Ranchi, Feb. 3: The Raghubar Das government sent a list of 23 state highways to the Centre for converting them into national highways today, the prompt action coming within a week of Union minister Nitin Gadkari's promise to double the state's highway lengths.

At present, there are 23 national highways in the state, measuring 2,601km. After the inclusion of the 23 new stretches, the total number of national highways will be 42, measuring 4,029km. The road stretches included in today's list to the Union ministry of road transport & highways were Chatra-Itkhori-Chouparan (49.20km), Jihu-Itkhori-Chatra (29.01km), Hata-Jadugora-Musabani-Dumaria-Asti-Kowali-Gurabandha-Koima-Odisha border (91.7km), Pataldih-Tisri-Gawan-Satgawan-Govindpur (78km), Jamua-Khargadih-Chatro-Sarwan-Chakai Road (42km), Daltonganj-Chainpur-Ramgarh-Ramkanda-Bhandaria-Ramanujganj (68.2km), Chattarpur-Japla-Dangwar-Navinanagr-Barun (75km), Petarwar-Tenughat-Gomia-Narki-Budgadda-Penk-Dumri (66km), Panki-Herhanj-Balumath (38km), Jorikalan-Pratappur-Chak-Manatu (53km), Tamar-Khunti-Dorma-Kamdara-Tapkara-Kolebira (125km), Simdega-Jaldega-Hurda-Girda-Manoharpur (73.7km), Simdega-Rengari-Kersai-Bolba-Odisha border (48.2km), Simdega-Kinkel-Kurdeg-Kutmachar-Jharkhand-Chattisgarh border(62km), Godda-Ramgarh-Dumka (75.60km), Khunti-Karra-Bero-Bhandra-Lohardaga (84.5km), Dumka-Masalia-Kundhit Nala-Maheshpur ghat (65.2km), Semaria-Boarijor-Borio-Teenpahad-Rajmahal (53.8km), Bagodar-Dhanwar-Khorimahua (50km), Bundu-Sonahatu-Jamudag-Jaria (30km), Gola-Chas-Ramgarh-Muri (26km), Boarijor-Semra-Teenpahar-Bhagaiya-Mirjachowki (25.4km) and Seraikela-Kharsawan-Arki (76 km).