1.1 GENERAL
A country’s long-term progress depends heavily on its transportation system. An indicator of a country’s socioeconomic development is the expansion of its road system. No region of a nation can prosper even if there are transit service shortcomings. India is the second-most populous nation in the world and the seventh-largest country in terms of area. It follows that effective planning, designing, and construction of a road network, as well as appropriate soil characterization, must be done starting in the early stage