Question

Explain the importance of authorities which construct and maintain the roads in India ?


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Answer 1

Answer:

national roadway authority of india

Explanation:

1. Roads play a very important role in the transportation of goods and passengers for short and medium distances.

2. It is comparatively easy and cheap to construct and maintain roads.

3. Road transport system establishes easy contact between farms, fields, factories and markets and provides door to door service.

4. Roads can negotiate high gradients and sharp turns which railways cannot do. As such, roads can be constructed in hilly areas also.

5. Roads act as great feaders to railways. Without good and sufficient roads, railways cannot collect sufficient produce to make their operation possible.

Answer 2

The National highway authority of India constructs and maintains the roads of India.

• The National highway authority of India is an agency of The Government of India.
• It was constituted in the year 1988 and is responsible for the development, maintenance, and management of the national highways of India.
• All the phases along are geared towards the improvement of 25000 km of national highways according to international standards.
• It has undertaken a new program called the "National green highways program".