Role of transportation in industries.

Answer: Transport is the lifeline of industries.

• Transport brings raw materials, fuel and machinery to factories.
• It carries finished goods from factories to markets within the country and to ports for export.
• It helps workers travel to industrial areas, so labour is easily available.
• Cheap and efficient transport reduces the cost of production and increases profit; bulky goods use railways and waterways, perishable or costly goods use roads and airways.
• Industries concentrate along transport routes and near ports, e.g. Mumbai, Kolkata, the Great Lakes region of USA. Thus good transport encourages industrial development.