Roadways

▪️Reasons for Growing Importance of Road vis-à-vis Rails:-

 

1. Construction cost of Road : Much lower

 

2. Roads can traverse – dissected, undulating topography 

 

3. Travel : Slopes, mountains(Himalaya)

 

4. Economical→ Few persons, smaller goods for short distance 

 

5. Door – to – door service => Lower cost of loading & unloading.

 

6. Feeder service => rails, airport 

▪️Classification of Roads

 

1. Golden Quadrilateral Super Highways

 

✅ Links Delhi – Kolkata – Chennai – Mumbai & Delhi

 

✅Delhi by sex – lane superhighways  

✅North south corridors linking Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir) & Kanyakumari  

(Tamil Nadu), 

 

✅East – West corridor connecting Silcher (Assam) & Porbander (Gujarat) are  

part of this project. 

✅Objective→ Reduce Time & Distance between mega cities of India

✅ Implemented by NHAI→ National highway Authority of India.