national highways of India.
network of highways owned by the Government of India
629 of 1,191 NH Projects Delayed Across India
About 629 of 1,191 National Highway projects in India have missed their original completion deadlines, according to Rajya Sabha data, with 103 contractors penalised for substandard work between 2023-24 and 2025-26. The government is implementing a phased Advanced Traffic Management System rollout across 52,647 km of highways and using AI and e-DAR data to identify 6,358 black corridors for targeted safety improvements.
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About national highways of India
The national highways in India are a network of limited access roads owned by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. National highways have flyover access or some controlled-access, where entrance and exit is through the side of the flyover. At each highway intersection, flyovers are provided to bypass the traffic on the city, town, or village. These highways are designed for speeds of 100 km/h. Some national highways have interchanges in between, but do not have total controlled-access throughout the highways. The highways are constructed and managed by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), and the public works departments (PWD) of state governments. Currently, the longest national highway in India is National Highway 44 at 4,112 km. India started to increase the number of lanes of major national highways to 4 or more with the National Highway Development Project (NHDP). As of March 2022, India has approximately 35,000 km of four-lane National highways.
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