<p>Around 360 km was added daily to the country's road network in 2016 in comparison to 170 km in 2013-14, says the latest report released by the Union ministry of road transport and highways.</p>.<p>The country's road network increased from 54.02 lakh km in 2013-14 to 56.03 lakh km in 2015-16 following the increase in construction of national highways (NH) and rural roads under the Prime Minister Grameen Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).</p>.<p>The country's road network includes national highways, state highways, district, urban and rural roads, says a report on "Basic Road Statistics of India".</p>.<p>The investment on road sector by both private and government has doubled from Rs 59,134 crore 2013-14 to Rs 98,988 crore in 2015-16. The length of NHs has also gone up from 91,287 km to 1,01,011 km during the same period. The share of four-lane and above roads has also gone up, says the report.</p>.<p>"Various construction programmes for different classes of roads over the past two-and-a-half years have yielded a significant expansion in the network. Efforts are being made for a balanced development of road network (primary, secondary and tertiary systems)", said an official in the ministry.</p>.<p>Compared to several developed countries in the world, the paved roads are less in India. The paved/surfaced road length in India was 62.5% of the total road length which was lower when compared to United Kingdom (100), Korea (84.9) and Russian Federation (70.60).</p>.<p>However, the NHs in India, which accounted for 1.76 % of the total length as on March 31, 2016, was much lower than that of some of the developed countries like Japan, Korea Republic, UK and Brazil.</p>.<p>To increase the construction of the roads, the Centre has been increasing the budgetary allocation for road sector for the past few years. In 2016-17, of the total Rs 1. 28 lakh crore targetted expenditure on the road sector, around Rs 90,470 crore has been spent so far, said the official.</p>
<p>Around 360 km was added daily to the country's road network in 2016 in comparison to 170 km in 2013-14, says the latest report released by the Union ministry of road transport and highways.</p>.<p>The country's road network increased from 54.02 lakh km in 2013-14 to 56.03 lakh km in 2015-16 following the increase in construction of national highways (NH) and rural roads under the Prime Minister Grameen Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).</p>.<p>The country's road network includes national highways, state highways, district, urban and rural roads, says a report on "Basic Road Statistics of India".</p>.<p>The investment on road sector by both private and government has doubled from Rs 59,134 crore 2013-14 to Rs 98,988 crore in 2015-16. The length of NHs has also gone up from 91,287 km to 1,01,011 km during the same period. The share of four-lane and above roads has also gone up, says the report.</p>.<p>"Various construction programmes for different classes of roads over the past two-and-a-half years have yielded a significant expansion in the network. Efforts are being made for a balanced development of road network (primary, secondary and tertiary systems)", said an official in the ministry.</p>.<p>Compared to several developed countries in the world, the paved roads are less in India. The paved/surfaced road length in India was 62.5% of the total road length which was lower when compared to United Kingdom (100), Korea (84.9) and Russian Federation (70.60).</p>.<p>However, the NHs in India, which accounted for 1.76 % of the total length as on March 31, 2016, was much lower than that of some of the developed countries like Japan, Korea Republic, UK and Brazil.</p>.<p>To increase the construction of the roads, the Centre has been increasing the budgetary allocation for road sector for the past few years. In 2016-17, of the total Rs 1. 28 lakh crore targetted expenditure on the road sector, around Rs 90,470 crore has been spent so far, said the official.</p>
