Compare and contrast the modes of rail and road transport in India.

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Road TransportRail Transport1. Roads are easy to construct and maintain. They also need less investment than railways.1....

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Road TransportRail Transport1. Roads are easy to construct and maintain. They also need less investment than railways.1....

Road Transport	Rail Transport
1. Roads are easy to construct and maintain. They also need less investment than railways.	1. Railways require huge capital to construct and maintain. They are also not easy to construct.
2. The roads can negotiate high gradients and can be constructed through desert and forest.	2. The railways cannot be laid in dense forest and hot desert.
3. It connects the farms and fields to the factories and provides door to door service.	3. Railways cannot provide door to door service. It can only connect cities and industrial regions.
4. Roadways are not suitable for heavy goods to be carried to long distances.	4. Railway transport is cheaper in comparison to road transport as regards heavy goods like coal, iron ore, heavy machine etc.
5. Road transport is costlier in comparison to railway when heavy and less costly goods are to be transported to long distances.	5. Railways are quite suitable for carrying heavy goods over long distances.