The road transport and highways ministry will soon add nearly 50,000 km of roads to the National Highways (NH) network in the next six months. The new government has added about 7,000 km of roads to the NH length and at present it’s little more than one lakh km.
There are some Cons of this initiative too. Converting more stretches of state highways or major district roads to NHs will increase burden on the Central budget as states will stop spending on maintenance of these stretches as soon as the corridors are notified as NHs.
The road transport and highways:
- An apex organisation under the Central Government.
- Aim: to increasing the mobility and efficiency of the road transport system in the country. e Ministry has two wings: Roads wing and Transport wing.
- Functions:
- Road wing:Deals with development and maintenance of National Highway in the country
- Transport Wing: Deals with matter relating to Road Transport
Some G.K. Related Question:
- Who is the The road transport and highways minister?
