history of road development in india
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History of road development in India
Roads in ancient India.
Roads in Mughal period.
Roads in Nineteenth Century.
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Jayakar committee and recommendations
In 1927 a committee was appointed by Indian legislature forthe development of roads in India.
M.R. Jayakar was the chairman of that committee and the
committee submitted its report by the year 1928. The most important recommendations made were:
The road development in the country should beconsidered as a national interest.
An extra tax should be levied on petrol from road users todevelop a road development fund called central roadfund.
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A semi official technical body should be formed to act as aadvisory body on various aspects of roads.
A research organisation should be instituted to carry out
research and development work.
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Central road fund
It was formed on 1st March 1929.
20 % of the annual revenue is to be retained as a central
reserve, from which grants are to be given for meeting theexpenses of administration of road fund, road experimentsand research on roads and bridge projects.
Balance 80% should be allotted by central Government tovarious states based on actual petrol consumption orrevenue collected.
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Indian road Congress IRC)
It was formed in 1934.
IRC played important role in the formulation of the 20 year
road plans in India.
It controls the specifications, standardization andrecommendations on materials, design and construction of
roads and bridges.
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Motor vehicle Act
It was brought into effect by Govt of India in 1939.
The three phases primarily covered are control of driver,
vehicle owner ship and vehicle operation on roads and intraffic stream.
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Central road research institute
A premier national laboratory established in 1952.
It came into existence for research in various aspects of
highway engineering.
It is engaged in carrying R&D projects on design,construction and maintenance of roads and runways.
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National Highway act
It was passed on 1956.
The Act was amended (revised) in 1995 to enable, build and
operate privately financed Toll Roads.
The responsibility of highway development and maintenanceof national highway(NH) to be provisionally taken by central
government.
The central Govt has full power to declare any other highwayas NH or it can omit any existing national highways from thelist.
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assignment
Highway research board.
National Transport Policy Committee
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Road development Plans in India
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Nagpur road plan or first 20 year road
plan 1943-1963)
This is the land mark in the history of road development inIndia.
It was the first attempt to prepare a co-ordinated roaddevelopment plan.
At the end of this plan the target road length aimed was 16
km per 100 sq. km area of the country.
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For calculating road length two separate formulas werefinalized based on category of roads.
The total length of first category or mettalled roads for
NH,SH and MDR in km is given by NH+SH+MDR(km) =[
+
32+1.6 + 8] +D R
Where A = agricultural area, km2
B= Non- agricultural area, km2
N= number of towns and villages with population range 2001- 5000.
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T= Number of towns and villages with population over5000.
D= Development allowance of 15 % of road lengthcalculated to be provided for agricultural and industrialdevelopment during next 20 years.
R= Existing length of railway track, km.
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The total road length of second category roads forother district road and village roads in km is givenby
ODR+ VR(km)= [0.32V+0.8Q+1.6P+3.2S] + DWhere V= number of villages with population 500 or less.
Q= number of villages with population range 501-1000.
P= number of villages with population range 1001- 2000.
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S= number of villages with population range 2001- 5000.
D= Development allowance of 15% for next 20 years.
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Salient features of Nagpur Road Plan
The responsibility of construction and maintenance of NHwas assigned to central government.
It was a 20 year plan intended for the period1943- 1963. the
total road length of 5, 32, 700 km with a density of about 16km of road length per 100 sq.km by 1963.
The formulae was based on star and grid pattern of roadnetwork.
The first category roads are meant to provide main gridsbringing the farthest points in developed and agriculturalarea within 8 km of metalled road.
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The length of first category road is governed by the area,particularly the agricultural area and towns or villages withpopulation greater than 2001.
The second category roads are meant to provide internalroad system linking small villages with first category roads.
An allowance for agricultural and industrial developmentduring the next 20 years was estimated as 15 %.
The length of railway tracks in the area was also consideredin deciding the length of first category roads.
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Targets and achievement of nagpur road plan
Sl No Category of road Targets, km
Achievement by
1961, km
1 National Highway
a) NH 26, 715
b)National trails 6, 680Total NH 33, 395 22,636
2 State Highways 86,825 62,052
3 Major District roads 80, 145 1, 13, 483
Total Main roads(metalled
roads) 2,00, 365 1,98,1714 Other district roads 1,33,580 1,11,961
5 Village roads 1,98,755 3,88,841
6 unclassified roads 10,149
Total 5, 32,700 7,09,122
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Second twenty year road plan 1961- 1981)
The Nagpur road plan was intended for the period 1943-63but the target road length was achieved earlier in 1961.
Hence the next long term plan for twenty year period
commencing from 1961 was initiated by IRC. The second twenty year road development plan 1961-81 is
also called Bombay road plan.
The second road plan targeted an overall road length of10,57,330km by 1981.
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Five different formulae were framed to calculate the lengthsof NH, SH, MDR, ODR and VR.
The five formulae are:
National Highways(km)
= [
4+
0+
9] + [32K+8M] +D
National Highways + state Highways(km)
=[
20+
24+
32] + [48K +24M+11.2N+1.6P] + D
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NH+SH+MDR(km)
=[
+
+
24] + [48K + 24M+ 11.2N + 9.6P + 6.4 Q + 2.4R] + D
NH+ SH+ MDR+ODR(km)
=[3
+
3
32+
] + [ 48K +24M +
11.2N+9.6P+12.8Q+4R+0.8S+0.32T] +D
NH+SH+MDR+ODR+VR(km)
=[4++
2] + [ 48K + 24M + 11.2 N+ 9.6P+12.8Q+5.9R+1.6S+
.64T+0.2V] + D
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Where A= developed and agricultural areas; km2
B= semi developed area, km2
C= Undeveloped area, km2
K= Number of Towns with Population over 1,00,000
M=number of towns with population range 1,00,000- 50,000
N=number of towns with population range 50,000-20,000
P= Number of towns with population range 20,000-10,000
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Q= Number of towns with population range 10,000- 5,000
R= Number of towns with population range 5000- 2000
S= Number of towns with population range 2000- 1000
T= Number of towns with population range 1000-500
V= Number of towns with range below 500
D= Development allowance of 5% of road length calculatedfor further development and unforeseen factors.
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Salient features of second 20 year plan 1961-
81)
This plan is considered more in view for the development ofunder developed areas. The target of this plan is to provide atotal road length of 32km per 100 sq.km area.
Maximum distance of any place in a developed oragricultural area would be 6.4 km from a metalled road and2.4 km from any category road.
The maximum distance from any place in a semi developedarea would be 12.8 km from metalled road and 4.8km from
any road
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Maximum distance from any place in an undeveloped areawould be 19.2 km from metalled road and 8 km from anyroad.
Expressways have also been considered in this plan and1600km of length has been included in the proposed targetof NH
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Length of railway track is considered independent of theroad system and hence it is not subtracted to get the roadlength.
The development factor of 5% is provided for futuredevelopment.
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Comparison of Nagpur plan and Bombay plan
Nagpur Road Plan Bombay Road plan
Only two formulae were used, one
is to find the length of first category
roads or metalled roads consistingof NH, SH and MDR; the second to
find the length of secondary roads
or unmetalled roads(ie ODR & VR).
Five different formulae have been
given for calculating road length of
NH, SH,MDR,ODR and VR.
Divides the area into agricultural
and non agricultural.
Divides the area into developed and
agricultural, semi developed areaand undeveloped and uncultivated
area.
Targeted road density was 16km per
100 sq.km area
Targeted road density was 32km per
100 sq.km area
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Does not take into account the
towns with very large population
Towns have been divided into nine
different population ranges, less
than 500 to above 1,00,000.
Allowed deduction of length of
railways while calculating firstcategory roads.
Realized the highway system should
be developed independently. So thelength of railway track is not
deducted.
Allowance for development is given
as 15% of calculated road length.
Allowance for development is given
as 5% of calculated road length.
No expressway was proposed 1600km of Express ways was
proposed
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Third twenty year road development
plan 1981-2001)
Also known as Lucknow road plan.
The major policies and objectives are: The road development should be based on the revised classification
of road system.
The road network should be developed so as to preserve ruraleconomy.
The overall road density in the country should be increased to 82 kmper 100 sq.km.
The NH Network should be expanded to form square grids of 100 km
sides so that no part of the country is more than 50 km away from aNH.
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The lengths of SH and MDR required in a state or region should bebased on both areas and number of towns with population above5000.
Express ways should be constructed along major traffic corridors toprovide fast travel.
All towns and villages with population over 1500 should beconnected by major district roads.
Villages with population 1000 to 1500 should be connected by Otherdistrict roads.
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Determination of road length by third road
plan formulae
Primary system Expressways of total length 2000km to be developed for fast travel on
traffic requirements.
National Highways are based on the concept of 100 km square grids,
with a road density of 1 km per 50 sq.km of area. Therefore total length of NH in the country or in a state could be
obtained by dividing total area by 50.
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Secondary system The total length of SH for any state my be determined from the
following relations:
By total area, SH(km) = Area of State(sq.km)/25.
By total no.of towns and area in the state SH(km) = 62.5*no.of townsin the state area of the state(sq.km)/50.
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Length of MDR The total length of MDR required in a state is determined from the
following relations:
By total area, MDR(km)= area of the state(sq.km)/12.5.
By no of towns in the state, MDR(km)= 90* no.of towns in the state.
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Tertiary system The total length of ODR and VR in the country by the year 2001 as per
third road development plan shall be 21,89,000 km so that theoverall length of all categories of roads will be 27 lakh km by the end
of the plan period.
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Vision 2021
The Ministry in 2001 had prepared, through Indian RoadsCongress (IRC), `Road Development Plan VISION: 2021 for aperiod of 20 years (2001-2021).
This provides the vision for the next 20 years developmentand maintenance of all categories of roads.
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