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importance of waterways.

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The following are advantages of water transport:

Larger Capacity: It can carry much larger quantities of heavy and bulky goods such as coal, and, timber etc. 

Flexible Service: It provides much more flexible service than railways and can be adjusted to individual requirements.  

Safety: The risks of accidents and breakdowns, in this form of transport, are minimum as compared to any other form of transport.  

Flexible Service: It provides much more flexible service than railways and can be adjusted to individual requirements.  

Low Cost: Rivers are a natural highway which does not require any cost of construction and maintenance. Even the cost of construction and maintenance of canals is much less or they are used, not only for transport purposes but also for irrigation, etc. 

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Transport by inland waterways may be by navigable rivers or those made navigable by canalization (dredging and bank protection) or on artificial waterways called canals. Many inland waterways are multipurpose, providing drainage, irrigation, water supply, and generation of hydroelectric power as well as navigation.

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