Table 1:
Percentage vehicular growth
versus
road length growth.
Period
Percentage Vehicular Growth
Percentage Road Length Growth
1951-1961
8.1
2.7
1961-1971
10.9
5.7
1971-1981
11.2
5
1981-1991
14.8
4.6
1991-2001
9.9
3.8
2001-2011
9.9
3.4
1951-2011
10.6
4.2
Source [
2
]: Basic road statistics in India 2008-09, 2009-10 & 2010-11 (Published by Ministry of Road Transport and highway, India