India's superhighway into the 21st centrury

Sher Shah Suri was certainly a visionary when he built the Grand Trunk Road from Peshawar in Afghanistan to Calcutta in India way back in the 16th century. Building a connecting infrastructure can radically change the life of people. Transport becomes easier from one point to another, improving export of goods and services. Access to medical facilities becomes easier. Awareness increases. In short, it's the first step to globalization of the different communities that get connected through roads.

The same vision is being taken forward by the Indian government who have pledged more than 7 billion $ for paving over 40,000 miles of Indian roads. Not only is this necessary to serve as a nervous system of the Indian people, but infrastructure is also needed to support the rapid growth of IT and business process outsourcing in India. McKinsey and NASSCOM have recently brought a report on what India needs to do to keep growing, and the executive summary is available.