Growth of Road Network in Nagpur District: A Geographical Analysis

Abstract

Road transport is among key mode of surface transport as its act as a feeder services for other modes of transport. Road surface facilitates communication and administrative convenience between more developed capital city to less developed nook and cranny of the country. In the last few decades’ steady growth of road transport in nagpur is observed which created strong multiplier effect for other associated socio- economic activities. Road network provide base for complex indices of road traffic density accessibility and connectivity. Thus it is necessary to study the growth of road network for nagpur district. Road network means connectivity between nodes and edge as a complete circuit. Nagpur district lies in the heart and vicinity of vidarbha having profound impact on the development of district. Present paper reveals the analysis of growth of road network, decadal increased in road length and increasing number of vehicles in nagpur district.