In its attempt to help the state government to build world class road infrastructure, the Asian Development Bank has recently cleared $300 million to upgrade over 400 kilometers of major district roads in Uttar Pradesh. The funds are required to be invested in building new roads and improving and maintaining the existing ones. The project supports the state government's core road network improvement master plan, under which the government plans to improve roads through a combination of state, private and multilateral resources, said Principal Transport Specialist in ADB's South Asia Department, Ravi Venkat Peri, adding that along with the physical upgrades and maintenance components, the project will conduct a road safety analysis of the district roads in the core road network, and implement remedial measures at identified trouble spots to reduce the rate of accidents, he added.
