Proceedings of the Seventh Meeting of the Indian Roads Congress

The conclusion of the last war saw the commencement of commercial motor transport in the mofussil of India brought about by the release of numbers of vehicles no longer required by the army. [...] It is the opinion of this Congress that the unrestricted use of the road by bullock-carts carrying heavy loads on narrow and deformed steel tyres is a source of immense loss to the community and one of the greater obstacles in the way of the provision of an adequate road system at reasonable cost. [...] I am aware Sir that in the changing constitutional position of recent years and with the growing challenge to railways of motor transport the Government of India have had no alternative but to discourage to some extent the use of the Central Road Fund for the development of the main highways when the regulatio of traffic competing with railways on these highways was not only beyond their' con [...] to improve the efficiency the amenities and above all the safety of the main highways of the country. [...] The resulteof experience in one of the bridge works where the above statement has been proved is the subject matter of the present paper which the author hopes will be of some interest to the members.