4.Chapter 11.S.St.Let Us Travel

Chapter 11

Let Us Travel Sonali works in Gurgaon.  She is getting married in Meerut.  Hor sister Noha and her husband are coming from Dubai by an aeroplano.  Her uncle's family is coming from Ahmedabad by train.  Her grandparents are coming from Delhi by car.  Her friends have hired a taxi to take them from Delhi to Meerut to attend the wedding.  Her relatives, who live closeby, would be coming by auto - rickshaw, cycle rickshaw, bus, scooter, motorcycle, car or taxi.  People use different means of transport for travelling.  The selection depends upon the time and the money they want to spend on travel.  If we want to reach a far off place very quickly, air travel will be the choice but train travel gives a better chance to view the scenery, as the train passes through different places.  Moreover, railways are ideal for transporting heavy goods and are economical.  Road transport, like cycle, rickshaw, car, bus, etc.  , is the best choice for travelling over short distances.  It provides door - to - door service. 

If you stand on the main road in a small town in the morning, you would see hundreds of workers / labourers riding on bicycles to go to their work places.  A similar scene can be seen in the evening when they are coming back from their work.  Some means of transport used in rural areas differ from those used in urban areas.  Let us know more about it.  Workers using bicycles Rural Transportation Farming is the main occupation in most rural areas.  Vegetables and fruits are perishable items (things that rot quickly).  They are transported on daily basis to nearby cities and towns in bullock carts, tractor - trolleys or trucks.  InEOUL Do You Know?  Like, after the harvesting of If you see a large number of bullock carts, wheat and rice, trucks laden with laden with sugarcanes, lined along a road, gunny bags, make their way on the you will know that there is a rural roads to  the nearby towns or sugar mill around!  cities.  The goods carried by different means of transport give us a clear indication about the crops grown in that area.  Indienst The bullock carts, tractor - trolleys or trucks loaded with agricultural goods go from villages to cities.  When they go back to the villages from cities, they are laden with gas cylinders, light machinery, textiles, scooter, etc.  All of them are made in factories in towns and cities.  Do you know?  Means of transport form and bridge between rural and urban areas.  Tractor - trolley carrying goods 89

In coastal areas, the fishermen use boats to transport fish and other sea food items, sometimes, steamers and ferries equipped with cold storage are used to transport fish.  Like, on the hilly areas, mules are used for transporting goods along with pithus (coolies).  Boat carrying goods Do You Know?  A coastal area is the place where the land meets the sea.  Bullock cart VOTO Animals in Transport Animals play an important role in rural transportation.  A bullock cart or a horse cart can go up to the farm.  This helps the farmer to load the vegetables, fruits easily for quick transportation.  Bullock has been a farmer's friend since olden times.  The farmer has used it to pull water from the well, plough the fields and transport the goods to the market.  Most farmers take good care of their animals.  The Farm the camel carts are a common sight on the roads of Bikaner and other places of Rajasthan.  A cart is loaded with sacks of red chillies or other items.  The camel is beautifully decked up with tassels and bells.  The owner addresses the camel as his 'son' and pats him affectionately.  Camel cart its Do You Know?  All animals must be treated with kindness whether old Cows, stray dogs, camels or elephants.  90

Urban transportation The means of transport in urban areas are different from that in rural areas.  Huge trucks and trailers transport a variety of heavy machines from the seaports and factories to different parts of our country.  A trailer carrying the latest cars to a town / city developing the progress of car manufacturing industries and prosperity of the people who have created a large demand for cars.  Trailer carrying cars The modern means of transport have made it easy for goods to be transported from one area to another.  Earlier, the cities faced acute shortage of milk in the summers.  But now, the situation has changed because special trucks collect milk even from remote rural areas and transport it to cities in all seasons.  Ships are used for transporting very heavy items, like oil drilling equipments, machiney for printing, textile and other manufacturing industries, from one country to another.  Transportation by ships is cheaper than other modes of transport.  A cargo ship The various means of transport used in rural and urban India have Do You Know?  many advantages.  But their usage Pipeline transportation has increased the traffic on roads at a become popular in very fast rate.  The traffic jams, delay in transporting oil and gas.  So delivery of goods, accidents and far it was only used for water.  pollution are the negative effects of the expanding role of means of transport in modern times.  In order to improve the present situation, efforts are being made to improve the quality of roads, build flyovers, bridges and city bypasses to remove unnecessary delays.  Vehicles are using CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) and better quality of petrol and diesel to reduce vehicular pollution.  91

Traffic jam in a metro Hebbal flyover.  Bengaluru Do You Know?  The following table tells you about the different means of transportation that are used at different stages of marketing.  Agencies Farmers Stage of Marketing 1. From the farm to the village market 2. From village market to whole - sale market and miller traders / millers Means of Transport by head load, animal back, bullock cart or tractor trolleys by trucks and railways D By  trucks, railways, mini trucks, tractor trolleys by head loads, animal back, bullock / hand cart, rickshaw, car, bus, etc.  3. From miller and whole - sale markets to retailer millers / retailers 4. From retailer to consumer consumers 92