In this present-day world of technological advancement and globalization, travelling long distances away from home for work or for studies have become a norm, which results in an extensive use of either roads or railways. Therfore, the government has to spend money on developing as well as sustaining these means of commute, but the question remains, whether the government should direct more money towards railways or roads. In my honest opinion, both railways and roads have their own pros and cons and I believe that the government should invariably spend equal proportions of money for both.
On one hand, we have railways that is undoubtedly a cheap and ecofriendly means of communication that makes sure the passengers reach their destination without fail throughhout the year in any weather condition. However, trains are not usually safe if one is not very vigiliant of his surrounding as picpocketing in a crowded train is not unheard of. Also, not all trains run on schedule and on that context, some trains are usually late which can cause severe incoviniences for students and workers who are supposed to reach their workplace on time. For instance, the central railways carry thousands of people everyday back and forth from CST to Karjat since early in the morninvg till late at night, but only a few of these trains are on time and some of these trains are often more than twenty minutes late. Thus, it makes sense for govenment to direct a decent amout of money towards railways to increase the frequency of trains and build more tracks, which can result in a profficient crowd control and time management, making travelling more convinient as well as safe for the passengers.
On the other hand, private vehicles and cabs have an upper hand when it comes to convinience and comfort of travelling. Nevertheless, over-crowding of vehicles on roads can lead to increased release of fumes and gasses that result in pollution and global-warming, which in unision with broken roads, provides a bumpy ride to the traveller. For example, the roads in Bombay are not only heavily cowded and the traffic jam may end up requiring upto half an hour to clear up, but also have serious pothole issues which can damage the vehicle and result in a rough ride. Therfore, it makes sense for government to spend a similiar amout of money in repairing and maintaining roads as well as to construct more roadways and bridges with a broad corridor to efficiently manage the traffic and consequently, pollution.
Taken together, I would like to conclude by saying that the government should carefully think and plan out a developement and sustainable upgrade for both railways and roads to avoid the overwhelming consequences of untreated and unmanaged conditions, while savouring the fruits of either means of communication
In this present-day world of technological advancement and globalization, travelling long distances away from home for work or for studies have become a norm, which
results
in an extensive
use
of either
roads
or
railways
.
Therfore
, the
government
has to
spend
money
on developing
as well
as sustaining these means of commute,
but
the question remains, whether the
government
should direct more
money
towards
railways
or
roads
. In my honest opinion, both
railways
and
roads
have their
own
pros and cons and I believe that the
government
should
invariably
spend equal proportions of
money
for both.
On one hand, we have
railways
that is
undoubtedly
a
cheap
and
ecofriendly
means of communication that
makes
sure the passengers reach their destination without fail
throughhout
the year in any weather condition.
However
,
trains
are not
usually
safe if one is not
very
vigiliant
of his surrounding as
picpocketing
in a crowded
train
is not unheard of.
Also
, not all
trains
run on schedule and on that context,
some
trains
are
usually
late which can cause severe
incoviniences
for students and workers who
are supposed
to reach their workplace on time.
For instance
, the central
railways
carry thousands of
people
everyday back and forth from CST to
Karjat
since early in the
morninvg
till late at night,
but
only
a few of these
trains
are on time and
some
of these
trains
are
often
more than twenty minutes late.
Thus
, it
makes
sense for
govenment
to direct a decent
amout
of
money
towards
railways
to increase the frequency of
trains
and build more
tracks
, which can
result
in a
profficient
crowd control and time management, making travelling more
convinient
as well
as safe for the passengers.
On the other hand
, private vehicles and cabs have an upper hand when it
comes
to
convinience
and comfort of travelling.
Nevertheless
, over-crowding of vehicles on
roads
can lead to increased release of fumes and gasses that
result
in pollution and global-warming, which in
unision
with broken
roads
, provides a bumpy ride to the
traveller
.
For example
, the
roads
in Bombay are not
only
heavily
cowded
and the traffic jam may
end
up requiring
upto
half an hour to
clear
up,
but
also
have serious pothole issues which can damage the vehicle and
result
in a rough ride.
Therfore
, it
makes
sense for
government
to spend a
similiar
amout
of
money
in repairing and maintaining
roads
as well
as to construct more roadways and bridges with a broad corridor to
efficiently
manage the traffic and
consequently
, pollution.
Taken together, I would like
to conclude
by saying that the
government
should
carefully
think
and plan out a
developement
and sustainable upgrade for both
railways
and
roads
to avoid the overwhelming consequences of untreated and unmanaged conditions, while
savouring
the fruits of either means of communication