The Minister of State for Shipping Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan, while answering a question in Lok Sabha today informed that the West Coast Canal (WCC) between Kottapuram to Kollam along with Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals, declared earlier as National Waterway-3, has further been extended in the north up to Kozhikode vide National Waterways Act, 2016.  

The development of NW-3 is undertaken with the overall funds allocated to Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) under Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) and those raised by the IWAI in the form of Extra Budgetary Resources (EBRs) as bonds. 

 

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