradesh 2,711 consignments
2. Telangana 539 consignments
3. Tamil Nadu 6,554 consignments
4. Puducherry 3 consignments
5. Karnataka 2,788 consignments
6. Chhattisgarh 1,023 consignments
7. Maharashtra 5,830 consignments

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

## Frequently asked questions

**Where does NW-4 run?**

National Waterway 4 follows the Krishna-Godavari + Kakinada/Eluru/Commamur/Buckingham canals, from Kakinada to Puducherry, 2,890 km through Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra (IWAI). Declared at 1,078 km in 2008 and extended by the National Waterways Act, 2016 (Krishna to Galagali, Godavari to Nashik) to 2,890 km (IWAI).

**Which terminals are on NW-4?**

IWAI’s page for this waterway does not list cargo terminals; ask our desk for the current landing points.

**Can SSL move my cargo on NW-4?**

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 19,448 consignments into the states it crosses.

Other waterways: [NW-1](https://safeandsecure.in/waterways/nw-1/) · [NW-2](https://safeandsecure.in/waterways/nw-2/) · [NW-3](https://safeandsecure.in/waterways/nw-3/) · [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-waterways4)
- Safe & Secure Logistics booking register (volumes only) · FY2025-26 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026)

Cargo along the Krishna?

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

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