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As of 2021, 64.5% of all goods in India are moved through the country's road network, 90% of India's total passenger traffic uses the road network to commute and the road network contributes 4.8% to the country's gross domestic product. [25] In 2023, India's road network became the world's second largest, after the United States. [26]
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation was the first state transport undertaking in India to utilise bio-fuels and ethanol-blended fuels. [164] KSRTC took an initiative to do research in alternative fuel forms by experimenting with various alternatives — blending diesel with biofuels such as honge, palm, sunflower, groundnut, coconut ...
This is a list of countries (or regions) by total road network size, both paved and unpaved. Also included is additional data on the length of each country or region's controlled-access highway network (also known as a motorway, expressway, freeway, etc.), designed for high vehicular traffic.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is a ministry of the Government of India, that is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to road transport, transport research and in also to increase the mobility and efficiency of the road transport system in India. Through its officers ...
In contrast, other developed countries tracked by the International Transport Forum saw a median decrease of 77% in fatal crashes, with Spain experiencing the largest reduction. On a population-adjusted basis, Spain had 86% fewer car crash fatalities in 2021 compared to 1991. [5] There are large disparities in road traffic death rates between ...
[1] [2] [3] In July 2023, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said total length of the national highways in the country increased by about 59% in the last nine years. [1] National highways constituted 2.7% of India's total road network, but carried about 40% of road traffic, as of 2013. [4]
This is a list of the States of India ranked by the length of the state highways, as of 31 March 2012. [3] State Highways are the arterial roads in a State for inter-district movements. They traverse the length and width of a state connecting the state capital, district headquarters and important towns and cities and link up with the National ...
This is a list of States of India ranked according to the number of registered motor vehicles per 1000 population, as of 2011–2012. The list is compiled from the Road Transport Yearbook 2011–2012 published by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India. [1] India have low vehicle per 1000 population ration in world.