Question

how did the spread of Railways contribute to cutting of trees ?

Answer 1

spread of railways needs a large area to lay down railway tracks which in turn will connect places for people to convineintly travel...For this big forests are cut down Leading to large cutting down of trees...So railways are also called iron monsters.

Answer 2

(1) The spread of railways from 1850's created new demand for timber.

(2) Railway was needed for the spread of trade in India.

(3) To run locomotives, wood was needed as fuel and to lay railway lines sleepers were required to hold the tracks together.

(4) as the railway tracks spread , a large number of trees were felled.

(5) The government gave contracts to individuals to supply timber.

(6) These contractors began cutting trees indiscriminately.