Supreme Court Says My Way Or No Highway

Measuring over 5.8 million kilometres, the Indian road network encompasses the length and breadth of the country and includes national highways, expressways, state highways, district roads and village roads. It is one of the largest road networks in the world. The private sector has played a decisive role in creating this network, which presently enables around 65% of all goods to be transported and an estimated 90% of passenger traffic.

National highways are critical to the economic progress of the country. According to a press release on behalf of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (ministry), as at 31 December 2019 India has 132,500 kilometres of national highways. With a view to achieving the objective of completing the development of 200,000 kilometrs of national highways by 2022, the government has proactively taken a number of major policy decisions.