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Basic Road Statistics in India 2018-19
July 24 , 2022
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- Ministry of Road Transport & Highways released its annual publication “The Basic Road Statistics of India 2018-19”.
- India has a network of more than 63,31,757 kilometres of roads, as on March 2019.
- This is second highest worldwide.
- Road transport dominated the transport sector in India.
- It contributed 3.06% to GVA as compared to total transport sector contribution of 4.58% for 2019-20.
- Share of Railways stands at 0.74%.
- Air Transport Share is 0.125 and Water Transport stood at 0.08%.
- National Highways accounts for 2.09 % of total road network in India.
- Maharashtra with 13.4% of highways network stands at top position.
- It is followed by Uttar Pradesh with 8.9% highways network and Rajasthan with 7.8 % of highways network.
- State Highways accounts for 2.8 percent of total road network in India.
- Maharashtra (17.83%) has largest State Highways network.
- It is followed by Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh.
- Together, these 5 states accounted for 53.9% of total State Highways network in India.
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