"Forget it, I'll handle the matter when the problem arises."
Nirmal, the Minister of Transportation, took to the stage.
"The total length of the road network laid down increased from 7,542 kilometres in 1655 to over 42,940 kilometres in 1660.
"The length of national highways has increased from 3,386 kilometres to over 10,620, and the length of connecting roadways has increased from 4,156 to over 32,320."
"As the Deputy Minister of Agriculture said, we have not fully covered the road network in all villages in the south, much less in the north, the reason simply being that some regions are too inaccessible and cost a lot more to build roads than others."
"Sometimes, for a road to be laid down to a single village, the resources required are so heavy that over half a dozen roads could be laid down for other villages."
"Then are these villages abandoned?" Narasimha Modi asked.
