By Ashish Verma; T V Ramanayya
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IIM Bangalore was also involved in another rural road study sponsored by the Ministry of Road Transport and the Ministry of Rural Development across southern part of India covering 8 states. The study was conducted during three time periods: first time in 1976-78, second time in 1986-87, and finally third time during 1996-97. Many important findings were observed. For proper comparison, in all three studies the same sample frame was (the same settlements) used. The sample could be broadly divided into.
4. Settlements with multiple connections to class 1 category of roads. The results of all these studies indicate that during the 20 year period (1976-96) locations with category 1 mentioned above saw a quantum of change both in passenger demand as well as freight demand at the least. The changes are more pronounced (quantum jump) in the case of category 2. Exponential growth was recorded in categories 3 and 4. The freight movement pattern also exhibited many major changes. There is a gradual shift from bullock carts (which account for more than 75 percent of the total tonnage) nonmotorized transport movement during 1976 study to mechanized models in 1996 (accounting more than 80 percent of the total tonnage).
These locomotive cars were often used on suburban routes by both interurban and intercity railroad systems. It was estimated in 2010 that the number of automobiles had risen to over 1 billion vehicles, up from the 500 million of 1986. The numbers are increasing rapidly, especially in China and India. 6 Automobile resources The automobile sector is divided into four segments: two-wheelers (mopeds, scooters, motorcycles, electric two-wheelers), passenger vehicles (passenger cars, utility vehicles, multipurpose vehicles), commercial vehicles (light and medium-heavy vehicles), and three wheelers (passenger carriers and good carriers).
