How road transport and rail transport …

Roads play a very important role in the movement of goods and passengers in India. The reasons are many. It is comparatively easy and cheap to construct roads. The investment is much less on roads. Negotiable goods can be brought to outdoor steps which is not possible with the railways. The roads act as feeders of railways. They link up the cultivator's holdings with the local markets and the nearest railway stations. Without good roads, railway can;t collect sufficient produce to make their operation possible. Perishable goods like vegetables and fruits are transported more easily and quickly than the railways. Road transport is more flexible. Trucks and buses can be used at any time and at any place unlike in the railways. This is the reason why road transport in India is considered more useful than rail transport.

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