Centre firms plan to grade state roads
NEW DELHI: The government is readying a plan to identify state roads that will be declared as national highways as it embarks on a massive upgrade of the road network.
The road transport and highways ministry has drawn up a framework to grade state roads on parameters such as traffic density and proximity to existing national highways. “Every road will be given a grade as per a fixed criteria and then given approval,” a government official aware of the matter told ET.
Once a state road is declared a national highway, central government departments take over the responsibility of its upkeep and maintenance.
