ROAD SAFETY CULTURE IN INDIAN CONTEXT IN ALL THE FACETS OF HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT – NEED OF THE HOUR (Paper 645)

National Highways, State Highways, Major District Roads, Other District Roads and Village Roads are the five functional categories of Non-Urban roads presently existing in the country.  The highways are generally being developed by upgrading the lower category roads to higher category say Major District Road to State Highway and State Highway to National Highway etc.