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प्रश्न
Short note:
Role of transportation in industries.
Role of transport in development of industries.
उत्तर
- Transportation helps collect raw ingredients and distribute completed goods.
- Industry location depends on low transportation costs. A nation's economic growth depends on its transport network.
- Transport system runs industry by sending raw materials, fuel, and machinery to different industries on time. Thus, transit is vital to industry growth.
- Sugarcane and other perishable, heavy, bulky, and weight-losing industries are in the raw material area.
- Waterways are cheaper for transporting lightweight, non-perishable commodities from far away.
- Efficient transportation lowers logistics and supply chain management costs, making products cheaper and more competitive.
- Well-developed transport networks attract enterprises to rural and isolated areas, creating jobs and encouraging regional development.
- Ports, airports, and cargo trains let industries export goods effectively, boosting foreign trade and economic growth.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Give geographical reasons:
Fruit-processing industries are found in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Konkan region.
Answer the following:
Explain the physical factors affecting location of industries.
The products obtained from the primary economic activities are used as raw material in ______ economic activities.
Assertion: The humid climate of Mumbai offered great scope for the development of cotton textile industries.
Reason: Industries require ample amount of water.
Assertion: In India, diversity is found in industrial production.
Reason: India is predominantly agrarian country.
Give geographical reason
What factors are responsible for non- development of industries in Central Australia?
State whether right or wrong:
Industries are less developed on the eastern coast of U.S.A.
Assertion: Humid climate in Mumbai is suitable for cotton textile industry.
Reason: Mumbai is situated near Arabian Sea.
Construction and mining industries require this type of labourers.
Give geographical reason.
Weight-losing industries located near raw material.
