Treatise on Hill Roads

The need and urgency of Hill Roads cannot be minimized in considerations of:
(i) National Strategic and Security considerations which require adequate roads for Military, Army use.
(ii) Rich forest minerals and oil wealth exist in the hilly terrain, which require exploitation in an organized and planned manner.
(iii) A large population in the hills have to live under extreme weather conditions besides non-availability of other are like water, electricity, marketing, educational health and recreational facilities, within a reasonable distances for each habitation.
(iv) The economic conditions of the majority of the hill population being extremely poor due to inadequate agriculture produce and non-availability of basic infrastructure and jobs/employment opportunities.
(v) There is tremendous potential for development of hills natural resources besides scope for setting up Health Resources and Tourism Development Centers.
(vi) The time and effort needed to cover distances on foot or even on ponies and for mechanical transporters manifold more than that required in the plains. In the present book, an attempt has been made to make use of I.R.C. Standards, P.W.D. Standards and specifications, to the extent these are applicable and available to cover appropriate problems and site conditions. Advantage has also seen taken of the experience of some typical problems and their solutions in the recent past available from field engineers, work agents mate and also from study of old structures