On the basis of the assessment of the achievement of the Lucknow plan 1981-2001 and keeping in view the present

and the future needs of the country Indian Road Congress has formulated the Vision 2021 for the Highway development in the first two decades of the 21stcentury for the country as a whole. National Highways Minimum of two-lane carriageway with hard shoulders. Half the network should have four/fix-lanes Strengthening of week pavement, rehabilitation of bridge showing signs of distress Construction of bypasses railway over bridge safety engineering and drainage measures. Expanding the present NH system to 80,000 km. by the end of 2021. State Highways Entire length of State Highways to be of minimum two lane standard of which some segments with additional hard shoulders and 10,000 km. of State Highway to be four laned. Present State Highways system. To be expanded to 3,20.000 km. by the end of 2021. Major District Roads 40% of Major District Roads should have a minimum of two carriageways and the total length of network to be expanded to 3, 20.000 km. by the end of 2120. Rural Roads All Villages with Population more than 1000 to be connected by the year 2003, villages with population between 500 to 1000 to be connected by 2007 and villages with population less than 500 to be connected by 2010.Once the basic access to all the villages is achieved in the first decade the work of further improvement of village roads and additional links may be taken up in subsequent decade.