Module 10: Major District Roads (MDR) & LWE Road Requirements Plan
Major District Roads (MDR) branch out from National and State Highways to serve intra-district traffic. As of September 2020, the total length of MDR in Bihar reached 14,886.36 km.
Funding Sources for MDR Construction:
- State Plan funds
- NABARD (Rural Infrastructure Development Fund - RIDF)
- Central Road Fund (CRF)
- Left-wing Extremism-Affected Area Fund
- Indo-Nepal Border Road Development Scheme
- Roads of Economic Importance, Roads of International Importance, and Finance Commission Grants
District Expansion Trends in MDR Network:
- Top 3 Districts registering maximum MDR expansion: Patna (434 km), Darbhanga (410 km), and Jamui (344 km).
- Bottom 3 Districts with least MDR gains: Bhojpur (4 km), Jehanabad (7 km), and Khagaria (13 km).
Road Requirements Plan - I (RRP-I) for Left Wing Extremism (LWE):
Five extremism-affected districts of Bihar—Arwal, Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui, and Jehanabad—have been covered under RRP-I, sanctioning 674.3 km of roads under 41 projects.
- Top 3 Districts registering maximum MDR expansion: Patna (434 km), Darbhanga (410 km), and Jamui (344 km).
- Bottom 3 Districts with least MDR gains: Bhojpur (4 km), Jehanabad (7 km), and Khagaria (13 km).
- Top 3 Districts registering maximum MDR expansion: Patna (434 km), Darbhanga (410 km), and Jamui (344 km).
- Bottom 3 Districts with least MDR gains: Bhojpur (4 km), Jehanabad (7 km), and Khagaria (13 km).
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Which 5 districts of Bihar are selected under the Road Requirements Plan - I (RRP-I) for LWE areas?
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Top 3 Districts registering maximum MDR expansion: ______
Patna (434 km), Darbhanga (410 km), and Jamui (344 km).Bottom 3 Districts with least MDR gains: ______
Bhojpur (4 km), Jehanabad (7 km), and Khagaria (13 km).