Development and government

Development
and
Government

Sub topic: Railways

Development
and
Government

Sub topic: Railways

Learning

Objectives

Analyse the developments in
Indian railways as constituted
by the government.

Suggest ways to develop
railways in India to be at par with developed countries in the world.

Did you know!!

Rail transport has been around since ancient Greek times, in the 6th Century BC.

• The Diolkos was a paved trackway

near Corinth in Ancient
Greece which enabled boats to be
moved overland across the Isthmus
of Corinth. The shortcut
allowed ancient vessels to avoid
the long and dangerous
circumnavigation of
the Peloponnese peninsula.

• https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/top

ic/earliest-evidence-of-a-railway-
in-6th-century-bc

Create this graphic organizer in your notebook

Let’s begin….with Railways in
UAE

Compare Indian
railways to the
railway system in
UAE.

Research: The National
Urban Transport Policy
5 mins

• What is it?
• What are its benefits?
• Are there any cons?

Research: The National
Urban Transport Policy

• What is it?
• What are its benefits?
• Are there any cons?

Concept video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqy962qrZrM

Compare Indian railways to the
railway system in UAE.

Justify that Indian railways has
developed drastically.

Tourism is a source of revenue for
railways. Prove. (Read TB, pg no.
248)

What would take Indian railways to
become as advanced as Tokyo
Railways? Suggest ways.

Multiple Choice

•Which of the below is NOT a feature of the National Urban Transport Policy, 2006?

• Coordinated planning for urban transport

• Integrated land use for metro rails

• Transport planning to mobilize movement of people easily

• Develop tourism in city

Multiple Choice

A: The government has adopted the Public Private Partnership in railways.

R: This enables government to improve the UNESCO world sites.

• Both A and R are True and R is the correct explanation of A.

• Both A and R are True but R is not the correct explanation of A.

• A is true and R is false

• A is false but R is true

Multiple Choice

The railway budget of 2016 proposed to build dedicated freight corridors to separate passenger and goods traffic

• True

• False

Open Ended

•According to you, which is the best initiatives of the government to develop Indian railways?