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Road Infrastructure

 

MBL has executed and commenced upon a number of projects of Highway / Road Construction in the states of West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra,Rajasthan, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Karnataka.
 

For a country of India's size, an efficient road network is necessary both for national integration as well as for socio-economic development. Road connectivity forms the backbone for economic and social development of any country through connectivity and opening up the backward regions to trade and investment. However, to their importance to the national economy, the road network in India is grossly inadequate. The existing network is unable to cope up with high traffic density. Currently, at 3.3 million km, India’s road network is the second largest in the world. The road network comprises 70,548 km of national highways, 1,31,899 km of state highways, and 31,20,000 km of major district, rural and other roads. Road density in terms of population is only 2.75 km per 1,000 people compared to the world average (6.7). Indian roads carry about 80% of passenger traffic and 65% of freight traffic. Further, only 17% of the national highways and 1% of the state highways are four-lane. About 53% of the national highways and 22% of the state highways are double-lane. Moreover, the number of vehicles has been growing at an average pace of 10.16% per annum over the last five years.
 

Our National highways constitute only 2% of the total road network but they carry nearly 40% of the total traffic. State highways constitute about 13% of the road length and carry 40% of the traffic.
 

India possesses the second largest road network in the world across approximately 3.3 km, crating a significant opportunity in the area of road and maintenance. We have completed the contract of comprehensive maintenance of Ring Road and outer Ring Road, the most important corridors of Delhi. We have executed significant contracts in maintenance and operation of national highways.
 

Eleventh Five Year Plan targets at 6-lane 6500 km in GQ; 4-lane 6736 km NS-EW, 4-lane 20000 km; 2-lane 20000 km; 1000 km Expressway.
 

The Indian Government has set ambitious plans for upgrading of the National Highways in years to come. In the Union Budget 2010-11, the allocation for road transport has been increased by over 13 percent from US$ 3.8 billion to US$4.3 billion.