Development of roadways in india?(from past to present all things) PLEASE HELP ME TO DO PROJECT FOR BOARD EXAMINATION. IF YOUR ANSWER WILL BE CORRECT YOU WILL MARKED AS BRAINLIST.
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India has a road network of over 5,603,293 kilometres (3,481,725 mi) as of 31 March 2016. This is the second largest road network (after USA with 67,02,178) in the world.[3] At 1.70 km of roads per square kilometer of land, the quantitative density of India's road network is higher than that of Japan (0.91) and the United States (0.989888), and substantially higher than that of China (0.46), Brazil (0.18) and Russia (0.08).[3] Adjusted for its large population, India has approximately 4.63 km of roads per 1000 people. However, qualitatively India's roads are a mix of modern highways and narrow, unpaved roads, and are being improved.[4] As of 31 March 2016, 62.5% of Indian roads were paved.[3]
Since 1990s, major efforts are underway to modernize the country's road infrastructure.[4][5] The length of national highways in India has increased from 70,934 km in 2010-11 to 101,011 km in 2015-16.[3] As of May 2017, India had completed and placed in use over 28,900 kilometers of recently built 4 or 6-lane highways connecting many of its major manufacturing centers, commercial and cultural centers.[6] According to Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, as of March 2016, India had about 1,01,011 kilometers of national highways and expressways, plus another 1,76,166 kilometers of state highways.[3] Major projects are being implemented under the National Highways Development Project, a government initiative. Private builders and highway operators are also implementing major projects - for example, the Yamuna Expressway between Delhi and Agra was completed ahead of schedule and within budget,[7] while the KMP Expressway started in 2006 is far behind schedule, over budget and incomplete
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Roads are an important mode of transport in India. India has a network of over 5,897,671 kilometres (3,664,643 mi) of roads as of 31 March 2017. This is the second-largest road network in the world, after the United States with 6,645,709 kilometres (4,129,452 mi).[2] At 1.80 kilometres (1.12 mi) of roads per square kilometre of land, the quantitative density of India's road network is equal to that of Germany, and substantially higher than the United States (0.68 km, 0.42 mi), China (0.49 km, 0.30 mi), Brazil (0.18 km, 0.11 mi) and Russia (0.09 km, 0.056 mi).[2] Adjusted for its large population, India has approximately 4.87 kilometres (3.03 mi) of roads per 1,000 people.[3] As of 31 March 2017, 63.24% of Indian roads were paved.[2] India's road network carries over 65 percent of its freight and about 85 percent of passenger traffic.[4] It contributed 4.7 percent towards India's gross domestic product. This is in comparison to railways, which contributed 1 percent from 2009 to 2010.[5]