India, Feb. 27 -- New Delhi

As many as 54 key roads spread across 120 kilometres, which have only seen patchwork repair in the past few years, will be repaired and restrengthened this year, officials of the Public Works Department (PWD) said on Wednesday.

Some of the key roads that will be strengthened include Vikas Marg, Ring Road, Outer Ring Road, Noida Link Road, Patparganj Road, the road along the Ghazipur drain, East End Apartment Road, Maharishi Balmiki Marg, SP Mukherjee Marg, Shahdara Road, Rani Jhansi Road, Chelmsford Road, Azad Market Road, Main Burari Road, Panchsheel Enclave Road, Mehrauli-Mahipalpur Road and Ravi Das Marg, officials said.

"On average, around 220-240 kilometres of PWD roads are strengthened every year at a ...