Question

about indian water transport system .

Answer 1

Water transport is the most easy and cheap mode of transport. Unlike rail and road transport we do not have to construct water ways because river and seas are given by nature.

Water transport plays important role in case of international trade.

During natural calamities like heavy rain and flood, when rail and road transport are not workable, rescue operations are undertaken by water transport.Before independence, there were many private shipping companies. But after independence. Eastern shipping corporation was established in 1950, in 1956 Western shipping corporation was set up. In 1961 Indian Shipping Corporation was set up merging the two corporations.



Answer 2

India has about 14,500km of navigable waterbase which comprise of rivers etc. about 55 million tones of cargo is being moved manually