Road sector is growth multiplier but currently gasping for breath: S C Garg

Excessive compensation payments for land acquired for roads, rise in construction and compensation claims and building of roads where traffic is not available, has led to national highways roads becoming a severely financial unviable proposition, former power secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said.

Expansion of road network at all levels- national, state, districts and villages, is vital for national growth as well as for all round well-being of all people.

Road infrastructure investment has the biggest spin-offs in terms of boosting economic activity and social advancement, Garg said, who also served as Finance Secretary before his three-month long stint at the Ministry of Power.