ABSTRACT: As per the 2011 census, rural areas account for 69 % of India’s total population. Therefore, improved connectivity and accessibility to rural areas will provide a vital impetus to the country’s economic growth. It is estimated that 20-30% of the agricultural, horticultural and forest produce gets wasted because of either inadequate rural road network or poor condition of roads, which creates an impedance for transporting such commodities for the user needs. Rural road accounts for 60% of the total road length in India. Statistics shows that the importance given to the development of rural roads as part of the overall development of the country. Studies on rural road development in several countries reported rise in agricultural wages and aggregate crop indices (Bangladesh), increase in the availability of food, the completion rates of primary school and the wages of agricultural workers (Vietnam), etc. However, studies on Indian rural roads are almost non-existent. Against this backdrop, the present study analyses some past trends and present practices related to rural transport in India. In present work efforts are made to develop a new methodology for the upgradation of rural road considering agricultural growth.
KeyWords: Rural Road, Upgradation, Pripority.
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