Why did forest around railway tracks disappear after 1860 in India
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Colonialists need to transport goods from one place to another.So they introduced railways in britain during the 1840s and in India by 1860s.During 1860s in chennai more acres of forests were destructed due to the expansion of railway tracks.
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The expansion of railways become a chief reason for deforestation.
Explanation:
- To build, railroad tracks it is required to obtain woods from forests for the wooden rail ties (sleepers).
- The railway became the major reason for deforestation as a large number of trees cut down.
- The railway network grew rapidly from 1860.
- Trees chopped down as timbers needed for sleepers, fuel in locomotives, and to construct coaches.
- As a result, forests around the railway tracks began to disappear very fast.
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