The sustainability of rural roads

The Government of India established the Bharat Nirman programme to improve rural infrastructure and allow rural economies to grow by establishing targets for rural infrastructure. The rural road target is being addressed by the Pradham Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) programme. In the first phase, all weather roads will be provided to unconnected villages with a population of 1000 in plan areas and 500 in hilly and tribal areas. Additional roads will be provided in phase two for villages with 500 people in plain areas and 250 people in hilly and tribal areas. This paper describes five aspects of road provision that determine the sustainability of the roads: whole life costing, social benefits, materials and pavement design, road safety, and quality assurance.

• Authors:
  • DONE, S
  • SAMUEL, P
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Serial:
  • TRL STAFF PAPERS
  • Issue Number: T/5779/07
  • Publisher: TRL

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building materials; Costs; Developing countries; Economics; Life cycle analysis; Pavement design; Planning; Quality assurance; Rural areas; Rural highways; Safety; Sociology; Sustainable development
• Geographic Terms: India
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 150: Developing countries; 8045: India; 5950: Life cycle; 4555: Material (constr); 3055: Pavement design; 143: Planning; 9123: Quality assurance; 328: Rural area; 2775: Rural road; 1665: Safety; 2253: Sociology; 2427: Sustainability
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01076169
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 18 2007 10:04AM