HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT IN

INDIA

K.YASWANTH REDDY
 INTRODUCTION
• This comes under the ministry of road transport & high ways.
• Mr. Kamal Nath is the Minister for Road Transport and Highways of
India. He was previously, for five years, from 2004 to 2009, the
Commerce & Industry Minister in the Union Cabinet.
• As Commerce & Industry Minister of India, Kamal Nath enunciated
India’s first comprehensive Foreign Trade Policy in 2004, laying out
a coherent roadmap with a twin focus on exports as well as
employment. He was successful in tripling India’s foreign trade
within this period, and engineering a seven-fold increase in FDI in-
flows to India. Significant strides have also been made in the areas
of Intellectual Property and Industrial Design.
 HISTORY
• The first evidence of road development in
the Indian subcontinent can be traced back to
approximately 4000 BC from the ancient cities
of Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro of the Indus
Valley Civilization(BRONZE AGE). Around the
1st Century AD, the ancient Silk Road (TRADE)
came into being, which passed through
northern India and China.
 Types of roads in India
• The roadways map of India shows five types of roads
namely:
• National Highways
• State Highways
• District Roads
• Village Roads
• Other

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 Need
• Savings in vehicle operating costs
• Faster, comfortable journeys
• Reduced fuel consumption
• Safer travel
• Reduced maintenance costs
• All round development of areas
• Over all connectivity
 A MAJOR INITIATIVE FOR CAPACITY
ENHANCEMENT OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

• As National Highways comprise about 2% of the total

road length in the country and yet carryover 40% of
total traffic, the first and the foremost task mandated to
the NHAI is the implementation of NHDP- comprising of
the Golden Quadrilateral and North-South & East-West
Corridors. In addition to the projects under NHDP, the
NHAI is also currently responsible for about 1 ,000 km
of Highways connecting major Ports & also on National
Highways 8A, 24, 6, 45 & 27. Highways length with
NHAI currently is around 14,162 km.
 Golden Quadrilateral (GQ)
Length :- 5846 km
Connecting Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai.
 North-South & East-West Corridors
Length :-7 ,300 km 
Kashmir to Kanyakumari -4000 km (with a spur to Cochin) and Silchar to
Porbandar 3300 km.