Explain four advantages of road transport in India.
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- The construction cost of roads is much cheaper than the construction of railway lines.
- Roads can traverse comparatively more dissected and undulating topography .
- Roads can negotiate higher grades of slopes and can traverse mountains such as the Himalayas,
- Road transport is affordable in the transportation of few passengers and a relatively smaller amount of products over short distances .
- Provides door-to-door services.
- Road transport is also used as a feeder to other modes of transport such as they provide a link between railway stations, air, and sea ports.
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