An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Industrialization on Infrastructure Development in Himachal Pradesh

Abstract

Infrastructure and industrial development are interrelated. Proper infrastructure facilities play an important role in the industrialization of any region on the one hand and on the other hand industrial development of any region affects the development of infrastructural facilities. In this paper an attempt has been made to find out the impact of industrialization on infrastructure development. The present study is empirical one and opinion of the sampled respondents regarding development of infrastructure facilities viz., education, health, roads, banking, housing, communication, electricity and tourism have been collected and analyzed. It is clear from the study that industrialization has added wheels for the improvement and modernization of infrastructural facilities in Himachal Pradesh. Industrial development has made it possible to improve the social and economic infrastructural facilities in the form of more opportunities for education, superior housing, public health, shopping facilities and other modern amenities of the life.