Question

Explain about National Highways and International Border Highways

Answer 1

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The National highways in India are a network of trunk roads owned by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. It is constructed and managed by the National Highway Authority of India, the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation, and the public works departments of state governments.

India-China Border Roads (ICBR) project is a Government of India project which aims to develop the infrastructure along the Sino-Indian border by constructing "strategic roads".[1] Several entities are responsible for constructing ICBR, including Border Roads Organisation (BRO) which handles the bulk of the ICBR road construction work,[1] NHAI, MoDNER, Central Public Works Department (CPWD), National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC), PWDs of respective states and others.[2] China, after significantly upgrading infrastructure in Tibet Autonomous Region with five airbases, an extensive rail network and more than 58,000-km of roads network, is also resorting to "a slow but steady cartographic aggression" to keep India under geo-strategic pressure.[

Answer 2

National Highways :-

• It is the responsibilty of National Highway authority of India (NHAI)

• Constitutes 2% of all roads & carry 40% of total road traffic.

• Funded by cess on petrol & high speed diesel (From central road fund in Public accounts of India).

• U.P : Highest length of National Highways.

$\bullet\:\sf National \: Highways : \\ \\ \boxed{\begin{tabular}{c|c} NH7 & Varanasi - Cape - comrin (Kanyakumari) \\ \cline{1-2} NH6 & Surat - Kolkata \\ \cline{1-2} NH5 & jharkhand - Chennai \\ \cline{1-2} NH2 & Delhi - Kolkata \\ \cline{1-2} NH8 & Delhi - Mumbai \\ \cline{1-2} NH4 & Mumbai - Chennai \\ \cline{1-2} NH3 & Agra - Mumbai \end{tabular}}$

International Border Highways :-

• It connects Indian borders with neighboring countries.

• Responsibilty lies with Border Road Organization (BRO)

• Financed by World Bank.

$\bullet\:\sf International \: Highways : \\ \\ \boxed{\begin{tabular}{c|c} NH1 & Indo - pak Border (Delhi, Haryana, Punjab) \\ \cline{1-2} NH22 & Indo - China Border (Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh) \\ \cline{1-2} NH35 & Indo - Bangladesh Border (West \: Bengal) \\ \cline{1-2} NH39 & Indo - Bhutan Border (Assam, Nagaland, Manipur) \\ \cline{1-2} NH28A & Indo - Nepal Border (Bihar) \end{tabular}}$