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NRSA to suggest road design mode
The Central government had recently unveiled the Rs. 1,30,000 crore expressways project – crossing the entire country and covering the distance of 7,000 km. The six lane expressways will be linked to the ‘Golden Quadrilateral’ networking the metros and major ports of the country. The dream project, will link Amritsar and Kanyakumari on the north-south corridor and Calcutta and Mumbai on the east west. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) – in addition to its originally assigned task of building and maintaining National Highways had been given the responsibility of constructing the 6,000 km of Golden Quadrilateral and 7,000 km cross country corridor. Meanwhile, in an effort to integrate the development of various road projects, government has brought all the road projects under one programme titled National Highway Development Programme. Under the new programme, the four-laning of the ‘golden quadrilateral’ will be given top priority while connectivity with the ports through expressways will be undertaken simultaneously.

The National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) has offered its aerial survey technology to evolve road alignment plans for the expressways project. With the help of aerial data acquired from modern remote sensing aircraft that scan every inch of land, the NRSA would suggest road design models for the proposed expressways.

The Ministry of Surface Transport (MoST) and the (NHAI) are hopeful of substantial private investment. The centre would soon formulate an integrated transport policy to involve private sector. Unfortunately, the response from private sector has not been very encouraging so far. The lack of response from the private sector is attributed to the non-profitability in the transport sector.