Development of Rural Infrastructure with Special Reference to Rural Roads and Transportation

Rural road development has suffered mainly due to a piece-meal approach. Several factors like. over empha~is on industrial development, scarcity of.financial resources and poor implementation of various projects have left a large number of villages without an all-weather or motorable road. While emphasising the importance of road connectivity to the development of rural and agricultural sectors, the authors of the article suggest that the objective of connecting all the villages with rqads can be achieved through a micro-level participative planning at the village and block levels.