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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Kolkata
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New Delhi
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Mumbai
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Hyderabad
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Detailed explanation-1: -Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari launched the Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification & Maintenance) Policy, 2015 at a function organized in New Delhi today.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Eastern Peripheral Expressway is India’s first highway to be lit by solar power. There are eight solar power plants along the expressway having a capacity of 4, 000 kilowatt. The green highway also has provisions of rain water harvesting on every 500 metres on both sides.
Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh has the longest network of National Highways in India. Only three other states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra & Gujarat have a route length of more than 5000 Kms.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was set up as an Institute in the year 1983 with the primary objective to fulfill the need for training of highway engineers at the entry level and during the service.