Test: Lifelines of National Economy - 2

Golden quadrilateral superhighways are 6 lane roads constructed to connect main Port cities of india. they are constructed to save time and reduce the distance between the main Port cities. they connect the cities like Calcutta, delhi, mumbai,and chennai.

 The Golden Quadrilateral project is managed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways.

The Centre is making efforts to connect all villages through a road network by next year as part of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Union minister Ram Kripal Yadav said on Monday.

The BRO operates and maintains over 32,885 kilometers of roads and about 12,200 meters of permanent bridges in the country.

Broad gauge is also called wide gauge or large line. The distance between the two tracks in these railway gauges is 1676 mm (5 ft 6 in). It would not be wrong to say that any gauge, wider than standard gauge or 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ inches), is called broad gauge.

Mumbai is a natural harbour on the west coast and is also the biggest port of India. The port is situated closer to the general routes from the countries of middle east, Mediterranean countries. North Africa, South Africa, North America and Europe where the major share of country’s overseas trade is carried out. The port is 20km long and 6-10km wide with 54berths and has the country’s largest oil terminal.