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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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on
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 constructing new railway lines for interconnecting cities through means of fast trains.
However
, 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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be spent
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 on public
transportation
 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
 among people.
To begin
 with, there are various means of public
transportation
 like
buses
,
taxi
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taxis
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,
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and autorickshaw
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autorickshaw
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autorickshaws
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. All these means of
transportation
 are mainly used by economically weaker
section
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sections
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.
This
transportation
are
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budget friendly
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 to them. The infrastructure of
buses
 running
from
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for
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past
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the past
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 many years has degraded a lot. Money should
be spend
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be spent
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 on providing
public
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the public
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 with modernized sitting arrangements in
buses
 along with
air condition
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air-condition
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 facilities.
Consequently
,
government
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the government
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 should
also
 increase the number of
buses
 connecting various places
of
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in
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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
.
However
, with
this
advantage
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their
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apply
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comes a drawback that they are costlier than public transport and
hence
 not affordable
by
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 economically backward classes.
On the other
hand
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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
the
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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
 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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