ROAD TRANSPORT AND ITS IMPACT ON ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT

Today’s world is affected by the man-made developmental projects. Transportation is one such a project that aims to accelerate the development of a society, but ends up also being one of the major factors of environmental pollution. The chief among them is Land/Road Transport. There are environmental Problems that arise due to transportation namely natural resource depletion, noise pollution, impact on bio-diversity, human health and safety, migration, and etc. This paper examines the effect of the road transportation in particular and its short term and long term impact on the general ecological environment. Solution to the problem arising are not highlighted, rather the impacts are examined and classified.