India’s network of Roads, Railways and Ports is one of the largest in the world serving a land mass of 3.3 million square km and a population of over one billion.

Over the last 50 years, the growth of this network and the demand for transport services has been enormous. The volume of railway freight has increased five-fold, the length of surfaced roads has multiplied by nine-fold and the tonnage of freight handled by the nations expanding system of major and minor ports has grown more than 16 fold.