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government should spend money on railways rather than roads. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

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Safe, fast transportation, improved means of communication are two key elements for the steady progress of any country. Every government intends to spend money safe, fast, cheap and environment friendly ways of commuting for
it's
of a thing, of it; possessive form of "it"
its
 citizen to commute around.Whenever, the question arises about whether a government should invest more
on
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in
 the
railway
 or the roads, people seem to have divided opinion, while
i
refers to the speaker or writer
I
 personally agree with the idea of the
goverments
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government's
 focusing more on
railway system
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the railway system
.
To begin
 with, rail journey offers safe commuting for both its citizen and the traders.
This
 means that, traffic accidents and highway casualties in many countries are far higher than
railway
 casualties,
thus
 spending more on a safe and reliable mea of transportation is a more prudent idea.
Also
,
rail
the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
real
 cause less environmental damage than its counterpart roads, which are the main sources of air and noise pollution. To add in, rails can carry hundreds of people and hundreds of tons of goods while road vehicle can carry only a few. Some
suttle
travel back and forth between two points
shuttle
subtle
 trains are much faster than personal cars or public busses,
this
 can save valuable time of commuters on
daily basis
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a daily basis
. Undeniably, worlds population is increasing on fast pace and to control traffic congestion and resultant pollution in mega cities, we need to spend on railways which are more reliable, convenient and environment friendly,
also
railway
 stations are usually built away from the main cities which offer more space urban
dewellers
a person who inhabits a particular place
dwellers
dweller
. To conclude, I believe the governments in the developed or developing countries should improve the
raliway
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railway
 infrastructure, which is the need of the time.
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