Describe any four advantages of roadways in India?
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The advantages of roadways in India are as follows:
1. Less capital quality: Road transport required much less capital investment as compared to other modes of transport such as railways and air transport.
2. Suitable for short distance: Delays in transit of gods on account of intermediate loading and handling are avoided. Goods can be loaded direct into a road vehicle and transported straight to their place of destination.
3. Lesser risk of damage in transmit: Road transport is most suited for transporting delicate goods like chinaware and glassware, which are likely to be damaged in the process of loading and unloading.
4. Services in rural areas:- Road transport is most suited for carrying goods and people to and from rural areas which are not served by rail, water or air transport.
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Merits of road Transport are:
(i) Roads need less capital than the railways.
(ii) Road transport provides door-to-door service.
(iii) The road transport provides flexible service to men and materials.
(iv) Road transport is useful in small distances.
(v) Road transport is helpful in production of perishable goods as it facilitates the distribution of perishable goods from point of production to point of consumption.
(vi) Roads can negotiable higher gradients of slopes and as such can traverse mountains such as the Himalayas.