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Patna,(BiharTimes): State Road Construction Department Minister Nand Kishore Yadav
is to meet Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath and his officials
to push the demand for the conversion of 36 State Highways into the National
Highways and early repair of Mahatma Gandhi Setu. In all they measure nearly 2,691 km. |
At present the state has 3,734km National Highways. The length of NHs was only 2,362.3km till 1999, which went up to 3,629km by the end of 2004. Another 105km was added in 2006.
Yadav said that the matter was taken up with the Centre with a plea to notify the
new roads as NHs sometime back. But there has been no response there he
is seeking an appointment with the Union minister to discuss the matter.
Bihar has only 3.99km of NHs for one lakh population against the national average of 6.17km.
The 36 state highways and district roads, proposed to be upgraded as NHs, include 93km Araria-Galgalia (up to Bengal border), two roads in Darbhanga connecting the town with Kusheshwar Sthan and Begusarai, Mairwa-Kuchaikot road in Siwan and Gopalganj and four roads in Muzaffapur that link the town with Motipur, Kalynapur, Parsauni and Sheohar. The other such roads in north Bihar towns are in Saharsa, Supaul, Vaishali, Samastipur, Chhapra, Bettiah, Sitamarhi, Kishanganj and Purnia.
In southern part, the roads include 97km Ara-Sasaram, 155km Buxar-Garke (UP border), 175km Barbigha-Deoghar, Gaya-Daudnagar, Sasaram-Chausa and Gaya-Aurangabad roads. Other stretches include Buxar-Dehri, Buxar-Bhabua, two roads linking Lakhisarai and Jamui, five roads linking Bhagalpur and Banka and two roads linking Gaya and Aurangabad.
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