You will see many types of stones on the roadside on which place names and distances are written, these are called milestones. We all know what kind of information these stones give us. Here you can see distances like 346, 244 kilometers and names of places like Mumbai, Pune etc. on these stones. But in today's article, we will tell you about the colors filled in the upper part of the stone so that you can recognize whether it is a highway, national highway, or a village road.
So, first of all, if the stones are yellow in color in the upper part and white in the lower part, then these stones indicate that we are walking on the National Highway. The National Highway connects two different cities of the country. The responsibility of construction of National Highway rests with the Central Government. And the responsibility of its care also lies with the Central Government.
However, in today's time, you will get to see big sign boards or (Distance Board) on the road. These are also of different colors. Mostly they are of green color or some blue color. In today's time, these milestone boards and stones are very useful.
At many places you will see green colored stones at the upper part and white colored stones at the lower part. These stones show us the State Highway. They connect one state to another. And these roads also connect many national highways. The responsibility of its maintenance and construction rests with the state government.
At many places you will find blue colored or black colored stones at the upper part and white colored stones at the bottom. You will see these stones whenever you enter any big city or any district. This gives us information that we are walking on the road of a district or city. The responsibility for its maintenance and construction rests with the Municipal Corporations (District Administration) of the city.
Now let us talk about the orange colored or red colored stones in the upper part and white colored stones in the lower part, these stones represent the village. Such milestones show that these are village roads. These roads are built under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana and the responsibility of their maintenance rests with the village Prime Minister or District Panchayat member.
After reading our post, you will be able to tell just by looking at the milestone stone that you are walking on your type of road. To get such interesting information, stay tuned to our website because we keep posting posts with such interesting facts and information.
