Previous Year Question
The North-South and East-West corridors of the National Highway Development Project meet at
Kanpur
Jhansi
Lucknow
Varanasi
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
Under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), the North-South Corridor and the East-West Corridor meet at Jhansi.
The North-South Corridor was designed to provide a high-capacity national highway connection between the northern and southern parts of India, while the East-West Corridor connects the western and eastern parts of the country.
An official Government district industrial profile specifically states that the North-South Corridor passes through Jhansi and the East-West Corridor also passes through the city. This makes Jhansi an important junction of the two corridors.
Under the official NHDP works, the Jhansi–Shivpuri stretch was developed as a part of the East-West Corridor. Records of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways identify this stretch as EW-II.
The geographical position of Jhansi makes it an important road junction between northern and central India. Some of the old National Highways forming this network were subsequently renumbered under the revised national-highway numbering system.