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BANKING TRADE AND COMMERCE
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TRADE ROUTES
Yeotmal district does not enjoy all the benefits of good railway communications. It is served by a metre gauge railway route from Yeotmal to Murtazapur on the Bombay-Nagpur-Howrah line. Being a metre gauge line it is not very convenient for through goods traffic over long distance.
Yeotmal town is, however, advantageously situated as regards road transport facilities. It is connected by good roads to almost all the important markets in Vidarbha region. The principal
arteries of trade which, besides touching the district headquarters, serve the needs of commercial traffic in the district are:
(i) Nagpur-Yeotmal road, (ii) Yeotmal-Amravati road, (iii) Yeotmal-Dhamangaon road, (iv) Yeotmal-Karanja-Akola road, (v) Yeotmal-Nanded road, and (vi) Yeotmal-Aurangabad road. The Nagpur-Yeotmal and the Yeotmal-Dhamangaon roads facilitate substantial traffic to Wardha and Dhamangaon railway stations, respectively. The former road is the principal route of trade to Nagpur and
centers in Eastern India. The trade ties with Akola and Amravati are facilitated by the good road communications to these two important towns.
The Nagpur-Hyderabad national highway which traverses through the Kelapur tahsil serves the transit trade from that region to Nagpur on the one hand and Hyderabad on the other. With the construction of a bridge on the Penganga river, through traffic to Marathwada region has immensely benefited. This bridge serves direct traffic to Nanded, Parbhani and Aurangabad districts in Marathwada.
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