Answer:
According
to their capacity, roads are classified into six classes
(i) Golden Quadrilateral Super
Highways The government has launched a major road development project linking
Delhi-Kolkata- Chennai -Mumbai and Delhi by six lane super highways. The
North-South corridors linking Srinagar and Kanyakumari and East-West corridor connecting
Silchar and Porbandar are part of this project.
The major objective of these super highways is to reduce the time and distance
between the mega cities of India.
(ii) National Highways These highways link extreme
parts of the country. These are the primary road systems and are laid and maintained
by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD).
(iii) State Highways Roads linking a state capital
with diffferent district headquarters are known as State Highways.
(iv) District roads These roads connect the district
headquarters with other places of the district.
(v) Other roads Rural roads, which link rural areas
and villages with' towns are classified under this category.
(vi) Boarder roads These roads are of strategic importance in ,
the Northern and North-Eastern border areas. These roads have improved accessibility
in areas of difficult terrain and have helped in the economic development of
these areas.
You need to login to perform this action.
You will be redirected in
3 sec
