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

In recent years, the population is increasing

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infrastructure boom is essential. Some argue that investing in rail lines would be beneficial while others claim that improvements to highways would be ideal. I completely agree

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may encourage people to use the public transport system and

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are more efficient than other modes of public transportation.

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, rehabilitation or construction of tracks would motivate private vehicle users to use

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. The majority of workers, for ,example, travel from Jaffna to Kilinochchi daily by their personal vehicles. If there are frequent and better train services available, they will switch to private to public transport, resulting in decrease CO2 emission to the atmosphere.

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, the more the government invest in railways, the less air and noise pollution to the environment.

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,

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could accommodate many people at the same time compared to buses.

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, a survey conducted by the Metro Transport Agency summarized that the travellers prefer

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whereas no traffic congestion occurs which lead to reducing the travel time.

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the metro has the capacity to accommodate 20 times more people than buses.

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, it makes clear that putting money on the railway would definitely advantage to the government as well as citizens. In conclusion, investing more in railway rather than road will bring many benefits

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, it might lead to accidents due to frequent running of

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. In order to strike a balance between highways and railways, relevant authorities should thoroughly analyse the feasibility of each and every possible way.