Govt of India announces four new roads as National Highways in Tripura in mid March 2016

The Union government declared four new roads as National Highways in Tripura in mid March 2016.

These roads are:
Jolaibari to Belonia (NH-108),
Khowai to Agartala (NH-108B),
Kumarghat to Subroom via Kailasahar, Khowai, Teliamura and Amarpur (NH-208) and
Kailasahar to Kukital (Kurti Bridge) (NH-208A).

The length of NH 208 will be 157.7 kms and the length of the NH 108 will be 22.9 kms.
Triura had a total of nearly 20,000 kms of road length.

The road from Churaibari to Subroom via Agartala was already enjoying the status of national highway.

Prior to the announcement, Tripura had two national highways, viz. NH 44 and NH 44A adding up to a total of 465.4 kms of national highway.

After the completion of construction of the four new national highways, the length of National Highways would be 750 kms in Tripura.

Complete list of pre-2010 National Highways in India (old numbers)

List of National Highways in India (old numbers) 
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NH1 (km. 456) – Delhi to Amritsar and Indo-Pak Border
NH1A (km. 663) – Jalandhar to Uri
NH1B (km. 274) – Batote to Khanbal
NH1C (km. 8) – Domel to Katra
NH1D (km. 422) – Srinagar to Kargil to Leh
NH2 (km. 1,465) – Delhi to Dankuni
NH2A (km. 25) – Sikandra to Bhognipur
NH2B (km. 52) – Bardhaman to Bolpur
NH3 (km. 1,161) – Agra to Mumbai
NH4 (km. 1,235) – Junction With NH3 near Thane to Chennai
NH4A (km. 153) – Belgaum to Panaji
NH4B (km. 27) – Nhava Sheva to Palaspe
NH5 (km. 1,533) – Junction with NH 6 near Baharagora to Chennai
NH5A (km. 77) – Junction with NH5 near Haridaspur to Paradip Port
NH6 (km. 1,949) – Hazira to Kolkata
NH7 (km. 2,369) – Varanasi to Kanyakumari
NH7A (km. 51) – Palayamkottai to Tuticorin Port
NH8 (km. 1,428) – Delhi to Mumbai
NH8A (km. 473) – Ahmedabad to Mandvi
NH8B (km. 206) – Bamanbore to porbunder
NH8C (km. 46) – Childo to Sarkhej
NH8D (km. 127) – Jetpur to Somnath
NH8E (km. 220) – Somnath to Bhavnagar
NH NE1 (km. 93) – Ahmedabad to Vadodara Expressway
NH9 (km. 841) – Pune to Machillipatnam
NH 10 (km. 403) – Delhi to Fazilka and Indo-Pak Border
NH11 (km. 582) – Agra to Bikaner
NH11A (km. 145) – Manoharpur to Kothum
NH11B (km. 180) – Lalsot to Dholpur
NH12 (km. 890) – Jabalpur to Jaipur
NH12A (km. 333) – Jabalpur to Jhansi
NH13 (km. 691) – Solapur to Mangalore
NH14 (km. 450) – Beawar to Radhanpur
NH15 (km. 1,526) – Pathankot to Samakhiali
NH16 (km. 460) – Nizamabad to Jagdalpur
NH17 (km. 1,269) – Panvel to Chavakkad and North Paravur Junction with NH47 near Edapally at Kochi
NH17A (km. 19) – Junction with NH17 near Cortalim to Murmugao
NH17B (km. 40) – Ponda Verna to Vasco
NH18 (km. 369) – Junction with NH7 near Kurnool and Nandyal to Cuddapah and Junction with NH 4 near Chittoor
NH18A (km. 50) – Puthalapattu to Tirupati
NH19 (km. 240) – Ghazipur to Patna
NH20 (km. 220) – Pathankot to Mandi
NH21 (km. 323) – Junction with NH 22 near Chandigarh to Manali
NH21A (km. 65) – Pinjore to Swarghat
NH22 (km. 459) – Ambala to Indo China Border near Shipkila
NH23 (km. 459) – Chas to Talcher and Junction with NH 42
NH24 (km. 438) – Delhi to Lucknow
NH24A (km. 17) – Bakshi Ka Talab to Chenhat (NH 28)
NH25 (km. 352) – Lucknow to Shivpuri
NH25A (km. 31) – 19 (NH 25) to Bakshi Ka Talab
NH26 (km. 396) – Jhansi to Lakhnadon
NH27 (km. 93) – Allahabad to Mangawan
NH28 (km. 570) – Junction with NH 31 Near Barauni and Muzaffarpur to Lucknow
NH28A (km. 68) – Junction With NH 28 near Pipra to Indo and Nepal Border
NH28B (km. 121) – Chhapra to Bagaha and Junction with 28A at Chapwa
NH28C (km. 184) – Barabanki to Indo and Nepal Border
NH29 (km. 196) – Gorakhpur to Varanasi
NH30 (km. 230) – Junction with NH 2 near Mohania and Patna to Bakhtiarpur
NH30A (km. 65) – Fatuha to Barh
NH31 (km. 1,125) – Junction with NH 2 near Barhi & Bakhtiarpur to Charali & Amingaon Junction with NH 37
NH31A (km. 92) – Sevok to Gangtok
NH31B (km. 19) – North Salmara to Junction with NH 37 near Jogighopa
NH31C (km. 235) – Near Galgalia to Sidili and Junction with NH 31 near Bijni
NH32 (km. 179) – Junction with NH 2 near Gobindpur and Dhanbad to Jamshedpur
NH33 (km. 352) – Junction with NH 2 near Barhi to Jamshedpur Junction with NH 6 near Baharagora
NH34 (km. 443) – Junction with NH 31 near Dalkhola and Baharampur to Dum Dum
NH35 (km. 61) – Barasat to Petrapole on India and Bangladesh border
NH36 (km. 170) – Nowgong to Dimapur (Manipur Road)
NH37 (km. 680) – Junction with NH 1B near Goalpara and Guwahati to Saikhoaghat
NH37A (km. 23) – Kuarital to Junction with NH52 near Tezpur
NH38 (km. 54) – Makum to Lekhapani
NH39 (km. 436) – Numaligarh to Palel and Indo Burma Border
NH40 (km. 216) – Jorabat to Indo-Bangladesh Border near Dawki and Jowai
NH41 (km. 51) – Junction with NH 6 near Kolaghat to Haldia Port
NH42 (km. 261) – Junction with NH 6 Sambalpur to Junction with NH5 at Manguli near Cuttack via Angul, Dhenkanal
NH43 (km. 551) – Raipur to Jagdalpur and Vizianagaram Junction with NH 5 near Natavalasa
NH44 (km. 630) – Shillong to Sabroom
NH44A (km. 230) – Aizawl to Manu
NH45 (km. 387) – Chennai to Theni
NH45A (km. 190) – Villupuram to Nagapattinam
NH45B (km. 257) – Trichy to Tuticorin
NH45C (km. 159) – The highway starting from its junction with NH 67 near Thanjavur and connecting Kumbakonam to Panruti and terminates near Vikravandi on NH 45
NH46 (km. 132) – Krishnagiri to Ranipet
NH47 (km. 640) – Salem to Kanyakumari
NH 47A (km. 6) – Junction with NH 47 at Kundanoor to Willington Island in Kochi
NH47C (km. 17) – Junction with NH 47 at Kalamassery to Vallarpadom ICTT in Kochi
NH48 (km. 328) – Bangalore to Mangalore
NH49 (km. 440) – Kochi to Dhanushkodi
NH50 (km. 192) – Nasik to Junction with NH 4 near Pune
NH51 (km. 149) – Paikan to Dalu
NH52 (km. 850) – Baihata to Tezu and Sitapani Junction with NH 37 near Saikhoaghat
NH52A (km. 57) – Banderdewa to Gohpur
NH52B (km. 31) – Kulajan to Dibrugarh
NH53 (km. 320) – Junction with NH 44 near Badarpur and Jirighat to Imphal
NH54 (km. 850) – Dabaka to Tuipang
NH54A (km. 9) – Theriat to Lunglei
NH54B (km. 27) – Venus Saddle to Saiha
NH55 (km. 77) – Siliguri to Darjeeling
NH56 (km. 285) – Lucknow to Varanasi
NH56A (km. 13) – Chenhat (NH 28) to 16 (NH 56)
NH56B (km. 19) – 15 (NH 56) to 6 (NH 25)
NH57 (km. 310) – Muzaffarpur to Purnea
NH57A (km. 15) – Junction of NH 57 near Forbesganj to Jogbani
NH58 (km. 538) – Delhi to Mana Pass
NH59 (km. 350) – Ahmedabad to Indore
NH59A (km. 264) – Indore to Betul 

NH60 (km. 446) – Balasore to Moregram (Junction at NH 34)
NH61 (km. 240) – Kohima to Jhanji
NH62 (km. 195) – Damra to Dalu
NH63 (km. 432) – Ankola to Gooty
NH64 (km. 256) – Chandigarh to Dabwali
NH65 (km. 690) – Ambala to Pali
NH66 (km. 214) – Pondy to Krishnagiri
NH67 (km. 555) – Nagapattinam to Gundlupet
NH68 (km. 134) – Ulundrupet to Salem
NH69 (km. 350) – Nagpur to Obedullaganj
NH70 (km. 170) – Jalandhar to Mandi
NH71 (km. 307) – Jalandhar to Bawal
NH71A (km. 72) – Rohtak to Panipat
NH71B (km. 74) – Rewari to Palwal
NH72 (km. 200) – Ambala to Haridwar
NH72A (km. 45) – Chhutmalpur to
NH73 (km. 188) – Roorkee to Panchkula
NH74 (km. 300) – Haridwar to Bareilly
NH75 (km. 955) – Gwalior to Ranchi
NH76 (km. 1,007) – Pindwara to Allahabad
NH77 (km. 142) – Hajipur Sonbarsa
NH78 (km. 559) – Katni to Gumla
NH79 (km. 500) – Ajmer to Indore
NH79A (km. 35) – Kishangarh (NH 8) to Nasirbad (NH 79)
NH80 (km. 310) – Mokameh to Farrakka
NH81 (km. 100) – Kora to Malda
NH82 (km. 130) – Gaya to Mokameh
NH83 (km. 130) – Patna to Dhobi
NH84 (km. 60) – Arrah to Buxar
NH85 (km. 95) – Chhapra to Gopalganj
NH86 (km. 674) – Kanpur to Dewas
NH87 (km. 83) – Rampur to Nainital
NH88 (km. 115) – Shimla to Bhawan and NH 20
NH90 (km. 100) – Baran to Aklera
NH91 (km. 405) – Ghaziabad to Kanpur
NH92 (km. 171) – Bhongaon to Gwalior
NH93 (km. 220) – Agra to Moradabad
NH94 (km. 160) – Hrishikesh to Yamunotri
NH95 (km. 225) – Kharar (Chandigarh) to Ferozepur
NH96 (km. 160) – Faizabad to Allahabad
NH97 (km. 45) – Ghazipur to Saiyedraja
NH98 (km. 207) – Patna to Rajhara
NH99 (km. 110) – Dobhi to Chandwa
NH100 (km. 118) – Chatra to Bagodar
NH101 (km. 60) – Chhapra to Mohammadpur
NH102 (km. 80) – Chhapra to Muzaffarpur
NH103 (km. 55) – Hajipur to Mushrigharari
NH104 (km. 160) – Chakia to Narahai
NH105 (km. 66) – Darbhanga to Jaynagar
NH106 (km. 130) – Birpur to Bihpur
NH107 (km. 145) – Maheshkhunt to Purnea
NH108 (km. 127) – Dharasu to Gangotri Dham
NH109 (km. 76) – Rudraprayag to kedarnath Dham
NH110 (km. 89) – Junction with NH 98 and Arwal to Ekangarsarai Bihar Sharif and Junction with NH 31
NH111 (km. 200) – Bilaspur to Katghora and Ambikapur on NH78
NH112 (km. 343) – Bar Jaitaran to Barmer
NH113 (km. 240) – Nimbahera to Dahod
NH114 (km. 180) – Jodhpur to Pokaran
NH116 (km. 80) – Tonk to Sawai Madhopur
NH117 (km. 119) – Haora to Bakkhali
NH119 (km. 260) – Pauri to Meerut
NH121 (km. 252) – Kashipur to Bubakhal
NH123 (km. 95) – Barkot to Vikasnagar
NH125 (km. 201) – Sitarganj to Pithorgarh
NH150 (km. 700) – Aizwal to Kohima
NH151 (km. 14) – Karimganj to Indo and Bangladesh border
NH152 (km. 40) – Patacharkuchi to Indo and Bhutan Border
NH153 (km. 60) – Ldo to Indo and Myanmar Border
NH154 (km. 180) – Dhaleswar to Kanpui
NH155 (km. 342) – Tuensang to Pfutsero
NH200 (km. 740) – Raipur to Chandikhole
NH201 (km. 310) – Borigumma to Bargarh
NH202 (km. 280) – Hyderabad to Bhopalpatnam
NH203 (km. 59) – Bhubaneswar to Puri
NH204 (km. 974) – Ratnigiri to Nagpur
NH205 (km. 442) – Anantpur to Chennai
NH206 (km. 363) – Tumkur to Honnavar
NH207 (km. 155) – Hosur to Nelamangala
NH208 (km. 206) – Kollam to Thirumangalam (Madurai)
NH209 (km. 456) – Dindigul to Bangalore
NH210 (km. 160) – Trichy to Ramanathapuram
NH211 (km. 400) – Solapur to Dhule
NH212 (km. 250) – Kozhikode to Kollegal
NH213 (km. 130) – Palghat to Kozhikode
NH214 (km. 270) – Kathipudi to Pamarru
NH214A (km. 255) – Digamarru to Ongole
NH215 (km. 348) – Panikoili to Rajamunda
NH216 (km. 80) – Raigarh to Saraipali
NH217 (km. 508) – Raipur to Gopalpur
NH218 (km. 176) – Bijapur to Hubli
NH219 (km. 150) – Madanapalle to Krishnagiri
NH220 (km. 265) – Kollam to Theni
NH221 (km. 329) – Vijaywada to Jagdalpur
NH222 (km. 610) – Kalyan to Nirmal
NH223 (km. 300) – Port Blair to Mayabunder
NH224 (km. 298) – Khordha to Balangir
NH226 (km. 204) – Perambalur to Manamadurai
NH227 (km. 136) – Trichy to Chidambaram
NH228 (km. 374) – Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi
NH229 (km. 1,090) – Tawang to Pasighat
NH230 (km. 82) – Madurai to Thondi
NH231 (km. 169) – Raebareli to Jaunpur
NH 232 (km. 305) – Ambedkarnagar (Tanda) to Banda
NH232A (km. 68) – Unnao to Lalganj (Junction of NH to 32)
NH233 (km. 292) – India to Nepal border and Varanasi
NH234 (km. 780) – Mangalore to Villuppuram
NH235 (km. 66) – Meerut to Bulandshahr

Govt of India might issue National Permit for private cars

The Centre is consulting state governments to draw up a roadmap for the transport sector that would include capping registration of new vehicles in cities grappling with congestion and pollution.

The restrictions could include disincentives on purchase of second cars and measures like congestion taxes -bold steps to deal with the sharp increase in number of private vehicles burdening public infrastructure.

Capping the number of new cars is among a slew of proposals the Centre put forward at a meeting with state transport secretaries here on Friday . This will also be tabled before an empowered group of state ministers next week to build strong political consensus across states and parties.
As of March 2015, Bengaluru had 10 lakh cars and a total of 58 lakh vehicles Delhi has 27.9 lakh cars out of a total 88.27 lakh vehicles and Mumbai has 8.5 lakh cars out of 27 lakh vehicles. The upcoming Centre-state consultations may need to also consider the rapid rise in the number of two-wheelers since their share has increased to almost 72% in the country's urban areas, according to the latest Handbook of Urban Statistics.

Other reform measures for the sector include online issuance of learner's licence and stricter and fully automated test norms for obtaining a permanent driving licence, eliminating frequent checking of vehicles on same route and issuing national permit for all private cars.
Issuance of national permit for cars will eliminate the need of getting an NOC from state transport departments each time a vehicle owner shifts his state of residence.

"The roadmap is to ensure there is ease of transport and enhancing customer experience in transaction with transport and police departments.
One of the proposals is to have a common portal for tax payments such as entry tax, state permit fee and other such charges. Since improving public transport is the key to check growth of private vehicles, there is a proposal to liberalise the sector to allow more private players to run buses," said a government official.

(Source: Toi, Bangalore edition dated 2016-04-23)

States in India demur on road safety law


The increasing number of fatalities and total number of road crashes from 4.89 lakh in 2014 to over 5 lakh in 2015 indicated how a slew of initiatives taken by the Centre and state governments for road safety had little impact on users. The Supreme Court appointed panel on road safety has written to state governments to step up efforts to curb crashes and fatalities.

"This necessitates why we need a comprehensive legislation in place to deal with this daily massacre on our roads. Stronger law and better enforcement would be the key to reduce deaths and injuries," said K K Kapila of International Road Federation.

The NDA government had announced enacting a bolder law for road transport and safety soon after coming to power following the death of Union minister Gopinath Munde in an early-morning crash. But there has been little progress with some states expressing reservations against provisions of the bill. The road transport ministry has called a meeting of state transport secretaries next week to prepare a roadmap for measures to reduce crashes, including a stricter regimen for issuing driving licences and installing safety gadgets in vehicles.

Nothing should outrage a civilised country more than the avoidable loss of human life. When the scale of that loss is so huge, nearly 1.5 lakh a year and rising, our collective conscience demands action to prevent it. It is not as if what is needed is an impossible ask. Strict implementation of simple traffic rules and transport norms can go a long way towards drastically reducing these deaths.But if we let overloaded trucks ply with impunity on our highways, and reckless motorists jump red lights at whim, for instance, the dubious distinction of being the country with the largest number of road accident victims will remain ours.

Indian roads killed record 400 per day in 2015

Indian roads witnessed the highest number of fatalities in 2015 with the figures touching 1.46 lakh. This translates to 400 deaths a day or one every 3.6 minutes. The overall increase in number of deaths was nearly 5% over 2014.

According to provisional police data provided by states to the Centre, UP recorded the maximum number of deaths among all states and Union Territories followed by Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Rajasthan.

The figures were cited by joint secretary (transport) Abhay Damle as he addressed school students on Wednesday (2016-04-20) on road safety.

While all the big states recorded more fatalities in road crashes, 10 smaller ones and UTs, including Delhi and Chandigarh, reported a decline. Assam registered 115 fewer deaths in 2015 in comparison to the previous year.

(Source: Toi Kolkata dated 2016-04-21)

A fallout of the odd-even vehicle number scheme in Delhi

A friend of mine, faculty in a b-school and residing in New Delhi writes:

Requested 20 odd autorikshaw drivers to shuttle me up to my college in East Delhi, a little off the Ring Road, during the 2nd phase of odd-even traffic scheme (being enforced for a span of 15 days w.e.f 2016-04-15).

8 demanded a minimum of 50% extra with their right to demand,
6 demanded boldly an exorbitant amount as meters of their autorickshaws were not working,
3 agreed to oblige with Rs. 10 extra over and above actual meter readings,
3 were kind enough to ferry me while charging the actual meter readings.

My friend goes on to request the almighty to shower blessing over the three who agreed to charge the actual fare.
Unfortunately, according to him, the Delhi Government is pampering such culprits rather than taking action against them.

He prays to the almighty to shower some pragmatic wisdom over Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.