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Railways

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  • Railways provides an important mode of transport. In India, the country-wide rail services along with state-run are provided by Indian Railways. Indian Railways is under the supervision of Ministry of Railways, the ministry of Government of India. Indian Railways is divided into 18 zones and 67 sub-divisions with each having their own divisional headquarters. Across the country, the network of railways covers more than 7,321 stations and total route length of more than 67,415 km. The tra…

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Roadways

Another important mode transport, India has more than 58 lac km of road network, being the second largest road network in the world. The road network of India carried over 65% of its freight and 85% of passengers traffic. Road network contributed around 4.7% towards India՚s GDP.

National Highway of India
  • The history of roads dates backs to Harappan civilization around 2800 BCE. During ancient and medieval times, rulers and monarchs continued to build roads to connect cities and towns. The existing Grand Trunk Road was built during Mauryan Empire and further re-built by various rulers and dynasties including Sur Empire, Mughal Empire and British rule. A programmed of metalled or gravel road was …

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