The Rural Connectivity Investment Program of ADB, approved in 2012 for $252 million, aimed to help India’s national rural roads program— Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana—in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal. At project completion, 3,782 kilometers (km) of rural roads were constructed, benefiting 1,787 rural households, of whom 46% were vulnerable and 10% were headed by females. Women comprised 37% of road construction workers and 44% of road maintenance workers receiving equal pay for work of equal value. Women also influenced the road alignment and the grievance redressal committees. Overall, the improved rural road network resulted in higher agricultural production, better cropping patterns, safe mobility, and socioeconomic opportunities for women and girls, and enhanced self-esteem and leadership capacities of women.