Chapter 6 Transport and Tourism — OUR RAJASTHAN STD 8 — Question

Road transport in Rajasthan is optimally developed as:
1. Where the roads network in the state was 17339 km in 1951, it increased to 217707 km by March 2016.
2. Most of the transport of Rajasthan is completed through roads. Road transport is the most important in rural areas. Under the Pradhan Mantri Rural roads construction Project, roads in different villages have been co-linked.
3. Roads in Rajasthan are classified as National highways, State highways, District roads, Rural roads etc. Many National highways pass through Rajasthan, The state government has also developed several state highways.
4. Rajasthan is the first state in the country to declare a state transport policy in 1994.