Transport is a crucial infrastructural component of the developmental process. In a state like Mizoram, where more than 68 per cent of the population lives in rural areas, and most of them lives below poverty line, the road passenger transport because of its intrinsic capacity to penetrate deep into the hinterland is required to be geared up.

In spite of the important role it plays, it has not been possible to meet the growing  demand for passenger movement mainly for want of funds for acquisition of buses and development of infrastructure. In  an economy with 68 per cent of the total population inhabiting rural areas, their transport requirements must be met adequately and efficiently. This will enable  integration of thousands of rural people in the state economic main stream to a large if not to a full extent.