The rapid development of the economy over the past decade has placed demands on the transportation system,

the magnitude of which is not generally appreciated The railways, on whom the main burden falls, are handling today 100 per cent more freight traffic and 27 per cent more passenger traffic than they were handling before the commencement of the First Five Year plan

The Committee on Transport Policy and Coordination (Neogy Committee), which was constituted in July, 1959 The Committee's final report is not expected to be ready for some time. When its recommendations become available, the programmes for transport in the Third Plan will be reviewed.

The Indian Railways are at present not merely solvent but are making a sizeable contribution to the resources for the Third Plan The Indian Railways over the past ten years and proposed for the Third Plan the capital-at-charge of the railways increased from Rs. 834 crores in 1950-51 to Rs. 1559 crores in 1960-61 and it is expected to rise to Rs. 2313 ;rores by 1965-66

Programmes
Railways roads and road transport shipping, inlad water transport, ports and lighthouses civil air transport .. posts and telegraphs (including teleprinter factory) Tourisum

Provision
890* 297 153 ** 55 68 8

Broadcasting other transport and communications

Total

7 8
1486

schemes

provision

carry forward schemes from the 442-0 Second Plan (including spillover of the medium wave programme) extension of medium wave services provision of recording and playback equipment replacement of assets television centre, Bombay eommunitity listening scheme other schemes, including staff quarters, researdch etc external broadcast services total 148-0 91.5 40-5 40-0 40-0 94-0 200-0 1096 -0

The programme for external broadcasting services is estimated to cost Rs. 2 crores and provides for installation of five additional short wave transmitters for strengthening these services.

Transport has a crucial role in economic development. The results of a large number of surveys as well as past experience, have highlighted the complexities involved in making accurate projections of transport demand, both in relation to its total volume and its spatial pattern

Year (1) 1960-61 1965-66

railways (2) 88 117

road r transport (3) 17 34

percentage share railways (4) 83.8 77.5 road transport (5) 16.2 22.5

I. goods traffic (billion lonne-kilomelres)

1968-69 1973-74

125 159

40 84

75.8 65.4

24.2 34.6

The railway development programme provides for anticipated increase in freight and passenger traffic. Equipment and operations will be modernised to improve efficiency of the system and reduce costs The originating freight traffic on the railways increased from 156.2 million tonnes in 196061 to 203.0 million tonnes in 1965-66. The traffic declined to 201.6 million tonnes in. 1966-67 and further to 196.6 million tonnes in 1967-68

The national high way system has about 400 kilometres of missing road links and 17 missing major bridges. Of the total 24,000 kilometres of national highways, about two thirds have single-lane width. A provision of Rs. 418 crores has been made for the road development programme in the Central sector.

Shipping tonnage reached the level of 2.14 millioa grt (gross regi&etred tonnage) by the end of 1968-69 At present, the Indian tonnage is catering for about 15 per cent of the overseas trade

These are the plans in 3rd and 4th plan