The total length of National Highways in Bihar is

Question

Question

This question was previously asked in

45th BPSC Prelims (Held in 2002) Official paper

Answer 1

The correct answer is 1913 km.

Key Points

According to the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways report in 2002, the total length of National Highways in Bihar is 1913 km.
According to the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways report in 2020, the total length of National Highways in Bihar is 5301 km.
The total length of NH in Bihar is 5301 km. which was 4554 km in 2014.
The total length has been increased by adding the additional length of 747 Km of new NH.
At present, various schemes of Highways and bridges are in progress at a cost of about Rs 27270 crore for the overall development of Bihar.
The Ministry has sanctioned more than Rs 10,000 crore to be distributed to the farmers as compensation for their land being acquired for the development of National Highways.
At the end of the fiscal year 2019, the length of the national highways across the Indian state of Bihar was over five thousand kilometers.
National highways are constructed and governed by the National Highway Authority of India.
The highways made up a share of about two percent of the total Indian roads and carried about 40 percent of the traffic.