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The road network of Bangladesh consists of national highways (designated by a number preceded by "N"), regional highways (R numbers) and zilla or district roads (Z numbers) which are maintained by Roads and Highways Department, as well as Upazila Roads, Union Roads, and Village Roads which are maintained by Local Government Engineering Department.The total length of roads in Bangladesh used to ...
This list of countries by traffic-related death rate shows the annual number of road fatalities per capita per year, per number of motor vehicles, and per vehicle-km in some countries in the year the data was collected.
List of national highways in India; List of national highways in India by state; List of national highways in India by union territory; 2010 renumbering of national highways in India; List of national highways in India by state (old numbering)
Kolli Hills has the highest number of hairpin bends in India and is the most dangerous Ghat Road in India. [citation needed] The Ghat Road begins in Belukurichi village at the foot of the Kolli Hills and covers 24 kilometres (15 mi). Pachaimalai Hills Ghat Roads – These roads are also in the
North-South East-West Corridors connects Srinagar to Kanyakumari and Porbandar to Silchar NH75: Part of India's NS and EW Corridor highway network. National highways are highways connecting major cities throughout the country with premium quality and are at-grade roads. National Highways are designated with NH, followed by the highway number.
A study by IIT Delhi points out that the national highways constitute only 2% of the length of roads in India, but they account for 30.3% of total road accidents and 36% of deaths. [2] [3] The NCRB data for 2021 shows 17,993 accidents in Indian Railways, a rise in 38% compared to the year 2020, with most accidents in Maharashtra. [4]
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.
Bharatmala is an ecosystem of road development which includes tunnels, bridges, elevated corridors, flyovers, overpass, interchanges, bypasses, ring roads etc. to provide shortest & optimized connectivity to multiple places, it is a centrally-sponsored and funded road and highways project of the Government of India [6] with a target of ...