Odisha Growing Fast in terms of Four Wheeler Vehicle Transportation

Everyone in this modern era wants to be in a comfort zone. So the number of four wheeler vehicles is increasing day by day. According to a survey by ASSOCHAM, Odisha has the maximum growth in car, van and jeep as a mode of transportation per 1000 during 2001-2011.

The decadal growth is 293 per cent which is the maximum among 20 major states in India.  The rank of Odisha is 16th in terms of scooter as a mode of transportation which is a growth of 79 percent during the same period. 

According to state wise study  of  'Automobile Industry in India: Saturated & Potential States', West Bengal has the slowest growth in the mode of transportation study and it was ranked 19th and 20th in terms of car, jeep, van and scooter respectively used as transportation per 1000 people declared by ASSOCHAM.

Kerala, which is also one of the fastest growing state in India has also a remarkable growth in scooter transportation mode with a growth of 198 per cent and 101 per cent in rural and urban centres in the decade 2001-2011, said D S Rawat, national secretary general of ASSOCHAM. 

 Himachal Pradesh and Haryana are also not far behind in terms of car, jeep and van as mode of transportation as the growth is 149 per cent and 295 percent in urban and rural areas respectively, said Mr. Rawat. 

Among all the major states West Bengal has the slowest growth in terms of car, jeep and van as mode of transportation in both urban and rural centres with 31 percent and 14 per cent respectively. 

As long as the National average growth is concerned which is 105 percent, 11 states are ahead of the average growth. The top five states are Odisha (293 per cent), Maharashtra (237 per cent), Kerala (222 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (172 per cent) and Jharkhand (170 per cent).

States like Karnataka (84 per cent), Himachal Pradesh (76 per cent), Tamil Nadu (72 per cent), West Bengal (66 per cent) and Jammu and Kashmir (30 per cent) recorded the slowest growth in terms of car, jeep and van as mode of transportation.

Likewise the average growth in Scooter as a mode of transportation in per 1000 peoples was about 96 per cent during the decade 2001-2011.  The top five states which are ahead in terms of scooter as mode of transportation are with Jharkhand (172 per cent), Punjab (149 per cent), Gujarat (144 per cent), Chhattisgarh (133 per cent) and Maharashtra (121 per cent).

It’s good to see that scooter mode transportation growth of about 131 per cent in rural areas compared to about 59 per cent at urban areas during the decade 2001-11 because of dearth of a public transport system.