 "Not in big states, this small state has the most hotels, restaurants and other facilities on the highway")
While traveling on highways and expressways, you find all the side facilities including hotels, restaurants, petrol pumps where you stop for tea, breakfast or refueling. But you will be surprised to know that these facilities along highways are more available in small states than in big states. Let’s know how many Side Amenities have been built or are going to be built in the country and which states are on top. According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, a special plan is being worked on keeping in mind the facilities of the drivers traveling on the National Highway, so that the drivers do not face any problem during the journey.
Under the scheme, 40 to 60 km on the National Highway. All kinds of facilities (Side Amenities) are being provided at a distance of It will include everything from hotels, restaurants to trauma centers. 704 way side amenities are being constructed on highways and expressways. Many of these places have been built, work is in progress on many of them.
This small state has the most side amenities
Most Side Amenities are not in big states like Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra but in Rajasthan. According to the Ministry, there are 81 Side Amenities along expressways and highways. Madhya Pradesh is second, with 76. At the third number, Maharashtra has 63 and at the fourth number, Uttar Pradesh has 54. You will be surprised to know that in a small state like Haryana, 51 Side Amenities are being built i.e. only 3 less than Uttar Pradesh. There are 46 in Gujarat.
These facilities are available in Side Amenities
Under those Side Amenities, there will also be a restaurant, dhaba, petrol pump, charging station for charging electric vehicles, parking facility, dormitory for truck drivers to rest and trauma center. This means that in the event of an accident or ill health, the victim will be able to receive immediate treatment. This facility will be available in 23 states.
The total length of the national highway is 140937 km. Many of these highways have no facilities for long distances. This means that there are no rest facilities for drivers, including hotels and restaurants. In this way, the vehicle drivers traveling long distances have to face problems. Sometimes there are health problems for which treatment is not available. Those sides are being developed keeping in mind the convenience of those traveling on the highway.