सड़क निर्माण विभाग, बिहार सरकार का परिचय
(Introduction of Road Construction Department)
The Road infrastructure of the state is divided basically into the
following three categories.
1. National Highway
2. State Highways & Major District Roads.
3. Rural Roads & Minor District Roads.
National Highways are the primary system of roads. Similarly State Highways, Major districts roads and other roads provide secondary system and the Rural Roads and Minor District Roads provide tertiary system. The National Highways are the property of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Govt. of India that are maintained by funding from Govt. of India by the Road Construction Department as its "Agency". The State Highways, Major District Roads and other roads known as "PWD Roads" are the property of Road Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar . These roads are maintained and upgraded by Road Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar primarily through funding from State Budget. The other sources of funding are central assistance or other schemes like state's share in Central Road Fund/aid from multilateral funding agencies etc.
Planning and designing road network to provide optimized connectivity to rural and urban areas.
To achieve goal of socio-economic development through proper management of road communication.
Construction, Upgradation and Maintenance of roads and bridges.
Bihar became the first state in India to have separate web page for every city and village in the state on its website www.brandbihar.com (Now www.brandbharat.com)
See the record in Limca Book of Records 2012 on Page No. 217