Declaration of roads, ways or land as highway

(1) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, declare any road, way or land appurtenant thereto to be a highway and classify it as a State highway or a hill highway or a major district road or any other category of road. Explanation.—For the purpose of classification of highways under this section, important roads within a district or adjoining districts serving areas of production and market and connecting these with each other or with a State highway or a national highway shall be considered as a major district road and arterial routes of the State linking district headquarters and important cities or towns or important places of tourist interest or pilgrim centres within the State and connecting them with national highways or highways of neighbouring States shall be considered as a State highway. (2) Every notification under sub-section (1) shall also be published by Government in at least two daily news papers having wide circulation in the area to which the notification relates.