Question

How where forests cleared to expand the railway networks in india is early nineteenth century

Answer 1

*The spread of the railways from the 1850s created a new demand for timber.

*Railway was needed for the spread of trade in India.

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

*As the railway tracks spread, a large number of trees were felled.

*The government gave contracts to individuals to supply timber.

*These contractors began cutting trees indiscriminately.