The Theory of Everything: National Highways (Part-II)

 1. NH4 – This highway is from Mumbai to Chennai, also known as Pune-Mumbai highway & is the major part of golden quadrilateral highway.

2. NH6 – It is considered as the busiest highway in India & runs through Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal state in India. The highway passes through the cities of Surat, Dhule, Jalgaon, Bhusaval, Akola, Amravati, Nagpur, Bhandara, Durg, Raipur, Mahasamund, Sambalpur, Keonjhar, and Kolkata.

3. NH12 – This highway runs entirely in Madhya Pradesh.

4. NH14 – This highway runs from Rajasthan to Gujarat & passes through Beawar-Sirohi-Radhanpur.

5. NH15 – This highway runs from Punjab to Gujarat & passes through Pathankot- Amritsar-Jaisalmer- Samkhiyali.

6. NH50 – This highway starts its junction from NH161 in Maharastra connecting  Bidar, Humnabad, Gulbarga, Jewargi, Bijapur, Hospet and terminating at NH48 near Lakshmisagar (260.81 km).

The Bidar to Hospet stretch is being upgraded to a four-lane, 60-meter wide grade-separated highway.

7. NH79 – This highway is entirely in the state of Tamil Nadu & connects NH44, NH544, NH68 & SH69 at Ulundurpettai.

8. NH204 – This highway runs entirely in Maharashtra. The highway passes through the Western Ghats (Sahyadri Mountains) and is an important arterial road connecting the Konkan region with Western Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidharbha regions in the state of Maharashtra.

Till 2009, NH 204 was 126 km long highway but In 2009, NHAI has announced the extension of existing NH 204 to Nagpur via Kolhapur-Miraj- Solapur-Tuljapur-Latur-Nanded-Yavatmal-Wardha and connect it to the NH 7 at Butibori near Nagpur.

9. NH211 – This is a major highway in the state of Maharashtra in the middle of the country India with a length of 453 kilometers . It begins in Dhule on NH 3 and runs through Chalisgaon , Aurangabad , Beed and Osmanabad to Solapur to NH . 9

North-East Zone

1. NH36 – Nowgong-Dimapur(Manipur Road)

2. NH37 –Junction with National Highway No. 31B near Goalpara- Guwahati-Jorabat-Kamargaon-Makum-Saikhoaghat-Roing

3. NH39 – This highway passes from Assam, Nagaland & Manipur.

4. NH40 – This highway was previously the Combination of NH4 & NH18. It starts from NH4 Junction & passes through terminates in Tamil Nadu.

5. NH53 – This highway starts from the junction of NH 44 at Badarpur & connects Badarpur, Assam with Imphal, Manipur.

Schemes

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has introduced scheme for strengthening Public Transport System in the Country in 2010. The objective is to provide financial assistance for use of latest technologies and for preparation of total mobility plan for the States.

1. Scheme 2A Sector Scheme document for the Design and/or Supply, Installation and Repair of Fences for Infrastructure Works.
2. Scheme 2B Sector Scheme document for the Supply, Installation, Maintenance and Repair of Vehicle Restraint Systems
3. Scheme 2C Sector Scheme document for the Design, Supply, Installation and Repair of Environmental Barriers
4. Scheme 5A Sector Scheme document for the Manufacture of Parapets for Road Restraint Systems
5. Scheme 5B Sector Scheme document for the Installation of Parapets for Road Restraint Systems
6. Scheme 6 Sector Scheme document for Minor Structures
7. Scheme 7 Sector Scheme document for the Application of Road Marking Materials and Road Studs to Road Surfaces
8. Scheme 8 The overseeing and/or Installation and/or Maintenance of Highway Electrical equipment and supporting works
9. Scheme 9A Sector Scheme for the Design, Assembly and/or Provision of permanent and temporary road traffic signs
10. Scheme 12A /12B Sector Scheme document for static temporary traffic management on motorways and high speed dual carriageways including on-line widening schemes
11. Scheme 12C Sector Scheme document for Mobile Lane Closure Traffic Management on Motorways and other dual carriageways
12. Scheme 12D Sector Scheme document for Installing, Maintaining and removing Temporary Traffic Management on rural and urban roads
13. Scheme 13 Sector Scheme document for the Supply and Application of surface treatments to road surfaces
14. Scheme 14 for the Quality Management of the production of Asphalt Mixes
15. Scheme 15 Sector Scheme document for the Supply of Paving Bitumens
16. Scheme 16 Sector Scheme document for the Laying of Asphalt Mixes
17. Scheme 17/17B Sector Scheme document for Vehicle Recovery at Highway Construction sites (17) and Vehicle Recovery and Removal on Control Roads
18. Scheme 18 Sector Scheme document for the Natural Environment and Landscape including Ecology
19. Scheme 19A Sector Scheme document for corrosion protection of ferrous materials by industry coatings

Yojna

“Setu Bharatam” Yojna launched by Shri Narendra Modi on 4^th March 2016. Setu Bharatam is an ambitious programme launched to buils bridges for safe & seamless travel on National Highways with an investment of Rs. 50,000 Crore. The programme aims at making all national highways Railway Level Crossing free by 2019 & 208 new “road over bridges / road under bridges” are envisaged for construction, while 1500 bridges will be widened, rehabilitated or replaced.

Acts on Highways

1. National Highway Act, 1956

• Power to acquire land, etc.
• Power to enter for survey, etc.
• Declaration of acquisition.
• Power to take possession
• Deposit and payment of amount
• Responsibility for development and maintenance
• Punishment for mischief by injury to national highway.

1. National Highway Act, 1988

• SECTION 16 defines Functions of the Authority.
• Authority” means the National Highways Authority
• of India constituted under section 3
• “national highway” means any highway for the time
• being declared as a national highway under section 2
• of the National Highways Act,1956; 48 of 1956
• all debts, obligations and liabilities incurred, all the Central contracts entered into and all matters and things engaged Government to be done by the Central Government
• all non-recurring expenditure incurred by or for the Central Government for or ion connection with the purposes of any national highway

1. National Highway Act, 2013

• The Authority shall consist of—

A Chairman; not more than six full-time members; and not more than six part-time members, to be appointed by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette:

• Provided that the Central Government shall, while appointing the part-time
• Members, ensure that at least two of them are non-Government professionals knowledge or experience in financial management, transportation planning or any other relevant discipline.

Recent News

• Chandrapur-Ashti road may be upraded as national highway

A big boost for the development of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts in Maharashtra, the Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways is considering upgrading the Chandrapur-Ballarpur-Bamani-Gondiopipri-Ashti road as a new national highway.

• Oommen Chandy meets Nitin Gadkari, discuss four laning of NHs
• Centre aims to build 30 km National Highway every day: Nitin Gadkari

In Bhubaneswar government has decided to set the target of constructing 30 KM of national highways per day within two years & planned to spend Rs. 5 lakh crore on road infrastructure development.

• Mumbai-Goa highway to be widened to four lanes
• Land survey begins for widening of NH 216

The land survey with regard to widening of NH 216 has begun from Kruthivennu to Puligadda in Krishna distric

• CCEA gives nod to highway projects worth Rs 8,600 cr

The government Thursday approved over Rs 8,600 crore of highway projects in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.

• CCEA approves highway projects worth Rs 9,500 crore

The government Tuesday approved three highway projects worth Rs 9,500 crore in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, including those connecting Varanasi

• NH status for 2,000 km of state highways in Odisha

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari  accorded national highway (NH) status to around 2,000 km of state highways in Odisha, while Rs 35,000 crore investment in other related projects.

• Gadkari announces Gurgaon-Rewari Highway via Pataudi as National Highway
• Ranchi-Vijayawada highway to be completed by March 2017
• Cabinet approves over Rs 1,000 crore highway project

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved the upgrading of National Highway-211 in Maharashtra under the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) with a total outlay of Rs 1,057.82 crore.

• Srinagar-Leh national highway widened for T-72 tanks

Against the backdrop of heightened Chinese activity along the Ladakh border, the Srinagar-Leh national highway has been widened to allow passage of T-72 tanks.

• Steps to improve national highway in Sikkim

The Centre has taken a number of steps to improve the national highway in Sikkim and has released Rs 700 crore for the purpose under its Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for the North East.

• NCR to get country's longest elevated national highway

From construction of the country's longest elevated national highway to setting up of electronic manufacturing clusters, the Uttar Pradesh government proposed schemes for development of National Capital Region (NCR) in the 2015-16 budget presented in the state Assembly on Tuesday.

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