2017 · Q114
The Setu Bharatam Programme of the Government of India is a programme for
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- Abuilding bridges across major rivers for transport of goods.
- Bbuilding bridges for safe and seamless travel on national highways.
- Cbuilding roads to connect coastal areas.
- Dtraining of highway engineers at the entry level and service level.
Explanation
The Setu Bharatam programme, launched in 2016, aims to make all national highways free of railway level crossings by constructing bridges — road over-bridges and underpasses — in place of the crossings, ensuring safe and seamless travel on national highways. It is not about constructing bridges across rivers for goods movement, building coastal roads, or training bridge engineers. The level-crossing-free highways objective is the correct answer.