NCERT Book Class 12 Geography (India People And Economy) Chapter 7 Transport and Communication

We use many items in our daily life. From
Unit IV toothpaste to our bed tea, milk, clothes, soaps,
Chapter 7 food items, etc., are required every day. All these
can be purchased from the market. Have you
ever thought as to how these items are brought
from the site of production? All the production
is meant for consumption. From the fields and
factory, the produce is brought to the place from
where consumers purchase it. It is the
transportation of these items from the site of
their production to the market which make
them available to the consumer.
We not only use material things, like fruits,
vegetables, books, clothes, etc., but also use
TRANSPORT AND ideas, views and messages in our daily life. Do
you know we exchange our views, ideas and
COMMUNICATION messages from one place to another or one
individual to another while communicating with
the help of various means?
The use of transport and communication
depends upon our need to move things from
place of their availability to the place of their
use. Human beings use various methods to
move goods, commodities, ideas from one place
to another.
The following diagram shows the major
means of transportation.

Trr anspor
Land T ansportt
The pathways and unmetalled roads have been
used for transportation in India since ancient
times. With the economic and technological
development, metalled roads and railways were
developed to move large volume of goods and