Task Force on Infrastructure
Draft Discussion Paper on Integrated Transport Policy

Annexure


Sl. No. Item                                               Unit 1950-51 1996-97
1.RAILWAYS
1.1 Route length Kms.    53596 62725
1.2         Electrified Route Length  Kms. 388 13018
1.3Throughput
1.3.1           Freight traffic (total) M.tonnes  93.00   409.02
1.3.2       Net Tonne (Kms.) B.T.Kms. 44.12 279.99
1.3.3           Passengers Originating Millions 1284 4153
2.ROADS        
1.3.4   Passenger Kms.   Millions  66517   357013
2.1     Total Length  000Kms 400 3320*
  of which National Highways 000Kms. 22 34.5*
2.2 percentage of village with 1000+population connected with all weather roads percent NA 85.7*
2.3 Surface Length 000Kms 156      1517*
3.ROAD TRANSPORT
3.1 No. of Goods vehicles in 000 82 1785*
3.2 No. of Passenger Buses in 000 34 449*
4. MAJOR PORTS
4.1 No. of Major ports numbers   5 11
4.2 Traffic handled                M.tonnes 19.38 227.26
5.CIVIL AVIATION
5.1 Indian Airlines           
  (i) Available tonne Kms Million 76$ 1075
  (ii) RevenueTonne Kms. Million        53$ 698
6. INLAND WATER TRANSPORT
6.1 Length of Navigable Water ways Kms 14544 14544
* These figures pertain to 1995-96
$ These figures pertain to 1954-55

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