Multiple choice

The Buckingham Canal which has been declared a National Waterway of India recently is a Canal running from

  1. Punjab to Haryana

  2. Mumbai to Goa

  3. Vijayawada to Villupuram

  4. Cochin to Kozhikode

  5. Kanyakumari to Rameshwaram
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Explanation

The Buckingham Canal runs along the Coromandel Coast through Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, connecting Vijayawada to Villupuram and extending further south. This inland canal was declared a National Waterway to promote inland water transport and commerce along the eastern coast. The other options describe routes that either span states where the canal does not exist or represent coastal shipping routes rather than the canal's path.

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