Question

What are the main hindrances of Internal Navigational Transport? Write any two.

Answer 1

Hint: Internal transport is a method for the use of inland waterways by ships and boats (such as canals, rivers and lakes). These have inland ports, marinas, docks and docks. Internal transport is important for an industrial company's production flow to run smoothly.

Complete answer:
Inland water transport in India is confronted with various challenges such as
1. Geographical problems, as at Bhagirathi-Hooghly and the Buckingham Channel, reduced navigability because of silting. 1. The smooth waterways and cataracts, as in Narmada and Tapti, present problems in sailing.
2. Technical challenges: a large problem is the lack of insufficient waterway depth for trade freight transport. Water flow consistency is also gradually declining. Maintenance, repair and overhaul of inland water transport vessels were seriously deficient.
3. Political challenges: the interconnection of rivers is an important problem that needs to be addressed.
4. Challenges with finance: Capital spending. Under government investment. MRO involvement by the private sector is dysfunctional. Building lakes and dams to enhance shipping depth is facing economic feasibility challenges.

The key obstacles to internal transport are as follows:
1. The rivers are mostly seasonal in India. In the summers certain rivers are totally dry and very little water can be used to sailboats and steamers.
2. Navigation on vessels becomes difficult due to high water levels during the rainy season and flood conditions.
3. The levels of the river fall because of affluence, thus rivers not in use at present that were ideal for water transport.

Note: India has a large network of channel, canal, backwaters, and stream inland waterways. The overall length of the water is 14,500 km, from which mechanised craft can use about 5200 km of river and 4000 km of canals.