As we know that there are many hills and mountains in most parts of our country,Railway service is limited in our country.Despite of that a small part in the Terai has been facialiated with the railway transport.The only railway that is operative in Nepal is Janakpur-Jaynagar Railway which connects Bijalpura with Jaynagar in India and covers a distance of 53 kilometres.But the railway service in Nepal is not very good.The engines and the carriages are very old, and during the rainy season,the service is disrupted.There was another railway running from Amlekhgunj to Raxaul in India but it has been discontinued now.We mustextend railways at least across the Terai region for the national development.
Ropeways are very useful in Nepal as there are many mountains.Mt.Everest ,the tallest mountain is also situated in Nepal which has made Nepal renowned throught the world.Many tourists come here to visit these natural beauties that are present here.There are two ropeways currently operative in our country. Cable Car service operates from Kurintar in Chitwan District to the famous Manakamana temple in Gorakha district.Its length is 3.1 km. Another ropeway which runs from Hetauda to Kathmandu is 42 km. long but it is not running regularly due to the lack of proper maintainance.
As we know that Nepal is the second largest country in water resources,about 70% of the land is covered with water,in spite of these vast water resources in Nepal,we have no reliable water transport.Since our rivers mostly flow down steep slopes so these rivers are not suitable for utilising as the means of transport.As Nepal is a land-locked country,we donot have access to seas or oceans.So good water transport is lacking in Nepal.However, rafting is very popular in the Trishuli and the Kaligandaki rivers.Boating services are available in some famous lakes like Phewa, Rupa, Begnas etc.Steamers are sailing on the reservoir of Kaligandaki A Hydropower of Syangja. We need to widely utilize this potential of water transport which leads to the rapid development of the country.
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