In a number of countries, some people think it is necessary to spend large sums of money constructing new railway lines for very fast trains between cities. Others believe the money should be spent on improving existing public transport. Discuss both these views and give your opinion.

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It is believed by many people in various countries that are huge
poportion
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proportion
portion
of money should
be spend
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for
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constructing new railway lines for interconnecting cities through means of fast trains.
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, in
other opinion
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another opinion
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same
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the same
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amount should
be spend
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on public
transportation
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for improvising it. I strongly opine that public
transports
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transport
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should be upgraded as it is the most common way of
transportation
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among people.
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with, there are various means of public
transportation
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like
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,
taxi
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,
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and autorickshaw
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autorickshaw
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. All these means of
transportation
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are mainly used by economically weaker
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.
This
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transportation
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are
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budget friendly
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to them. The infrastructure of
buses
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running
from
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past
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many years has degraded a lot. Money should
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on providing
public
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the public
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with modernized sitting arrangements in
buses
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along with
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facilities.
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,
government
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should
also
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increase the number of
buses
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connecting various places
of
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the city. Talking about the railway system which connects
intercites
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intercity
are one of the fast means of
transportation
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.
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, with
this
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advantage
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their
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comes a drawback that they are costlier than public transport and
hence
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not affordable
by
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economically backward classes.
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hand
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providing
public
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the public
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with more
number of
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apply
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trains despite
of
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lesser users should not be beneficial to spend money on. To sum up, keeping in
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mind the requirements and needs of the public emphasis should be done on
development
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the development
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of public
transportation
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rather than building new railway tracks for faster running trains.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • infrastructure
  • efficient
  • congestion
  • sustainable
  • environmentally friendly
  • connectivity
  • economic growth
  • public transportation
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