Lifelines of National Economy Test - 4

The movement of the goods and services from their supply locations to demand locations necessitates the need for transport. Some people are engaged in facilitating these movements.Efficient means of transport are prerequisites for fast development.

The pace of development of a country depends upon the production of goods and services as well as their movement over space. Therefore, efficient means of transport are pre-requisites for fast development.Today ,the world has been converted into a large village with the help of efficient and fast moving transport.

For a long time, trade and transport were restricted to a limited space. With the development in science and technology, the area of influence of trade and transport expanded far and wide.Today the world has been converted into a large village with the help of efficient and fast moving transport.

Today, the world has been converted into a large village with the help of efficient and fast moving transport. Transport has been able to achieve this with the help of equally developed communication system and infrastructure. It consists of a roadway, a terminal, and facilities for parking and maintenance. 

Transport has been able to achieve this with the help of equally developed communication system. Therefore, transport, communication and trade are complementary to each other.Transport is a key necessity for specialisation—allowing ,production and consumption of products to occur at different locations. Transport has throughout history been a spur to expansion; better transport allows more trade and a greater spread of people. 

Golden Quadrilateral is a network of highways connecting India’s four top metropolitan cities, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, thereby, forming a quadrilateral. The largest highway project in India, the Golden Quadrilateral project was launched in 2001 as part of National Highways Development Project (NHDP).

The major objective of these Super Highways is to reduce the time and distance between the mega cities of India. These highway projects are being implemented by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is the nodal agency responsible for building, upgrading and maintaining most of the national highways network.

Rural roads, which link rural areas and villages with towns, are classified under this category. These roads received special impetus under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana.

Border Roads Organization a Government of India undertaking constructs and maintains roads in the bordering areas of the country, which are known to be border roads. The BRO operates and maintains over 32,885 kilometres of roads and about 12,200 meters of permanent bridges in the country.

Road transport is economical in transportation of few persons and relatively smaller amount of goods over short distances, it also provides door-to-door service, thus the cost of loading and unloading is much lower.