India has about 54.82 lakh kilometers of road network, which is the second largest in the world.
The length of various categories of roads is as under:
- National Highways 1,20,543 km
- State Highways 1,55,222 km
- Other Roads 52,07,044 km
- The plan wise increase in National Highway (NH) length has been as follows: –
The National Highways Act, 1956
Section 2- Declaration of National Highways
Section 3- Land Acquisition
Section 5- Entrustment for Development and Maintenance
Section 7- Fees for services or benefits rendered on NHs