Means of transportation and communication play an inportant role in the establishment of industries. Transportation is the basic need of all industries. Industries need fast, efficient and cheap transportation facilities for their proper development. Transportation facilities are essential for them to bring raw materials to factories and in sending their product(s) to the market.
Every industry looks for a good market to sell its finished goods. Cost of transportation affects the cost of finished commodity. Cheap transportation automatically reduces the cost price of the product(s) and it is easy to sell it with a handsome profit. Therefore, every industry looks for cheap and good transportation for its establishment.