{"id":12557,"date":"2023-04-24T18:21:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T12:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodnewskhabar.com\/?p=12557"},"modified":"2023-04-24T18:21:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T12:36:16","slug":"transport-a-key-engine-for-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodnewskhabar.com\/?p=12557","title":{"rendered":"Transport : A key engine for economic growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12559 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnewskhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/simli-gau-rukm-copy-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodnewskhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/simli-gau-rukm-copy-copy.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/goodnewskhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/simli-gau-rukm-copy-copy-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodnewskhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/simli-gau-rukm-copy-copy-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodnewskhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/simli-gau-rukm-copy-copy-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodnewskhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/simli-gau-rukm-copy-copy-1536x768.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Correspondent 24 April 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of 34,072 kilometers of roads have been constructed across the country as of January, according to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport. Of these, 17,352 kilometers have been blacktopped, and the remaining 16,721 kilometers are graveled roads. The total length of roads built by provinces and local units is around 66,000 kilometers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Currently, nearly five million motor vehicles travel on these roads, including over 61,000 long-route buses and trucks that operate on major highways in the country. Additionally, there are approximately 35,000 buses and minibuses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two-wheelers dominate the number of motor vehicles in the country, as per the Economic Survey 2021\/22, with 3.94 million such vehicles. In addition, there are approximately 300,800 privately owned cars, jeeps, and vans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This also implies that there are roughly 800,000 commercial vehicles operating in the country.Assuming that each commercial vehicle employs two people, the transportation sector provides direct employment to 1.6 million people. Moreover, the transportation sector\u2019s contribution to total revenue is approximately 22%.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>more details news <a href=\"https:\/\/en.himalpress.com\/transport-a-key-engine-for-economic-growth\/\">HimalPress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/goodnewskhabar.com\/?p=12557\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"reverse_time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Correspondent 24 April 2023. A total of 34,072 kilometers of roads have been constructed across the country as of January, according to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport. Of these, 17,352 kilometers have been blacktopped, and the remaining 16,721 kilometers are graveled roads. 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