*road transport is almost 80% of total transport. *NATIONAL HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT FOR 40% OF THE ROAD TRANSPORT OF INDIA.

*FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS, FUNDS ARE PROVIDED BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT (MINISTRY), BUT CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTAINANCE IS DONE BY STATE PWD.

NH 1 NH 2 NH 3 NH 4 NH 5 NH 6 NH 7 NH 8 NH 9 NH 10 NH 24

DELHI ----AMRITSAR (ambala, Jalandhar) DELHI ----KOLKATA AGRA-----MUMBAI (AB ROAD) -----Gwalior Indore- Nasik MUMBAI TO CHENNAI (pune, Belgaum, hubli, Bangalore) BEHRAGODA TO CHENNAI DHULE TO KOLKATA VARANASI TO KANYAKUMARI (Nagpur, Bangalore, Madurai)2369km---crosses 6 states. DELHI TO MUMBAI (Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Vadodara) PUNE TO VIJAYWADA(Sholapur and Hyderabad) DELHI TO FAZILKA (ON INDO PAK BORDER) DELHI TO LUKCNOW

*NH 7 LONGEST----2369 KM *NH 6 AND NH 7 CROSS EACH OTHER AT NAGPUR. TWO MAJOR PROJECTS ARE THERE: 1)*GOLDEN QUADILATERAL---5846KM Delhi to Mumbai (NH 8) Delhi to Kolkata (NH 2) Mumbai to Chennai (NH 4, NH 7, NH 46) Chennai to Kolkata (NH 5, NH 6, NH 60) 2) N-S CORRIDOR-----SRINAGAR TO KANYA KUMARI

E- W CORRIDOR-----PORBANDAR TO SILCHAR (ASSAM)

*MEKONG- GANGA PROJECTConnects west Asia and south east Asia TWO MAJOR GOVT PROGRAMMES ARE THERE: 1) PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA (DEC 2000) CONNECTING ALL VILLAGES OF MORE THAN 500 POPULATION. 2) PRADHAN MANTRI BHARAT JODO PARIYOJANA ()-CONVERTING HIGH DENSITY ROAD TO 4 LANE ROADS.

RAIL TRANSPORT INDIAN RAILWAYS====BIGGEST OF ASIA, 2ND LARGEST OF THE WORLD INDIAN RAILWAYS===BIGGEST EMPLOYER OF INDIA *16 ZONES LARGEST NORTH ZONE *FIRST TRAIN---THANE TO MUMBAI 1853 *FIRST ELCTRIC TRAIN----KURLA TO MUMBAI *HIMSAGAR EXP----JAMMU TO KANYAKUMARI 3276 KMLONGEST ROUTE