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unconnected habitations in rural areas. The surface of such roads varies from<br />

Unsealed Surface (Gravel Road) to Bituminous Surface with Pre Mixed Carpet (PMC)<br />

and seal coat. The road length completed under the scheme increased from 3,996<br />

km for the year ending 31 st March 2001 to 51,511 km by the end of March 2004 and<br />

further to 1,61,809 km as on 31.3.2008. The increase between 2004 and 2008 was to<br />

the tune of 1,10,298 km or an increase of over 214 %. By the end of March 2008,<br />

Rajasthan had completed the maximum road length under PMGSY at 30,447 km<br />

followed by Uttar Pradesh (19,733 km) and Madhya Pradesh (19,063 km) (Table 11.3).<br />

13. Urban Roads<br />

13.1 The total length of urban roads in the country as on 31 st March 2004 was<br />

3,01,310 km which increased to 3,04,327 km by March 2008 indicating a growth of<br />

about 1 %. Within Urban Roads, roads constructed by Municipalities (2,77,264 km)<br />

accounted for over 91 % of the urban roads. Of the roads under Municipalities<br />

nearly 68 % were surfaced. The second largest share among various categories of<br />

Urban Roads was of MES roads (14,143 km), followed by Railway Roads (11,749 km),<br />

Major Port Roads (792 km) and Minor Port Roads (379 km) (refer Section 8).<br />

14. Project Roads<br />

14.1 The total length of Project Roads increased from 2,61,625 km in March 2004 to<br />

2,70,189 km in March 2008 reflecting a growth of 3.3 %. Surfaced roads formed only<br />

27.5 % of total road length under this category in 2008. Forest Department Roads<br />

accounted for the highest share (57 %) of total Project Roads in March 2008,<br />

followed by Irrigation Department roads (about 30 %) and roads under Sugarcane<br />

Authorities (9.6 %) (refer Section 9).<br />

15. Expansion of Road Network vis-à-vis growth in Motor Vehicles<br />

15.1 The growth of road network has not kept pace with the growth in number of<br />

registered vehicles as reflected in Table 5. The growth of vehicular traffic on roads<br />

has been far greater than the growth of the highways; as a result the main arteries<br />

face capacity saturation. Between 1951 and 2006 the vehicle population grew at a<br />

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