‘…We are ahead of China’: Anand Mahindra on nations with largest road networks, says ‘ Nitin Gadkari can..’
Sharing the list of countries with largest road networks, business tycoon Anand Mahindra expressed his amusement over India being the home to second largest road networks by surpassing China.
In his latest post on X, Mahindra also send a message to Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari saying that soon India will overtake the US to become the nation with largest road network.
“I was happily surprised to see that we are ahead of China. That must be because the western half of China is sparsely inhabited. More interesting is that we’re within striking distance of the U.S.A. I’m sure @nitin_gadkari ji can set a goal to overtake the U.S not too long from today!,” he wrote on X.
With consistent roads, India has emerged as one of the largest road networks in the world. Till 2022, India’s road network covered over 5.89 million kilometers. These roads are classified into several categories including National Highways (NH), State Highways, District Roads, rural roads, village Roads, and other rural roads (ORR). The development of Yamuna Expressway, Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Eastern Peripheral Expressway, etc are tantamount to India’s growing invvestment on road connectivity to facilitate faster and smoother travel between major cities.
However, India still fails to perform well in terms of traffic management in metro cities, ensuring road safety issues, maintenance concerns. Many remote places in rural India still suffer due to inadequate infrastructure in certain regions persist and require ongoing attention and investment.
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Published: 05 Jan 2024, 11:29 AM IST
