[Choose any one city/state/country and elaborate on the problems/solutions] Significance of Transport network/ Lifeline of the Economy.
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Transport in India consists of transport by land, water and air. Public transport is the primary mode of road transport for most of the Indian citizens, and India's public transport systems are among the most heavily used in the world.
India's road network is the second-largest and one of the busiest in the world,[1] transporting 8.225 billion passengers and over 980 million tonnes of freight annually, as of 2015.[2] India's rail network is the fourth largest and second busiest in the world, transporting 8.107 billion passengers and over 1.108 billion tonnes of freight annually, as of 2017.[3] Aviation in India, broadly divided into military and civil aviation, is the fastest-growing aviation market in the world (IATA data) and Bangalore with 65% national share is the largest aviation manufacturing hub of India.[4] India's waterways network in the form of rivers, canals, backwaters and creeks, is the ninth largest waterway network in the world. Freight transport by waterways is highly under-utilised in India with the total cargo moved (in tonne kilometres) by inland waterways being 0.1 percent of the total inland traffic in India.[5] Roads in India are maintained by (NHAI)-National Highway Authority Of India.
In total, about 21 percent of households have two wheelers whereas 4.7 percent of households in India have cars/vans as per the 2011 Census.[6][7] The automobile industry in India is currently rapidly growing with an annual production of over 4.6 million vehicles,[8] with an annual growth rate of 10.5%[6] and vehicle volume is expected to rise greatly in the future.[9]
The number of deaths caused by traffic is among the highest in the world and increasing.[10][11] The demand for transport infrastructure and services has been rising by around 10% a year[1] with the current infrastructure being unable to meet these growing demands. According to Goldman Sachs, India will need to spend US$1.7 trillion on infrastructure projects over the next decade to increase economic growth.