Question

which new demand were created in Indian forest to the spread of railway from 1850s? How were they met with? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

As the railways have to expanded, they needed sleepers to hold the tracks together. And the lines required large amounts of sleepers...

Timber was the best wood for this purpose so the British decided to use timber...

Thus timber trees began to fell down at a very fast rate and very few timber tress remained.. So, it increased the demand for the timber trees..

Also, the contractors who laid down the tracks fell down trees blindly.. Thus a large no. of trees were wasted

Answer 2

Answer:

• Railways were essential for the imperial troop movement and trade.

• to run these locomotive wood was needed

1. as fuel to run locomotive
2. also for the sleepers which were laid below the railway tracks which keep the tracks together

• as railways spread rapidly, the tree were cut down indiscriminately

• this let fast disappearing of forest near railways