Question

10 sentences on water transport for grade 2

Answer 1

1.Water transport is one of the oldest means of transport in India.

2.Prior to the advent of rail and road transports, goods and people were moved from one place to another through water transport.

3. Since there is almost very small cost involved in the construc­tion and maintenance of waterways this transport system is always cheaper.

4.Their development is faster and maintenance cost much lower.

5.Waterways are of two types:

(a) Inland waterways, and

(b) Sea ways or ocean ways also called shipping.

6.Inland waterways refer to using inland water bodies like rivers, canals, backwaters, creeks, etc for transporting goods and people from one place to another.

7.India has a long historical tradition of using such waterways. Ganga, Brahmaputra, Indus, Yamuna, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Narmada and Tapi etc. were the main arteries of the country’s transport system giving birth to a number of inland river ports and jetties.

8. The decline of river transport began with the construction of the railways during the middle of the 19th century.

9.Later on the development of roads adversely affected the pros­pects of such transport. The diversion of river water irrigation canals made many of these rivers unsuit­able for navigation,. So much so that today its share is only one per cent in the country’s transport system.

10.India is a land of many long and perennial rivers. But water transport is not very popular in the country.

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