Transport is the backbone of a country's economy because of the following reasons:
- Transportation helps in the better utilisation of the resources of the backward areas by linking them with the more advanced areas.
- It aids in the process of industrialisation and urbanisation.
- It removes scarcity of goods during any crisis.
- It helps in minimising the effects of natural disasters.
- It brings in homogeneity and National integration in thought and culture through easy movement of people and bringing them in contact with each other.