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A district road in Thiruvananthapuram. District Roads in India are approximately 632,154 kilometres (392,802 mi), of which 14.80% of the total length was surfaced. [3] Zila Parishads also have the authority and responsibility to build district roads.
The Construction & Maintenance wing of the Highways Department manages construction and maintenance of all the State Highways (SH), major district roads (MDR), and other district roads (ODR). The Tamil Nadu State Highways Network has eight circles: Chennai, Villupuram, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore, Tiruppur and Tirunelveli. [1]
In India, this is the network of roads maintained by the state governments. These roads are constructed and managed by the states' Public Works Department. The state highways are usually roads that link important cities, towns and district headquarters within the state and connect them with National Highways or state highways of neighbouring ...
HMPD of Tamil Nadu is primarily responsible for construction and maintenance of roads including national highways, state highways and major district roads in Tamil Nadu. Roads with traffic density less than 10,000 PCUs but more than 5,000 PCUs are designated as major district roads (MDR).
NABARD and state government shares the funds required for the development of rural roads. In 2010, NABARD sanctioned ₹ 816 crore (US$98 million) for augmentation of 508 rural roads in 30 districts, upgrading 44 district roads and 39 major district roads in 18 districts and construction of 121 bridges in 31 districts of the state. [11]
Schematic map of National Highways in India. On 28 April 2010, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways officially published a new numbering system for the National Highway network in the Gazette of the Government of India. [1] [2] It is a systematic numbering scheme based on the orientation and the geographic location of the highway. This ...
A highway at Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala has 331,904 kilometres (206,236 mi) of roads, which accounts for 5.6% of India's total. [1] [2] This translates to about 9.94 kilometres (6.18 mi) of road per thousand people, compared to an average of 4.87 kilometres (3.03 mi) in the country.
Himachal Pradesh State has a good road network. There are 9 National Highways with total length of 1,208 km, 19 State Highways with total length of 1,625 km and 45 Major District Roads with total length of 1753.05 km.