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Types of Roads in India Explained

The document outlines six classes of roads in India based on their capacity including Golden Quadrilateral Super Highways, North-South and East-West corridors, National Highways, State Highways, District Roads, and Other Roads such as rural roads and Border Roads.

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Types of Roads in India Explained

The document outlines six classes of roads in India based on their capacity including Golden Quadrilateral Super Highways, North-South and East-West corridors, National Highways, State Highways, District Roads, and Other Roads such as rural roads and Border Roads.

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Six classes of roads in India according to their capacity:

• Golden Quadrilateral Super Highways: It’s a major road development project


linking Delhi- Kolkata-Chennai-Mumbai and Delhi by six-lane Super Highways.
• The North-South corridors linking Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir) and Kanyakumari
(Tamil Nadu), and East-West Corridor connecting Silcher (Assam) and Porbander
(Gujarat) are part of this project. ‘
• They are made to reduce the time and distance between the mega cities of India.

National Highways:
National Highways link all Major cities of extreme parts of the country. These are the
primary road systems and are maintained by the Central Public Works Department
(CPWD). The National Highway 7 between Varanasi and Kanyakumari is the longest
highway of India.

• State Highways: Roads linking a state capital with different district headquarters.
These roads are constructed and maintained by State Public Works Department in
State and Union Territories.
• District Roads: These roads connect the district headquarters with other places of
the district. These roads are maintained by the Zila Parishad.
• Other Roads: Rural roads, which link rural areas and villages with towns, are
classified under this category. Under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana
scheme special provisions are made so that every village in the country is linked
to a major town in the country by an all season motorable road.
• Border Roads: Border Roads Organisation constructs and maintains roads in the
bordering areas of the country. These roads are of strategic importance in the
northern and northeastern border areas.

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