{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.roads-in-india","code":"thing-q3537728","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q3537728/","name":"roads in India","alternateNames":["roads in Kerala"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The road network of India, the second largest in the world by length, comprising national highways administered by the National Highways Authority of India and other responsible bodies, state highways, district roads and rural roads built under programmes such as the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, with state networks such as the roads of Kerala; Indian roads carry most passenger and freight traffic and face challenges of safety, congestion and maintenance.","purpose":"Let an agent explain the roads of 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