Unit 2 Ch 7 : Lifelines of National Economy — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

Distribution of road is not uniform in the country. Density of all roads varies from only 10km in Jammu & Kashmir to 375km in Kerala with the national average of 75km (1996-97).

Road transportation in India faces a number of problems:

• Keeping in view the volume of traffic and passengers, the road network is inadequate.
• About half of the roads are unmettaled and this limits their usage during the rainy season. The National Highways are inadequate too.
• Moreover, the roadways are highly congested in cities and most of the bridges and culverts are old and narrow.