periodical issue
IRTDA NEWS LETTER
THE INDIAN ROADS AND TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION LIMITED · Bombay · 1961
32 pages
Summary
The 30 April 1961 issue of the IRTDA News Letter, published by the Indian Roads and Transport Development Association Limited, is centered on a parliamentary speech by M. R. Masani arguing that India’s road-building and road-transport policy is inadequate. Masani presents roads as essential to economic development and contends that government planning and budget allocations systematically favour railways. He cites deficiencies in the national-highway network, including unfinished bridges and missing links, inadequate two-lane carriageways, level crossings, and the shortage of passenger and goods vehicles. He proposes approaching the International Development Association for a loan to remedy the highway backlog.
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