what is the significance of national highways?
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National highways connect capitals, important places, ports and places of strategic importance of various states. Though national highways account for only 2% of the total road length, they carry nearly 1/3 of the total traffic.The government is responsible for the maintenance of the national highway system. In 1947, approximately 2,500kms. Of missing road links and thousand of culverts and bridges which did not exist, were constructed to have a continuous networks. Up to 31st march 1989ad linked totaled 4,605 kms. Improvement 23,054 kms. Widening etc.24, 836 kms. The present national highway system includes a total road length of 33,612 kms. An outlay of rs.891.75 crore was provided in the seventh five year plan for the development of national highways. Through the national highway constitute only 20% of the road length, they carry nearly one –third of the traffic and the World Bank decided to provide loans worth rs. Crores US dollars for the development of national highways in six states namely Gujarat, haryana, Punjab, Tamilnadu, utter Pradesh, and west Bengal.
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Developed countries have a network of national highways connecting major cities. These are broad and straight roads. Each road is divided into two parts for the traffic moving in both directions.
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