Second 20 year road

plan

• 1961
– After completion of first 20 year road plan the neat long term plan for
the 20 year period commencing from 1961 was invited by the IRC and
finalised by the sub committee and this was approved by the Chief engg.

• Overall road length

– 10,57,330 km by the year 1981
• Cost
– 5200 crores based on 1958 price level
 Second 20 year road plan
5 category of road

1. NATIONAL HIGHWAY (NH)

2. STATE HIGHWAY (SH)

3. MAJOR DISTRICT ROAD (MDR)

4. OTHER DISTRICT ROAD (ODR)

5. VILLAGE ROAD (VR)

 Second 20 year plan
formula

• National highway (km)

– [(A/64)+(B/80)+(C/96)]+[32K+8M]+D
• NH+SH (km)
– [(A/20)+(B/24)+(C/32)]+[48K+24M+11.2N+1.6P]+D
• NH+SH+MDR (km)
– [(A/8)+(B/16)+(C/24)]+[48K+24M+11.2N+9.6P+6.4Q+2.4R] +D
• NH+SH+MDR+ODR (km)
– [(3A/16)+(3B/32)+(C/16)]+
[48K+24M+11.2N+9.6P+12.8Q+4R+0.8S+0.32T]+D
• NH+SH+MDR+ODR+VR (km)
– [(A/4)+(B/8)+(C/12)]+
[48K+24M+11.2N+9.6P+12.6Q+5.9R+1.6S+0.64T+0.2V]+D
 Notation

• A =Developed & agricultural areas; km2

• B = Semi-developed area;km2
• C = undeveloped area, km2
• D = development allowance of 5% of road length calculated for
further development and other unforeseen factors.
• K = No. of town with population over 1,00,000
• M = No. of town with population range 1,00,000-50,000
• N = No. of town with population range 50,000-20,000
• P = No. of town with population range 20,000-10,000
• Q = No. of town with population range 10,000-5,000
• R = No. of town with population range 5,000-2,000
• S = No. of town with population range 2,000-1,000
• T = No. of town with population range 1,000-500
• V = No. of town with population below 500