Critical
India’s highway to developed nation status by 2047 seems paved with traffic perils
India's roads, particularly national highways, suffer fatal design flaws, poor construction, and lax management, causing 180,000 annual deaths. The author highlights chaotic exits, unmaintained infrastructure, unenforced rules, and corruption, contradicting the "Viksit Bharat" goal. Examples like Faridabad and Bengaluru underscore systemic failures. This "regression" demands a revolution in road building and traffic management. Accountability, performance-based payments, dynamic speed limits, and automated enforcement are crucial, otherwise the nation is "paving its own road to ruin."
LiveMint · Jyothi Krishnamoorthy · Jun 18, 2026 at 10:30 AM