Which of the following modes of transport would you find in higher areas of mountainous regions like the Himalayas?
Trails
and footpaths long were the only means of communication in the Himalayas.
Although those continue to be important, especially in the more remote
locations, road transport now has made the Himalayas accessible from both north
and south. In Nepal an east-west highway stretches through the Tarai lowlands,
connecting roads that penetrate into many of the country’s mountain valleys.