India is home to one of the largest roadway networks of the world..

India has an aggregate of about 2.3 million kms of roads.

Roads are considered better than railways when it comes to# ease in building# ease in maintenance

Roads can cover more area as they can be built on slopes & hills, through forests & across streams.

Road transportation is very economical, as smaller goods and people can travel across short distances.

Door-to-door services , be it loading or unloading of sold or bought goods is easierand better only due to roads. This purposecannot be served by railways or airways.

Another advantage is its flexible services – timings and routes are never fixed. They can be changed acc. to us.

Classification of roads in

India ▶

Golden QuadrilateralSuper Highways

This is a major road linking project, launched by the Government of India

Plans to link Delhi-Kolkata-Chennai-Mumbai by six-lane Super Highways

Major objective : reduction of time and distance between the major metropolitans

of IndiaBeing implemented by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)

National

Highways

STATE

HIGHWAYS

o Roads linking state capitals with dist.

Headquarters are called State Highways.

o Constructed and maintained by the Public

Works Department (PWD).

District Roads

Connect dist. Headquarters to other places of the district

Maintained by the Zila Parishad

OTHER ROADS

Golden Quad. Super Highways link metropolitans; by NHAI National Highways link extreme parts of India; by CPWD (Central Public Works Dept.) State Highways link state capital with dist. HQs; by PWDDistrict Roads link Dist. HQs with other places; by Zila ParishadOther Roads link rural areas/ villages to towns

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ShivangiX RASPBERRIES