In a bid to improve the roads across the country, the National Highways Authority of India has decided to rank the highways based on an audit. The aim is to “improve the quality and provide higher level of service to highway commuters.”
“In its effort to improve the quality of roads, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under has decided to undertake performance assessment and ranking of the highways in the country,” the ministry of of road transport and highways said today.
“The assessment parameters will be based on different international practices and studies for bench marking highway performances in Indian context,” the ministry added. There will be three broad criteria to asses the quality of the roads — efficiency (45%), safety (35%) and user services (20%).
