Modal shares in India, at present, are skewed. More than 85% of passenger traffic and 60% of the freight traffic is carried by road and rail-based transport systems. Compared to that water transport has negligible share and the air transport carries some load over long distances. India has ninth-largest waterway network in the world, and still it has 2% share in freight transportation. India has extensive coastline (7500 km plus) and inland waterway network of 14,500 km (including rivers and canals). At present the water transport potential has been tapped to some extent at Assam, Goa, Kerala, and West Bengal. Inland Waterways Authority of India is constructing terminals at five locations along the river Ganga. In civil aviation sector, India is ranked third globally. This became possible due to schemes like Udan, Low Cost Seats, etc. The future potential in maritime sector is huge, especially in container ports, given that container traffic is projected to reach 40 million TEU by 2025. Indian aviation sector is also expected to boom with projected passenger travel by air reaching 500 million trips by 2037. The projected scenarios provide ample opportunities to the researchers to contribute to their overall development.
Air and Water-Based Transportation in India—Identifying the Research Potential
Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering
2022-03-24
19 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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