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Write the merits and demerits of roadways for class 7th social science NCERT

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Answered by 000khushi
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Road transport is more useful than railways on account of its following merits :

(a) Construction and maintainence cost of roads is much lower than that of railways.

(b) Roads can traverse comparatively more dissected and undulating topography. They can negotiate higher gradients of slopes and can traverse mountainous regions such as the Himalayas. They can reach remote villages and hilly regions where railway tracks cannot be constructed.

(c) Roads provided door to door service, thus the cost of loading and unloading is much lower.

Disadvantages include: Cost - road transportis much more expensive than rail. Reliability - Hazards such as road accidents, traffic jams, vehicle break downs do not affect rail on the same scale as road transport
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