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What are the highlights and benefits of the Golden Quadrilateral Highways? 

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Highlights:

  • It is the largest Highway project completed in India.
  • It is the fifth largest highway project in the world.
  • The overall length of the Golden Quadrilateral is 5,846 km.
  • The Golden Quadrilateral passes through 13 states of India.
  • It connects four major metropolitan cities of the country in four directions.

Benefits:

  • Provides faster transport networks between major cities and ports.
  • Provides connectivity to major agricultural industrial and cultural centres of India.
  • Provides smoother movement of goods and people within the country.
  • Enables industrial development and job creation in smaller town through access to varied markets.
  • Farmers are able to transport their produce to major cities and towns for sale and export and there is less wastage and spoils.
  • More economic growth through construction and indirect demand for steel, cement, and other construction materials.
  • Giving an impetus to truck transports.


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