Question

What is the length of the golden quadrilateral?
A.5020 km
B.5600 km
C.5846 km
D.5424 km

Answer 1

Hint:The Golden Quadrilateral is a national highway system linking most of the major industrial, agricultural and cultural centres of India. It forms a quadrilateral linking the four major metro cities of India, that is, Delhi (north), Kolkata (east), Mumbai (west) and Chennai (south).

Complete answer:
-The Golden Quadrilateral is authorized as one of the longest highways in the world. The overall length of the quadrilateral is 5,846km.
 -It was the largest highway project of India and was a part of National Highways Development Project (NHDP). Total 7 state capitals of India are connected by the Golden Quadrilateral.
 - The project was estimated to cost Rs600bn but was finalized at about half of the approximated costs.
 -The planning for the Golden Quadrilateral in India was finished by 1999. It comprised building of a few new express highways and expansion of the prevailing road to four or six lanes. The project was officially started in 2001 and that whole quadrilateral was functional by January 2012.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Note:A worthwhile road network is crucial for a large country like India to uphold national integration and socio-economic growth. India has a large web of highways administered by the National Highway Authority of India. These highways account for just 2% of the country’s total road infrastructure and carry 40% of the total national traffic. The Pan-American Highway is the world's longest highway of 30,000 miles.