You must have seen the milestones of yellow, green, black, navy blue and saffron on the roads and highways. But have you ever wondered why their colors are different?
As we travel along the routes, we see milestones (rocks in the picture below) to their right or left. It is listed, for example, 5 km to Mumbai, that is, 5 km to reach Mumbai. At the same time you may have noticed another important point that the stones on which it is inscribed have different colors. They are usually yellow in color. However, they also come in green, black or dark blue, and saffron colors. Have you ever wondered why milestones are so different?
Yellow: Yellow milestones are installed on national highways. The national highway connects one state to another. According to the data of the year 2000, the length of the National Highway of India is 1.6 million kilometers. If you see a yellow milestone on the road, it means that you are on the national highway. This milestone indicates that this road was built by the central administration.
Green: Greening milestones are installed on state highways. According to the statistics of the year 2000, the length of highways of the states in the country is 1.6 million kilometers. This highway is built by the state governments.
Black or dark blue colors: Miles of these colors are installed on urban or district roads. If you see the milestones of these colors, it means that you are traveling on the streets of the city or district. District highways connect different districts. At present, the length of district highways is 1.6 million km. This milestone indicates that the road was built by the city or district administration.
Saffron color: Saffron colored milestones are installed on the village roads. At present, the length of these routes is 1.6 million kilometers. The saffron-colored milestone also reflects the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, and it forms the village administration.
It should be noted that the history of installing saffron colored milestones is not very old. They were started a few decades ago.
Now that you know about the milestones of different colors, you need to know an important and interesting thing about highways. And that is the Zero Mile Center, the place where the distances of different cities are measured.
What is Zero Mile Centric?
It is a place built by the British as a center in undivided India. From this place he measured the distance to other parts of the country (cities). The Jewel Mile Center is a pillar in Nagpur with four horses underneath. On a board near the pillar is a list of the country's largest and most important cities, stating the distance from Nagpur to another city, meaning that the pillar of Nagpur is the zero-mile center.
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