Author: Team CSIR-CRRI
Road infrastructure forms the backbone of a nation’s economic growth and social connectivity. In a country as vast and diverse as India, roads play a critical role in enabling mobility, facilitating trade, improving accessibility, and supporting national development. Over the decades, India has built one of the largest road networks in the world, connecting metropolitan cities, industrial corridors, rural villages, and strategic border regions. The development and maintenance of such a massive network require continuous innovation in engineering practices, materials, safety systems, and environmental sustainability. At the centre of this scientific and technological advancement stands the CSIR–Central Road Research Institute…