Explain the importance of railways as the principal mode of transportation for freight and passengers in India
Explain the importance of railways as the principal mode of transportation for freight and passengers in India.
Answer
The importance of railways as the principal mode of transportation for freight and passengers in India is:
- Railways make it possible to conduct multifarious activities like business, sight seeing, pilgrimage along with transportation of goods.
- It is suitable for long distance travel.
- Plays an important role in national integration.
- Railways bind the economic life of the country
- It accelerates the development of the industry and agriculture.
- Today the railways have become more important than all other means of transport put together.
- Exam Year: 2015
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