The road statistics gives the idea of the stage of road development of a country.The road statistics may be presented on the basis of area of the country or the population.The road network of this country had to be considerably increased during the development plans.The poor road development in India in he past may due to the following reasons:
* There was no planned development of roads in India up to initiation of Nagpur Road Plan in the Tear 1943.Only during five year plans since 1951, he development works were speeded up.
* the investment even today on the road development programme is much lower than the revenue from the road transport.
Poor Economic conditions of the vast majority of the population in villages prohibit the owing of private vehicles and discourage the use of transport.
There has been a noteworthy progress in road development in India during the post-Independent period,especially since the start of first five year plan in the year 1951.The total road length by the year 1951 was only 3,97,600 km, whereas the road length achieved by 1981 was 15,02,700 km. The density of roads in km per 100 sq.km area of the country by the year 1951 was about 12 which increased to 21 by the year 1961,34 by 1972 and 46 by 1981. The Road density values of some of he developed and developing countries by the year 1981 are given in table 1.1 for comparsion.
Table 1.1 Road Density Values In Different Countries by the year 1981
* There was no planned development of roads in India up to initiation of Nagpur Road Plan in the Tear 1943.Only during five year plans since 1951, he development works were speeded up.
* the investment even today on the road development programme is much lower than the revenue from the road transport.
Poor Economic conditions of the vast majority of the population in villages prohibit the owing of private vehicles and discourage the use of transport.
There has been a noteworthy progress in road development in India during the post-Independent period,especially since the start of first five year plan in the year 1951.The total road length by the year 1951 was only 3,97,600 km, whereas the road length achieved by 1981 was 15,02,700 km. The density of roads in km per 100 sq.km area of the country by the year 1951 was about 12 which increased to 21 by the year 1961,34 by 1972 and 46 by 1981. The Road density values of some of he developed and developing countries by the year 1981 are given in table 1.1 for comparsion.
Table 1.1 Road Density Values In Different Countries by the year 1981
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