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ROADS AND VEHICLES IN TOWNS
Amravati city has a number of wide and well planned roads.
But the older parts of the city still have narrow lanes for heavy
traffic. In the other towns of the district, roads are hardly
developed with a perspective of town planning.
The following statement gives the road length within the TOWNS.
jurisdiction of the municipalities in the district: -
Town |
Length |
Total Length |
Metalled |
Unmetalled |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) | |
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M. F. |
M. F. |
M. F. | |
Achalpur City |
9 44 (5 7) |
7 24 (4 4) |
16 68 (10 3) | |
Achalpur Civil Station. |
10 06 (6 2) |
6 84 (4 2) |
16 90 (10 4) | |
Amravati |
93 34 (58 0) |
40 23 (25 0) |
133 57 (83 0) | |
Badnera |
8 85 (5 4) |
6 43 (4 0) |
15 29 (9 4) | |
Chandur Bazar |
1 60 (1 0) |
1 60 (1 0) |
3 20 (2 0) | |
Chandur Railway |
8 05 (5 0) |
4 83 (3 0) |
12 87 (8 0) | |
Chikhaldara |
0 59 (0 3) |
18 67 (11 5) |
19 31 (12 0) | |
Dhamangaon |
11 80 (7 4) |
7 03 (4 3) |
19 09(11 7) | |
Morshi |
8 64 (5 3) |
7 83 (4 7) |
16 49 (10 2) | |
Warud |
2 81 (1 6) |
0 59 (0 3) |
3 43 (2 1) |
[Figures given in brackets are in miles and those outside in kilometres.]
Of the roads in Amravati city, a length of about 3 kilometres (2 miles) is cement concrete, about 4.8 kilometres (3 miles) asphalted and 85 kilometres (53 miles) water bound macadam. The condition of roads in other towns is not very happy during the rainy season.
Before the advent of motor cars, tonga and ekka were the only means of public conveyance in Amravati. The tonga and ekka are drawn by a single horse. The tonga is more comfortable and can accommodate three persons. The ekka is smaller and can seat only two persons. In Amravati city there were about 90 tongas and ekkas registered with the municipality in 1961-62. Bicycles formed by far the largest number of private vehicles in Amravati city, viz., 7,000 in 1961-62. The number of bicycles in Achalpur and Warud was 789 and 500, respectively, in the same year. Bicycle-rikshaws[A rikshaw mounted on a bicycle frame with two wheels at the back and one wheel in the front is pedal driven with an elongated chain working on two-toothed wheel in the back axle. It can accommodate two persons. Rikshaw pulling is a very strenuous job.] are mainly found in Amravati, Badnera and Dhamangaon. There were 900 rickshaws in Amravati city in 1961-62.
Amravati city has very few taxis. There is no town bus service in any of the towns in the district.
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