Question

5. Why is road transport more useful than rail transport in India? Give four res
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Answer 1

The growing importance of road transport via rail transport because of the following reasons -

1. Construction cost of roads is much lower than that of railway lines.

2. Road transport is economical in transportation of few persons and relatively smaller amount of goods over short distances.

3. It provides door to door service, thus the coast of loading and unloading is much lower.

4. Roads can traverse comparatively more dissected and undulating topography.