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The Central Government has declared 290.08 kms of roads in Chhattisgarh as new National Highways during 2017-18, officials informed. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs) and considers declaration of State Roads as new National Highways from time to time depending upon requirement of connectivity, inter-se priority and availability of funds.The Ministry has declared about 30,268 km of new National Highways (NHs) including 53 km of NHs (717A & 316A)in West Bengal since May 2014, they informed.On the other hand, notably, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had already announced plans of ......