Roads contribute to the economic, industrial, social and cultural development of a nation. It is the basis of all infrastructure. After creation of the state of Jharkhand, traffic growth has been tremendous. Hence strengthening of the road infrastructure is essential for the development of Jharkhand.

Till 1999, Jharkhand had a total of around 1105 KM of National highways. There are 4600 KM's of State Highways of single lane, intermediate lane and double lane, having equivalent single lane length of 6600 KM. There are about 400 KM of district board roads and REO roads taken over and included in the State Highways (SH) network. Thus the total length is around 7000 Kms. Recently 555 KM of State Highways have been notified as national highways but these have not yet been entrusted to State PWD. Thus the length of State Highway would now be around 6450 KM (equivalent single lane) and that of national highways would be around 1660 Kms.

It is envisaged that development of air transport will be accelerated during the Ninth Five Year Plan period with the consequent need for augmentation of training and education facilities for various categories of pilots and supporting staff as well as construction and development of runways, hangars, passenger loungers etc.