road-and-transport-news
Govt declares 57000 km state roads as new NH
The decision is learnt to be taken to enhance Road safety, reduce congestion, improve connectivity and conditions, the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, P Radhakrishnan, told Lok Sabha on Thursday in a written reply.
In 2015, the country registered about 5, 01,423 numbers of road accident with about 1, 46,133 numbers of persons being killed. The NHs accounted for about 29.1 per cent share of total road accidents with 35.0 per cent of total persons killed. Although the existing NHs comprise of about 1.9 per cent of total road network, they carry about 40 per cent of total road traffic, the Minister said.
News Must Read
- Shri. Bikram Ghosh takes charge as Director (Finance) in WCL
- SBI to change debit cards maintenance normal from 1 April, 2024
- NMDC excels at Governance Now 10th PSU Awards
- NTPC Group ties up JPY 30 billion funding from JBIC
- Jabalpur Airport connects Madhya Pradesh to other cities
- Best Organisations for Women title to PowerGrid
- Air India Faces Heavy Fine from DGCA of Rs 80 Lakh
- NCL's mega achievement; surpasses 500 Million Cubic Meters of Overburden
- RailTel bags major order from CDAC worth Rs 36 crore
- ICRA withdraws long term rating of NCDs of ONGC