Gift Of Technology:TRANSPORTATION

Movement of goods or people from one place to another is known as transportation.Transport is performed by modes such as air,rail,road,water ,pipeline and space.Transportation is key factor for growth and globalization.

Humans first mean of transportation was walking or swimming.Similarly,domestication of animals also contributed in development of transport.Invention such as wheel and sledge further helped to improve animal transportation.With the passage of time various road transportation like car,buses were developed.Similarly,invention of aeroplanes by Wright Brother contributed lot in the development of transportation.Likewise,ships were made to transport people through water based on Archimedes principle.Until the industrial Revolution,transportation remained costly and undeveloped.But the industrial revolution in 19th century brought lots of change in development of transportation.

Transportation is the fundamental basis for the development of country.It is key for specialization-allowing consumption and production of products to occur at different location.Transportation helps to strengthen the economy of country.Trade can be promoted if there is well equipped facilities of transport in a country.Economic development is directly proportional to progress of transportation.The country with full access of transportation is fully developed.So,for the development of any country ,it must be well facilitated with transportation.
Despite of its advantages,one major drawback of transportation is pollution created by it on environment.It consumes energy mainly petroleum and released carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.This has very harmful affect and cause many problems.Climatic change is one of the cause of transportation problem.Similarly,bronchitis and lung cancer is caused from smoke released from the vehicles.

Today,transportation has become part of our life.Life can not be imagined without it.Life would be very difficult and uneasy.So,transportation can be considered as boon to mankind given by great Scientists upon which the countries development depends.Life is just impossible if transportation is to be removed from part of our life.Human beings have become so used to these things that if its is excluded from day to day life then it is just like their leg been cut off.Transportation is considered to be boon for a country.The country's progress can rely on the development of transportation.Hence,the country with more number of transportation i.e well facilated with transportation is always developed.The best example can be taken of European countries and also Asian countries like China,Japan.