IMPORTANT NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AND RECENT HIGHWAY INITIATIVES

Palwal-Manesar stretch of KMP expressway opened – NATIONAL – The Hindu

In News: Long-awaited Palwal-Manesar stretch of the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway inaugurated

(April 06, 2016)

General Studies – PRELIMS – NH/Roads Maps

The pace of building highways has picked up to 20 kms a day, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said as he inaugurated the Palwal-Manesar stretch of the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway.
“Highways construction pace has now reached 20 kms a day with a target to reach 30 kms a day shortly.
The focus is to bring in policies aimed at improving the condition of villages, poor people, farmers and labourers. A strong infrastructure plays a major role in fostering development.
Now, the National Highway-2 (Delhi—Agra) is connected with NH-8 (Delhi-Jaipur), thus allowing vehicles going to Rajasthan and beyond a passage without entering Delhi.

NH-1 and NH-2 are collectively called as the Grand Trunk Road
NH-7 is the longest National Highway (Varanasi to Kanyakumari) its length is 2369 km. and it crosses seven States namely UP, MP, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
NH-47A (Kochi-Wellington Island Kerala) is the shortest National Highway
The Jawahar Tunnel is situated in the NH-1
NH-1 and NH-7 cross each other at Nagpur
NH-39 is called as “Lifeline of Myanmar”

Important Indian National Highways:

National Highway	Connects
NH 1	New Delhi-Ambala- Jalandhar -Amritsar.
NH 2	Delhi -Mathua -Agra-Kanpur –Allahabad –Varanadi -Kolkata.
NH 3	Agra-Gwalior -Nasik-Mumbai
NH 4	Thand and Chennai via Pune and Belgaun.
NH 5	Kolkata -Chennai
NH 6	Kolkata -Dhule
NH 7	Varanasi -Kanyakumari
NH 8	Delhi –Mumbai (Via Jaipur, Baroda and Ahmedabad)
NH 9	Mumbai –Vijaywada
NH10	Delhi –Fazika
NH-7 is the longest highway of India.

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