1.2 Benefits of roads

  

The benefits of roads are explained below

a) Wide geographical (भौगौलिक) coverage: Road transportation system covers the large area. Road can enter to the each and every villages, town, cities, hilly and mountainous of country.

b) Large influential (प्रभावसाली) area: Road transport supports for the promotion, development and growing of newly commercial, business areas. The development of road reflects the life of the people, economy of people, business promotion, educational activities and other development activities.

c) Door to door service: Road transport can provide door to door service. Development of road facility is the first stage of development of railways, waterways and airways.

d) Flexibility: It made all the travels flexible and free from fixed schedule. We can move according to our suitability from one point to another point.

e) Quick and assured deliveries: Road transport helps for the quick delivery of materials from one to another point. Railways, airways and waterways require too many handling loadings unloading, storing and transporting of goods and materials.

f) Highest employment potential:  Road employment has high employment potential (रोजगारीको सम्भावना) during and after construction.

g) Personalized travel: Road transport is the only a mode of transport which can serve individuals as per their requirements.

h) Economy (अर्थतन्त्र): Road transport is the only economical means of travel for short distance.

i) Safety: Road accidents have less disastrous (विनासकारी) effect than that of railway or airway.