The road construction was said to have been too costly in India due to the terrain, the rivers, and the high repair costs due to the monsoons. This was the main reason due to which road length grew at a much slower pace than the railways.
Mahagujarat movement or Mahagujarat Andolan was based around the demand of creation of separate state of Gujarat for Gujarati-speaking people from the Bombay state in 1956. The result of this movement was creation of two states on linguistic basis viz. Gujarat and Maharashtra. Indulal Yagnik was leader of this movement.