ROAD NETWORKS OF INDIA

WHY IN NEWS?

PM Inaugurates Vadodara- Bahruch stretch of Delhi – Mumbai expressway.

NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR (NH 44)

Connects Srinagar to Kanyakumari

EAST WEST CORRIDOR (NH 27)

Connects Pobhandar in Gujarat to Silchar in Assam.

Jhansi lies in the junction between North South and East West Corridor

GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL

• It forms a quadrilateral with cities of Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai at its vertices
• Other cities connected through this includes Begaluru, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Prayagraj, Varnasi, etc.

Stretches

Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai: NH 48

Chennai-Kolkata: NH 16

Delhi-Agra : NH 44(North South Corridor) and Agra-Kolkata NH 19

IMPORTANT EXPRESSWAYS IN NEWS

DELHI MUMBAI EXPRESSWAYS

Under construction

It will be once of the longest expressways in India once completed(8 Lane).

It covers 6 states: Haryana, Rajasthan, MP, Gujarat, Maharashtra.

YAMUNA EXPRESSWAY

Connects Noda with Agra in Uttar Pradesh.

GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES AND INITIATIVES

BHARATMALA PRAYOJANA

Centrally sponsored scheme.

Special emphasis on connecting remote and far flung areas of India.