India: Highway and road projects [Archive] - Page 4

Sridhar

April 14th, 2005, 10:13 PM

NHAI/MoST has announced a series of projects for the road sector, with massive investments (several times that of GQ).

NHDP V will include upgradation of sections with key economic/tourist interest.

NHDP VI envisages constructing expressways (fully access-controlled) on key economic corridors. Mumbai-Ahmedabad is specifically mentioned.

NHDP VII will take up ring roads/bypasses for key cities.

NHDP I is of course the GQ, NHDP II is the North-South and East-West corridors project, NHDP III envisages upgradation of 10000kms of key highways and NHDP IV will upgrade the remaining single lane National Highways to two-lane highways with shoulders and good road furniture (these are on sections that don't have high traffic). These are projects already under implementation or announced (all have got cabinet approval). Additionally, upgradation of roads in the North East is being taken up as an independent project.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/04/15/stories/2005041501650700.htm

aks

April 15th, 2005, 06:29 AM

aks

April 15th, 2005, 11:58 PM

Automated toll collection now

Sujay Mehdudia

The toll plazas are being shaped in such a way as to turn back all those vehicles that are not destined for Delhi thereby preventing large-scale pollution, misuse of roads and heavy congestion Nine more to be put online by end of June

NEW DELHI: : Delhi is going hi-tech. An automated toll plaza concept combined with the Intelligent Transport System that would not only scan, identify and turn back the entry of vehicles not destined for Delhi but also help in preventing entry of unwanted contraband goods, including arms and ammunition into the Capital is being put in place. The first such unit has been made operational at the Badarpur border and nine others would be put online by the end of June this year.

The Municipal Commissioner, Rakesh Mehta, has written to the Police Commissioner, K. K. Paul, identifying 10 points through which entry of heavy commercial vehicles would be allowed into the Capital instead of the present 47 points to ensure better traffic management and security. Interestingly, the newly installed system has the capacity to not only identify the kind of vehicles coming into Delhi but also detect the type of goods that are coming into the Capital. The 10 entry points are Singhu border, New Mandoli border, Apasara border, Ghazipur border, Kalindi Kunj border, Badapur border, Aya Nagar border, Tikri border, Kapashera border and Rajokri border.

The integrated toll collection system has the facility of automatic weighment that would be installed to check over-loading of vehicles and fine them for over-loading. The system also has the facility of installing X-ray machines to check the presence of contraband goods, if required. The class of vehicles that are entering Delhi could be checked through the Dynax Treadle sensors embedded at the entry points under the road surface. Video cameras are also installed to check the type of vehicles entering the toll plazas and the best part is the entire data can be transferred to any destination through the network technology.

Interestingly, under the directions of the Supreme Court, the toll plazas are being shaped in such a way as to turn back all those vehicles that are not destined for Delhi thereby preventing large-scale air pollution, misuse of roads and heavy congestion on the city roads. "This is a very advanced system that would not only help in better toll collection but would also help the police and sales tax authorities to keep a close watch on the entry of vehicles and type of goods making their way into Delhi. This could also possibly help ward of any security threat by scanning goods through X-ray machines at the toll plazas. The police control room would be linked through satellite with the entire system and they could get an instant update on various issues, including identity of the vehicle, goods, its timing and make,'' Mr. Mehta remarked.

Vehicles entering Delhi in future would be required to furnish their registration papers, type of goods, including their destination. If the goods are not bound for Delhi, the papers would be seized at the toll plaza and the vehicle would be turned back. The papers of the vehicle would be returned by the police at an exit point at the border. The toll paid by the vehicle would not be refunded and it would be taken as fine imposed for wrong entry.

thalaiva

April 16th, 2005, 10:42 AM

Interesting article...How can you turn back a vehicle at a toll plaza? I mean if you are in a line how can one vehicle be turned away? I would like to see the pic of the toll plaza...

Captain Beakey

April 16th, 2005, 01:20 PM

Delhi traffic Jam

Dhaula Kuan (I guess It might be before the flyover came into existance)

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041118/d6.jpg

Some other road jam

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041202/d1.jpg

Evidence of poor traffic management here. I suggest that all vehicle drivers, stick to the lane that they are queing in sensibly and peacefully, without breaking the rules and law. :bash:

drwho

April 16th, 2005, 04:04 PM

Aks> woooa:eek: thats alot of cars,lets hope the toll system will sort it out:)

MachuPichu

April 16th, 2005, 05:53 PM

As of now East Coast Road runs only from Chennai to Cuddalore. But as per plan it is supposed to be extended till Tuticorin(Thuthukudi) and not upto kanyakumari..

Its a World bank aid project, as per original plans it will run from Visakapatnam to thuthukudi..

It is a toll road from Chennai to Pondicherry,and it is maintained well..one of the best roads in India..

I think the palm beach drive in Navi Mumbai is the best road in India. I was just on it. The surfacing is exactly the same as an American road. It's a pleasure to drive on this.

Tintin27

April 16th, 2005, 08:34 PM

I think the palm beach drive in Navi Mumbai is the best road in India. I was just on it. The surfacing is exactly the same as an American road. It's a pleasure to drive on this.
IS it that road where SeaWoods Apartments are? I went there using that road and the surface is really good. Actually most of the roads I found in Navi mumbai are very good and the place is still very clean.

drwho

April 18th, 2005, 02:51 PM

Elevated expressway: 68 km, 4-lane speedway

New Delhi, April 17: An elevated expressway above Ring Road now seems to be a distinct possibility with the Delhi Government seriously examining the feasibility study that was submitted last week.

more at:
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=125359

thalaiva

April 19th, 2005, 08:16 AM

I think the palm beach drive in Navi Mumbai is the best road in India. I was just on it. The surfacing is exactly the same as an American road. It's a pleasure to drive on this.

Not all american roads are good. Roads in Virginia were good. But roads in DC, San Diego, etc. suck. They are full of potholes.

Luckystreak

April 19th, 2005, 10:24 AM

Mumbai-Pune Expressway

http://img246.echo.cx/img246/7958/f41uo.jpg

nova

April 19th, 2005, 02:51 PM

OK, the above is a fabulous picture! Thanks Luckystreak!!

Luckystreak

April 20th, 2005, 09:40 AM

Some more pics of Mumbai-Pune Expressway

http://img243.echo.cx/img243/3709/255647850cyonyofs0ms.jpg

http://img246.echo.cx/img246/5820/dsc000357ll.jpg

http://img54.echo.cx/img54/1705/0158yj.jpg

http://img221.echo.cx/img221/1601/296966350mrcsqsfs4np.jpg

http://img252.echo.cx/img252/3636/bombaypuneexpressway9ss.jpg

fred_the_cute_guy

April 20th, 2005, 04:20 PM

Stumbled upon an interesting article on road traffic of Kolkata and Delhi, from 1970's to date. Didn't go where it should go, so giving the link to the PDF here: http://www.sarai.net/journal/02PDF/06for_those/16bus_rides.pdf

slakhs

April 20th, 2005, 07:49 PM

A section of NH 46 near Krishnagiri (Bangalore - Chennai GQ route).

http://photos7.flickr.com/10130952_f6d315af69.jpg

Cheers

Tintin27

April 20th, 2005, 08:00 PM

I went on the mumbai - pune expressway. Having travelled on so many expressways around the world, this one looked really strange and typical Indian. Out of 90km of the expressway, there are only TWO exit ramps.. I wonder if there is another like this in the world.. If u by chance miss the Khandala Exit, how would u be able to get there??

kviv314

April 21st, 2005, 01:29 AM

well, u can just take the next one!! haha....its just a few km ahead....u wll have to drive back thu lonavala though...but its not too far!
Im sure that as more small towns/commercial complexes come up around/nearby the expressway route, there will be new exits made.
india is still a developing country!

Tintin27

April 21st, 2005, 05:45 AM

so from pune after lonavala exit, the next exit is Panvel??

Luckystreak

April 21st, 2005, 09:02 AM

some more pics of Mumbai-Pune Expressway

http://img244.echo.cx/img244/3238/dsc000373zw.jpg

http://img244.echo.cx/img244/137/dsc000413nf.jpg

http://img244.echo.cx/img244/8320/dsc000501jh.jpg

http://img249.echo.cx/img249/5606/expresswaymalavibridge37mz.jpg

http://img254.echo.cx/img254/1324/f8b761e5jpgorig9ai.jpg

http://img249.echo.cx/img249/5139/f8b76383jpgorig0rc.jpg

Luckystreak

April 22nd, 2005, 04:24 PM

NH1

http://img33.echo.cx/img33/5153/nh16hh.jpg

NH5

http://img139.echo.cx/img139/6074/nh52de.jpg

NH2 Delhi-Mathura

http://img11.echo.cx/img11/4403/nh2delhimathura9ub.jpg

Luckystreak

April 26th, 2005, 12:23 AM

http://img183.echo.cx/img183/811/f9ba9e64jpgorig8sy.jpg

http://img15.echo.cx/img15/5968/f9ba9e89jpgorig4va.jpg

innoncent_monster

April 26th, 2005, 01:40 AM

so from pune after lonavala exit, the next exit is Panvel??

Yup

Last time I was around , there were 2 exits , one for Khandala (enroute from Mumbai to Pune) and the other one being a few kms ahead near Valvan Dam on old Mumbai-Pune road .

sudipta_rch

April 26th, 2005, 04:37 AM

nice pics Lucky ! btw, in the last two pics of MPE, what are the two parallel highways ? Is one of them the old Mumbai-Pune highway ?

Suraj

April 26th, 2005, 08:20 PM

Regarding the MPE, 2 exits is not correct. Please look at the official MSRDC page: Mumbai Pune expressway (http://www.msrdc.org/projects/mumbai_pune.html#). There is both a map and a detailed description of the expressway. It has five interchanges, as well as fuel/refreshment stops.

centralized pandemonium

April 27th, 2005, 05:41 AM

NHAI all set to take up four-laning of Tiruchi-Madurai section

http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/27/stories/2005042703920400.htm

kviv314

April 27th, 2005, 06:13 AM

as the map shows, there is one exit at khandala and one at lonavala!

kronik

April 27th, 2005, 07:20 AM

NHAI to expand NE highways (http://www.business-standard.com/bsonline/storypage.php?&autono=187242)

The Union ministry of surface transport will link all the state capitals and important towns of North-east with the East-West Corridor Project through four-lane highways constructed on the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model.

The total length of such BOT highways will be around 1246 km and was likely to cost around Rs 5,000 crore.

Being called the third phase of the National Highway Development Programme, the project will be implemented by National Highway Authority of India.

One 124km stretch will connect Doboka on the the East-West Corridor Project to Dimapur, Nagaland’s commercial capital, as also Kohima, the political capital.

A second 345km road will connect Baihata Chariali in Assam on the East-West Corridor Project to Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh.

Other roads will link Aizwal in Mizoram and Agartala in Tripura to the East-West Corridor Project.

The National Highway Authority of India sources said the DPR for the third bridge over Brahmputra near Guwahati was under way.

magestom

April 28th, 2005, 01:36 AM

http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_mumbai6_l.jpg
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_mumbai1_l.jpg

Chennai Bypass, Tamil Nadu State, India
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_cb3_l.jpg

Tada-Nellore, NH-5 (North), State of Andhra Pradesh, India
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_tada-n1_l.jpg
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_tada-n2_l.jpg
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_tada-n3_l.jpg
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_tada-n4_l.jpg

APSH-7 Tallada to Deverapalli Road, State of Andhra Pradesh, India
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_apsh7_1_l.jpg
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_apsh7_3_l.jpg
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_apsh7_4_l.jpg

APSH-8 Warangal-Khammam-Tallada Road, State of Andhra Pradesh, India
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_apsh8_1_l.jpg
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_apsh8_2_l.jpg
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_apsh8_4_l.jpg
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_apsh8_3_l.jpg

Rewa-Jaisinghnagar-Shahdol-Amarkantak B.O.T. Project, State of Andhra Pradesh, India
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_rewa_1_l.jpg
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_rewa_2_l.jpg
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_rewa_3_l.jpg
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_rewa_4_l.jpg

magestom

April 28th, 2005, 01:45 AM

We are proud to announce that with the sincere efforts of our Construction Supervision Team "Four Lane Section of Satara - Wathar (km. 725 to km. 760) and Wathar - Sarola (km. 760 to km. 797) on NH-4 in Maharashtra is complete and was inaugurated and dedicated to the Nation under Golden Quadrilateral by Maj. Gen. B.C. Khanduri, AVSM (Retd.), Honourable Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Govt. of India
http://www.spanconsult.com/IMGS/pune-satara%20road_1.jpg

Salient Features: Satara - Wathar Section (km. 725 to km. 760)
Total Length: 35 kms.
Major Bridges: Krishna Bridge & Venna Bridge
No. of Minor Bridges: 18
Flyovers: New Mumbai Restaurant Junction
Underpasses & Subways: 13
Salient Features: Wathar - Sarole Section (km. 760 to km. 797)

Total Length: 29 kms.
No. of Minor Bridges: 20
Underpasses & Subways: 18

magestom

April 28th, 2005, 01:51 AM

4-LANING AND STRENGTHENING OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY NO.8 (NH-8) FROM GURGAON IN HARYANA TO KOTPUTLI IN RAJASTHAN <old
http://www.rb.com.my/WebOffice/Construction/ConstructionImages/Project41.jpg

4-LANING AND STRENGTHENING OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY NO.2 (NH-2) FROM RANIGANJ TO PANAGARH IN WEST BENGAL<old
http://www.rb.com.my/WebOffice/Construction/ConstructionImages/Project42.jpg

4-LANING AND STRENGTHENING OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY NO.2 <Old
http://www.rb.com.my/WebOffice/Construction/ConstructionImages/Project43.jpg

Luckystreak

April 28th, 2005, 12:05 PM

gr8 goin Magestom

Nelaturi

April 28th, 2005, 01:25 PM

Excellent photos of the highways. Notice something - in the Kolkata thread by sudipta, all the highway sign boards in Kolkata are in English only. Whereas photos of roads elsewhere in this thread, the two language formula is followed. The kolkata boards look better designed. The NH2 and NH8 look great after the strengthening work. I wish all roads both city and highway have lanes. See the photo #287 by Magestom - one side is laned whereas the other isn't. Probably WIP stage.

Suncity

April 28th, 2005, 03:12 PM

Good job Magestom!

magestom

April 29th, 2005, 01:55 AM

I hope more Indian names are used for companies and for signs. Not only English.

Luckystreak

April 29th, 2005, 09:16 AM

Tunneling sections in Expressways

http://img250.echo.cx/img250/7807/156542391kntnhlfs1rf.jpg

http://img251.echo.cx/img251/8108/296966304ppwxpvfs6rg.jpg

http://img253.echo.cx/img253/7018/nhbetweenpuneandsatara0ks.jpg

Sridhar

April 29th, 2005, 01:14 PM

Which section is this tunnel on?

Luckystreak

April 29th, 2005, 01:59 PM

Which section is this tunnel on?

Pune-Satara section

Sridhar

April 29th, 2005, 02:00 PM

I guessed so. Thanks.

Suncity

April 29th, 2005, 05:12 PM

Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway by Kerim

http://img206.echo.cx/img206/5818/ahmedabadvadodaraxwykerim6wg.jpg

kviv314

April 29th, 2005, 07:23 PM

nice pic kerim (good find suncity)

magestom

April 30th, 2005, 12:47 AM

Here are some L&T projects completed

Ahmedabad Mehsana Toll Road Project
http://www.lntecc.com/gallery/images/51/big1.jpg

Strengthening and four-laning of Ahmedabad-Mehsana Road in Gujarat
http://www.lntecc.com/gallery/images/24/big1.jpg

laning ox existing 2-lane carriageway from Kancheepuram to Walajahpet in Tamil Nadu under GQ Project of NHDP
http://www.lntecc.com/gallery/images/24/big2.jpg

Widening to 4 lanes and strengthening of existing 2-lane carriageway from Chennai to Tada, Andhra Pradesh
http://www.lntecc.com/gallery/images/24/big5.jpg

Strengthening and widening of SH from Rajkot to Jamnagar in Gujarat
http://www.lntecc.com/gallery/images/24/big6.jpg

Hindustani

April 30th, 2005, 02:01 AM

NH at Hyderabad to be widened from 4 lanes to 14 lanes (http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/29/stories/2005042917620300.htm)

The existing four-lane road on the Vijayawada route is proposed to be widened to 14 lanes for a stretch of 12 km from Gaddianaram up to 2 km beyond Hayatnagar at a cost of Rs. 56 crores. Besides, 22 junctions have been identified in consultation with the Cyberabad police for immediate improvement both on NH 9 and other important roads.

Sridhar

April 30th, 2005, 07:54 AM

Cross posted from the Chennai projects thread.
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Ok guys. The Chennai Expressway map (Version 1.1) is complete.

http://www.geocities.com/nsridhar74...xpressways.html

This includes currently proposed expressways and my dream network (separately indicated).

This is a pdf file - hence you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to read this file.

Since geocities has bandwidth limitsl, this is a limited release only for this forum. Tomorrow, I shall release this at other fora like the indiahighways yahoo group and at BRF. Please do not crosspost this elsewhere for now. I shall take care of the above two fora and if there are other fora you want to post this at, please do that after a couple of days.

(BTW, is there some other free hosting site with more generous bandwidth limits than geocities?)

kronik

April 30th, 2005, 08:51 AM

Looks good Sridhar. And I think I just hit the bandwidth limit as well.

meanwhile.....

For roads, Bihar seeks new rules (http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=69491)

nstead of building roads under build-operate-transfer (BOT), the Bihar government has suggested that rules be amended to allow engineering, procurement and construction route to get the projects going.

For that, the option suggested by Bihar is that the projects be curtailed to two-laning with pavements instead of the four-laning of national highways under the East-West corridor that has been proposed in the National Highway Development Project.

That would allow the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to proceed with the road projects without involving contractors as the projects have been languishing without progress.

None of the projects in the 890-km East-West corridor have taken off as contractors quoted 40-70 per cent higher than the estimated cost. Three projects under Phase III of NHDP did not get any response because of the poor law and order situation in the state.

Another reason for opting for two-laning is an internal note prepared by then director general Road Development, N.K. Sinha, which said there was not enough traffic on many sections of the corridor to sustain their commercial viability.

Ah Bihar, its gonna take a loooong time to lift the state from being the shame of the nation.

Sridhar

April 30th, 2005, 02:26 PM

Looks good Sridhar. And I think I just hit the bandwidth limit as well.

You are right. Here is a gif that I created out of it (though it reduces quality compared to a pdf file).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/nsridhar74/maps/Chennai_Expressway_Map.gif

thalaiva

April 30th, 2005, 06:31 PM

Looks good Sridhar. And I think I just hit the bandwidth limit as well.

meanwhile.....

For roads, Bihar seeks new rules (http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=69491)

Ah Bihar, its gonna take a loooong time to lift the state from being the shame of the nation.

And to think that Laloo has the audacity to say that Gujarat had a bad law and order situation. I dont know why he is so popular in Bihar, maybe because of his unfathomable stupidity.... :bash:

magestom

May 1st, 2005, 01:52 AM

http://www.lntecc.com/gallery/images/23/big4.jpg
http://www.lntecc.com/gallery/images/23/big5.jpg

Aryabhata

May 1st, 2005, 04:12 AM

And to think that Laloo has the audacity to say that Gujarat had a bad law and order situation. I dont know why he is so popular in Bihar, maybe because of his unfathomable stupidity.... :bash:

On the contrary, Laloo is an intelligent guy. He has all along protected the poor, lower class people of Bihar from the rich Upper castes. This has won him votes, which makes sense because more than anythign else, security of ones family is the top most priority. At the same time, he denied them decent education and hence prosperity, which would have allowed them to think differently. Sadly, Politicians and not people of Bihar are to be blamed for what Bihar is today.

Naga_Solidus

May 1st, 2005, 04:34 AM

NH at Hyderabad to be widened from 4 lanes to 14 lanes (http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/29/stories/2005042917620300.htm)

HYDERABAD-E-MUBARAK HO!!!!!!

No, seriously, if Hyderabad is really going to get a 14-lane highway, then to be honest, it's gonna turn into the L.A. of India (well, ok, the Atlanta of India, as Bombay and Delhi are getting tons of these things).

I know this is the Indian forum but here's an Atlanta freeway to give u guys an ideaof what this thing's gonna be like:

http://www.soulofamerica.com/images/photosga/atlanta1/Downtown_from_I-85.jpg

Thank GOD India's getting these new highways.

Naga_Solidus

May 1st, 2005, 04:36 AM

On the contrary, Laloo is an intelligent guy. He has all along protected the poor, lower class people of Bihar from the rich Upper castes. This has won him votes, which makes sense because more than anythign else, security of ones family is the top most priority. At the same time, he denied them decent education and hence prosperity, which would have allowed them to think differently. Sadly, Politicians and not people of Bihar are to be blamed for what Bihar is today.

Unfortunately, hes also corrupt as hell.

kronik

May 2nd, 2005, 06:56 AM

Golden Quadrilateral phase I may be complete by June ’06 (http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=89735)

: The first phase of the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP), the Golden Quadrilateral, may be completed only by June 2006. As reported earlier, the government has already accepted that it is going to miss the December 2005 deadline due to delay in completion of various corridors in south and poor condition of some corridors in Gujarat.

The government claims that it would be able to finish 92% of the work on the Golden Quadrilateral by December 2005. As on January 31, 2005, out of the total length of 5,846 km of the project, work for only 4,480 km (around 77%) had been completed.

Sources inform that despite all these projections, certain sections have been creating problems, due to which there have delays in the completion of the project. The Kancheepuram-Poonamallee corridor in Tamil Nadu has been facing technical problems and is still be completed. Problems like improper alignment of roads is being cited as a reason behind its delay, say officials. Apart from this some stretches in Karnataka were delayed by as long as two years, which has also proved as one reason for the project’s delay.

Sources further inform that the Ahmedabad-Vadodara National Expressway-1 (NE-1) is facing problems like poor condition of roads at various stretches and complaints of poor corridor management. In fact, sources say that the work of private parties, which have been given the task of patrolling the expressway and providing emergency services like ambulances, has been found lacking.

In other words, a crappy job by all the parties. Just another day in babuland.

kviv314

May 2nd, 2005, 07:55 PM

true...to think of it..so much money has been spent...half of it has gone into entertaining babus! not to mention the fact that they recently approved the underground metro system for bombay....total cost is 23,000 crores! looks like someone wanted to make a lot of money! if u get it!

Tintin27

May 3rd, 2005, 06:13 PM

Hey, I saw earlier news articles that golden quadilateral supposed to be finished by 2003 end and NSEW corridor by 2007.. Now that GQ wont be finished till June 2006, Will this be making an impact on NSEW? Or that work is on schedule??

idontspam

May 3rd, 2005, 09:08 PM

Chief secretary ordered to be prosecuted (http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=187913)
Our Bureau / Bangalore May 04, 2005

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday gave the green signal for the Rs 2,200 crore Bangalore-Mysore expressway.

In a landmark judgement, the high court has instructed the state government to honour the framework agreement executed between the state government and Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited (NICE) signed on April 3, 1997 in its letter and spirit.

The high court has also quashed the K C Reddy Committee which was recently-constituted by the state government. The court has further instructed NICE to execute the Bangalore-Mysore infrastructure project expeditiously.

In another severe setback to the state government, the court has stated that criminal proceedings under Article 340 should be initiated against K K Mishra, chief secretary to the state government, and M Shivalingaswamy, under secretary in department of commerce and industry, for misleading the court and filing a false affidavit.

Welcoming the decision, Ashok Khenny, managing director, NICE Limited said, “Our faith in the judicial system has been vindicated. We are delighted with the decision of the division bench of the high court of Karnataka."

The company has already commenced phase I of the project and it is expected to be completed by mid-September.

The first phase involves 41 km of peripheral road connecting Tumkur Road to Bannerghatta Road and then on to Electronics City. This initial phase also envisages connecting the Bangalore-Mysore Expressway to State Highway 17, a distance of around 9 kms.

The first phase involves a total land area of 4,260 acres at a cost of around Rs 850 crore. Nearly 85 per cent of this land has been acquired and the remaining 15 per cent is in the process of being acquired. This is expected to decongest a major part of the Bannerghatta traffic flow into Electronic City.

The financial closure for the Phase I has already been achieved and this road will also see completion of 12 kms of Bangalore-Mysore Expressway upto Bidadi.

The debt component is Rs 480 crore at 11 per cent interest for this phase and financial institutions like LIC, New India have taken exposure to the project.

Commenting on the time frame for completion of the long-pending project which promises to cut the travel time from Bangalore to Mysore by half, Khenny had earlier said: "The project involves a total land area of 20,193 acres costing Rs 2,250 crore and the next 90 km of Bangalore -- Mysore expressway from Bidadi will be completed by August 2006 and the remaining will be finished by August 2007. The debt:equity ratio for the entire project is 1.6:1 and a lot of interest has been shown by various financial institutions."

Khenny had further added that they intend to pay off the debt over a 11-year period through toll collections and "a uniqueness of this toll-project is that the toll is collected at the vehicles' exit point."

"At every 10 km over the stretch, there are exit points. Each vehicle is given a smart card at the entry point and the traveller can exit where he wants and pay only for the distance travelled which will be captured in the smart card," Khenny highlighted.

kronik

May 4th, 2005, 04:45 AM

two images from Deccan Herald:

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may42005/img/map.jpg

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may42005/img/1.jpg
A view of the road being laid under the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project.

Hindustani

May 4th, 2005, 11:54 PM

http://www.tnhighways.org/H7.jpg

http://www.tnhighways.org/h6.jpg

http://www.tnhighways.org/h5.jpg

http://www.tnhighways.org/h2.jpg

http://www.tnhighways.org/h1.jpg

http://www.tnhighways.org/h3.jpg

magestom

May 5th, 2005, 12:03 AM

Here are some more
Chennai - Mahabalipuram Road
http://www.tnhighways.org/h8.jpg
http://www.tnhighways.org/h4.jpg

other
http://www.tnhighways.org/rs16.jpg
http://www.tnhighways.org/rs15.jpg
http://www.tnhighways.org/rs13.jpg
http://www.tnhighways.org/rs3.jpg

drwho

May 5th, 2005, 12:41 AM

magestom> nice pics!!,Mahabalipuram Road sure looks good:yes:

p2p4

May 5th, 2005, 04:00 AM

HI Guys

I don't want to be a spoil sport but is there any information as to who undertakes the repair / maintenance of these roads?

For sure they look FABULOUS when they are new. But a few years down the line we can foresee a few cracks on the road filled with gravel and tar creating an uneven surface.

If there are well informed contributors to this threads, would any of you would please enlighten me - if there are plans the govt has undertaken to MAINTAIN these roads in the entirity of their life.

In personal opinion, having looked at Mumbai's flyovers, maintenance has been given a collective thumbs down. Complacency is on a wholesale quantum to a point that they will just marvel at having built the roads / flyovers but when the monsoons come, the flyovers literally flood due to clogged drains. The aftermath of this multiplies into affecting other infrastructure as well.

p2p4

magestom

May 5th, 2005, 05:17 AM

Mumbai-pune
http://img107.echo.cx/img107/6067/highway9bi.jpg
http://img107.echo.cx/img107/4641/mumbaipunehighway2jr.jpg

One of the Golden Quads
http://img107.echo.cx/img107/1693/oneofthegoldenquadrilateralhig.jpg

Near Satara or somewhere
http://img107.echo.cx/img107/2664/satara7gs.jpg

Madhusudhan

May 5th, 2005, 10:50 AM

Here are some more
Chennai - Mahabalipuram Road
http://www.tnhighways.org/h8.jpg
http://www.tnhighways.org/h4.jpg
http://www.tnhighways.org/h6.jpg
http://www.tnhighways.org/h5.jpg

Who are these stupid road planners who have designed sidewalks on these remote roads? This is a first in the world where roads are being designed with sidewalks bang in no man's land! Look closely and you'll realise they could have used that space for having one more lane, or better having a solid divider in the middle, which could have been helpful in preventing headon accidents!

ps: on the plus side, the road quality looks good and the curves are nice too. A billion times better than roads in Gurgaon intra-city area.

Naga_Solidus

May 5th, 2005, 12:01 PM

http://img107.echo.cx/img107/6067/highway9bi.jpg

http://img107.echo.cx/img107/4641/mumbaipunehighway2jr.jpg

Honestly, the Mumbai-Pune exp looks like a Californian interstate, and the Golden quad section looks like its about equivalent to US Highway 101 (not to be confused with the Interstate system). Thank GOD our road system's getting somewhere...

sudipta_rch

May 5th, 2005, 12:02 PM

Who are these stupid road planners who have designed sidewalks on these remote roads? This is a first in the world where roads are being designed with sidewalks bang in no man's land! Look closely and you'll realise they could have used that space for having one more lane, or better having a solid divider in the middle, which could have been helpful in preventing headon accidents!

ps: on the plus side, the road quality looks good and the curves are nice too. A billion times better than roads in Gurgaon intra-city area.

Actually the sidewalk-like lanes seen on either side are at the same level as the road and must have been meant for local villagers / cycles. But you can still see how a villager is seen jaywalking in spite of the sidewalk !

Luckystreak

May 5th, 2005, 12:34 PM

Who are these stupid road planners who have designed sidewalks on these remote roads? This is a first in the world where roads are being designed with sidewalks bang in no man's land! Look closely and you'll realise they could have used that space for having one more lane, or better having a solid divider in the middle, which could have been helpful in preventing headon accidents!

ps: on the plus side, the road quality looks good and the curves are nice too. A billion times better than roads in Gurgaon intra-city area.

Well..they may be for cyclists....I have seen similar roads (the tiled part) in Europe meant exclusively for cyclists..and as U know there is more cycle traffic than cars in rural areas..it makes sense..if only the people adhere to the rules.. :)

Sridhar

May 5th, 2005, 01:21 PM

Aryabhata

May 5th, 2005, 07:00 PM

kshatriya

May 5th, 2005, 08:05 PM

Is that good in the long run ? When expanding lanes, these expensive shoulders will go away. The US one is an etched kind of thing on the tar itself, which I am guessing is not expensive to replace.
They are interlocking tiles, which can be easily put together and dismantled like a jigsaw puzzle. In fact, in the MUIP, most of Mumbai's roads are being paved with these.

Madhusudhan

May 6th, 2005, 12:28 AM

Well..they may be for cyclists....I have seen similar roads (the tiled part) in Europe meant exclusively for cyclists..and as U know there is more cycle traffic than cars in rural areas..it makes sense..if only the people adhere to the rules.. :)

Actually these shoulders clearly indicate they are made of square blocks of quarry stones. In Europe you have these to preserve the older ambience of the ancient parts of the cities. Besides, they can't be ideal for cycle use because of the gruff and uneven experience they'll provide. So, I really don't see any use for these in this scenario. They are neither pleasant for walking, nor for cycling; besides being without relevance within the prevailing landscape!

Madhusudhan

May 6th, 2005, 12:29 AM

Madhusudhan

May 6th, 2005, 12:43 AM

Those are shoulders on the East Coast Road, not sidewalks. These are high-quality paved shoulders instead of just bituminous or gravel shoulders. Think of it as a concrete shoulder but with small blocks instead of large ones. It is a speed-reducing device for the shoulder (many bituminous or concrete shoulders on US interstates have rumblers for the same purpose). If a driver drives onto the shoulder by mistake, the noise and vibration would alert him/her. That is the purpose of this kind of shoulder.

After this explanation, do the planners look 'stupid' any longer? :)

Listen, I don't disagree with the logic that you have presented in their defence, but Arya's P.O.V overshadows your argument with ample validity. Besides, the roads are designed to be at a sloping gradient from the center, so that water or other liquids can flow off and away. Now with these interlocking blocks as a shoulder, a problem arises! Over time the surface of the shoulder will remain higher than that of the tarmac (because of eventual tarmac wear and tear, which won't be that rapid for the stone blocks), and draining of the roads will become a problem, i.e if it already is not! The block of stones with gaps inbetween the interlocking, will eventually become a repository for runoff liquids, and consequently the overflow will flow back onto the road surface, thereby creating a puddle and a potential for skidding accidents. You also say that the purpose of these shoulders is to be a sort of speed breaker; but then OTOH, I don't see a mid-divider that actually is very necessary on two lane roads, in order to prevent headon collissions. What sort of skewed security priorities are we talking about here?

ps: I still think, it's a stupid move by the planners; no offence meant if you're a civil engineer!

Sridhar

May 6th, 2005, 02:21 AM

Two lane roads don't usually have medians (since no overtaking would be possible in a two-lane road with medians except if specific overtaking zones with additional lanes are provided for). If they decided to have a two-lane road (because of traffic reasons), it makes sense to have a road without medians. The decision for a shoulder is independent of the decision of how many lanes one should have. Shoulders are built for safety purposes, so that a car that has a problem can safely park, but without obstructing traffic on the main lane. Thus, shoulders are not for riding in the regular course, but only for stopping. And that is why devices (rumblers or otherwise) are provided to prevent a driver from driving on the shoulder (intentionally or unintentionally). The decision to have a shoulder is independent of a decision whether to have a median (and different factors drive these decisions). And thus, it may be perfectly logical to have a speed-reduction system on shoulders while not having a median. The incremental cost of having a median is very high (it will mean four-laning at least in significant sections of the road if not its entire length), while the incremental cost of tiling a shoulder or of providing rumblers is relatively small.

Aryabhatta's logic is completely invalid and Kshatriya has given one reason - the cost of removing these pavements would be pretty small. By Aryabhatta's logic, there can never be concrete shoulders too for a road that is to be expanded in the future, since that would be an obstruction to expansion too. Shoulders are typically narrower than traffic lanes and in any case, when a road is to be expanded, the substrata has to be prepared (since shoulders don't have the same degree of substrata preparation as traffic lanes).

Tarmacs tend to get higher over time (due to repaving) not lower. Surface wear of tarmacs is usually minimal - the wear happens in the form of potholes etc, which get paved over, thus raising the pavement height. It is gradual and happens over the course of many years. Over time, as the road surface starts going above shoulder height, they may provide more tapering (cross-sectionally) at the points where the traffic lane meets the shoulder.

And no, I am not a civil engineer or a planner of any kind. But that is irrelevant to this discussion - if a criticism is valid, I have no problems. Remember that the original criticism was that this was a sidewalk, which it is not.

p2p4

May 6th, 2005, 04:39 AM

Just to take off the heat from the debate... guys, don't waste time in arguing on its feasibility on the current road. Give these interlocking blocks (as whatever they are meant to be) a period of 1 year and the rural folks will slowly chip 'em away to be used as personal trophy and be used as bricks for whatever reason that befits their fancy.

These interlocking blocks have been used many a places in New Mumbai.. and we have seen many of these being tampered with or stolen. If the govt or the responsible authorities do not maintain these "side-whatevers", we may see them covered in dirt / bovine dung & rural et al.

Now to jump into the current debate - if these are meant for cyclists, they are much better to ride on, than riding on an uneven dirt patch shoulder. I am sure the planners must have paved them in an as proper manner as they have built the road. In Hongkong we have similar interlocking blocks on cycling paths and they are nearly as smooth as silk to ride on.

Cheers
p2p4

Sridhar

May 6th, 2005, 04:47 AM

The road, including the shoulders has been maintained in good shape for the last four years. Usually the theft happens in full knowledge and even connivance of the authorities. The ECR, however, is in the hands of a private company, which has an interest in preventing theft. So, hopefully, maintenance will continue at present levels in the future as well.

Anniyan

May 6th, 2005, 04:52 AM

Just to take off the heat from the debate... guys, don't waste time in arguing on its feasibility on the current road. Give these interlocking blocks (as whatever they are meant to be) a period of 1 year and the rural folks will slowly chip 'em away to be used as personal trophy and be used as bricks for whatever reason that befits their fancy.

These interlocking blocks have been used many a places in New Mumbai.. and we have seen many of these being tampered with or stolen.
Now to jump into the current debate - if these are meant for cyclists,

p2p4

ECR is very well mainained by TNRDC, there is continous patrol to and fro in the road , every 2 km there is emergeny telephone..Ambulance is kept ready at a every toll plaza.

That road was put up 6 years ago,but still it is in same good condition as it was 6 years ago. u cant even see a single reflector or road signs damaged

if any one can find the pictures of the bus shelters along ECR it would be nice..esp like the bus shelters which they have provided along entire stretch of ECR, its really cool to see villagers using such a modern shelters like the ones in europe..

magestom

May 6th, 2005, 05:06 AM

Some highways

hossur-bangalore
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/4297/hosurroadbangalore1wh.jpg

Hyderabad-Bangalore
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/3857/hyderabadbangalorehighway2ru.jpg

Mumbai-Pune
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/7223/mumbaipuneexpressway5sj.jpg
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/9513/mumbaipuneexpressway2ga.jpg

National Highway 4
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/1338/nationalhighway48cw.jpg

National Highway 23
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/953/nationalhighway234uo.jpg

National highway 7 from bangalore
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/2227/nh72frombangalore7zc.jpg
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/1169/nh73frombangalore2du.jpg
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/6839/nh7frombangalore4we.jpg

centralized pandemonium

May 6th, 2005, 05:11 AM

^^^ Whoa!!!!!!! NH-7 looks amazing. I thhink there ARE some people in India who are interested in all this stuff.

gyrations95

May 6th, 2005, 07:09 AM

I think that pavement can serve both purposes. Since it is at the same height as the road and also rough, it can act as a shoulder for broken-down vehicles and alert sleepy drivers. Now this IMO could have been achieved without paving the road too. Given the kind of rash driving in India it may well become an passing lane. At the same time it can serve as a sidewalk for villagers and cyclists too. Money well spent I think.

sudipta_rch

May 6th, 2005, 10:08 AM

Magestom - wonderful pictures of NH-7 !!! Which section of NH-7 were they shot on ? Somewhere near Krishnagiri ?

p2p4

May 6th, 2005, 11:50 AM

The pix posted some of you are simply superb.
I just hope that the dividers are filled with tall (at least 4 feet in height) bush plants which are a cheap way to diffuse oncoming headlamp glare from the opposite direction at night.

Clump like Bush-plants on dividers have been planted all over India but the ones seen on the NH or GQ project seem to be far too little, far too sparse and far too short (as can be seen from the various pix posted here).

Cheers
p2p4

magestom

May 7th, 2005, 05:29 AM

Interstate Highway 94 near chennai
http://img242.echo.cx/img242/3547/i94inchennai2gi.jpg

magestom

May 7th, 2005, 05:32 AM

Tamil Nadu Highway
http://img139.echo.cx/img139/7558/tamilnaduhighway8rp.jpg

sanhen

May 7th, 2005, 05:42 AM

They are interlocking tiles, which can be easily put together and dismantled like a jigsaw puzzle. In fact, in the MUIP, most of Mumbai's roads are being paved with these.

Wow.. India's road looks alot like Indonesian roads.

Btw, we at Indonesia have experience with such interlocking tiles. It breaks easily. No matter how good the tile quality is. The vibration from the inner roads makes the tiles shifts and breaks. So we come back using normal tar now.

Of course this will depends on how heavy the road is being used.

magestom

May 7th, 2005, 05:59 AM

Many Indian highways have been partly built by Indonesia

gyrations95

May 7th, 2005, 06:12 AM

Amazing pics magestom. Roads look nice and clean. I guess dusty roads are only a city phenomenon.

Bombay Boy

May 8th, 2005, 12:14 AM

They are interlocking tiles, which can be easily put together and dismantled like a jigsaw puzzle. In fact, in the MUIP, most of Mumbai's roads are being paved with these.

not really. the tiles are only being used at intersections and at parts of concrete roads where there are a few unconcretised patches. the only two roads where they are actually being used for actual lanes are linking road and sv road, where the 3rd lane on both sides of the road is being covered with these tiles as the underlying utilities cannot be shifted and that lane might have to be dug up repeatedly if there is some work to be done on the pipes

though i did come across one flyover with these tiles, probably because of the previously shoddy asphalt work, somewhere between matunga and sion, cant remember which one

May 11th, 2005, 05:33 AM

http://www.amitkulkarni.info/pics/expressway/expressway-photographs/expressway_malavi_bridge_3.JPG

http://www.amitkulkarni.info/pics/expressway/expressway-photographs/hill_bg.jpg

http://www.amitkulkarni.info/pics/expressway/expressway-photographs/expressway_malavi_bridge_2.JPG

http://www.amitkulkarni.info/pics/expressway/expressway-photographs/transfer_expressway_5.jpg

http://www.amitkulkarni.info/pics/expressway/expressway-photographs/transfer_expressway_scene.jpg

May 11th, 2005, 05:53 AM

http://www.nhai.org/HighWays/Mumbai_Pune_Expressway.jpg

http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~shantanu/gallery/albums/expressway/DSC00035.jpg

http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~shantanu/gallery/albums/expressway/DSC00050.jpg

http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~shantanu/gallery/albums/expressway/DSC00093.jpg

http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~shantanu/gallery/albums/expressway/DSC00099.jpg

kviv314

May 11th, 2005, 07:00 PM

hey...the last 2 pics are of palm beach marg...not the MPE!

nithin

May 12th, 2005, 11:54 PM

J&K govt will shift summer capital to Baramulla

Press Trust Of India

Posted online: Thursday , May 12, 2005 at 1355 hours IST

Srinagar, May 12: To decongest and develop Srinagar as an exclusive tourist resort, Jammu and Kashmir plans to shift the summer capital to Parihaspora in Baramulla district, 20 kms from Srinagar.

The proposal for a new capital city outside Srinagar has received the Centre's nod, which would be ready within next three years at an estimated cost of Rs 3,500 crore.

The basic objective of the project is to decongest the summer capital of the state by moving the government offices out and develop the city as an exclusive tourist resort with heritage villages and other amenities to make it among the most attractive tourist destinations on the globe.

State Finance and Planning Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig visited the site of the proposed capital at Parihaspora which served as the capital of famous King Lalithiadatiya who ruled from Afghanistan to Bihar between 724 to 761 AD.

Baig, accompanied by economic advisor to the state government Haseeb Drabu and other district officials, said around 450 hectares including 115 hectares of state land in and around Parihaspora are available for the new capital city.

The Minister said Rs 3,500 crore would be spent on the development of an ultra-modern capital city in the area. In the first phase civil secretariat, legislature complex, court complex, hospitals, schools and residential complexes would be built in the area within next three years.

While undertaking the construction activity, it would be ensured that the ecological balance and beauty of the area is maintained, he said, adding for better connectivity of the area with the city, a six-lane expressway is proposed in the first phase.

kviv314

May 13th, 2005, 06:02 AM

the bitter truth is that even if we are positive about the future of the country, it will take ateast another 15 years for sitie like bombay and delhi to reach kuala lumpur standards(which are average in terms of developed/developing cities)

and for the rest of the country........who knows....maybe another 50 years?!

kviv314

May 13th, 2005, 06:02 AM

the bitter truth is that even if we are positive about the future of the country, it will take ateast another 15 years for cities like bombay and delhi to reach kuala lumpur standards(which are average in terms of developed/developing cities)

and for the rest of the country........who knows....maybe another 50 years?!

Citi-Zen

May 13th, 2005, 06:34 AM

Tintin27

May 13th, 2005, 05:53 PM

Its official now...GQ is far behind schedule. Here are 2 reports on the latest CAG audit on NHAI and NHDP. There have been several reports in the media that since the UPA govt came into power, the highway project has slowed down, but Baalu and Muniappa have been denying them. Well, now I guess they'll have to come up with more excuses...

CAG report indicts NHAI (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1107515.cms)

The little that NHAI did to execute the NHDP, it did wrong! Colossal losses of Rs 1547.99 crore is an audit finding that simply has no excuse. The report is a merciless expose' on the lack of planning, inefficient contract management, poor quality assurance, delays in award of contracts and notifying tolls, absence of detailed project reports... you name it! In fact, the NHAI seems to have got nothing right.

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CAG flays NHAI for slippages on GQ (http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=90714)

The report added that there was no corporate plan to implement such a large project. Deficient planning and inefficient contract management by the design and project consultants, contributed to underperformance in achievement of the target. Apart from this, NHAI also lost an opportunity to generate toll revenue worth Rs 560 crore, due to the delay in the completion of the highways. Also, the report goes on to say that the road users also lost potential economy in vehicle operating cost of about Rs 4,300 crore over the period of delay.

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In the last few months, I have come across 2 experiences of ppl who have travelled on the highways where a section that NHAI shows as completed on their website is actually still u/c. Sudipta from our SSC forum pointed out one section of NH2 in WB as that, and then there was this post on the indiahighways yahoogroup where this guy drove from Mum-Blr and saw a lot of these supposedly "completed" sections still u/c. NHAI desperately needs to be croporatized and their capabilities increased to make sure that at least most of the GQ should be completed by mid-06.

I saw the status of the GQ back in late 2002( when the original plan was to finish it by beg 2004). There was around some 1100 km completed meaning more than 4000 km left in a little over one year (maybe 1.5yrs) , the way they were doing the work, it was certain that there will be huge delays. For eg, I dont think there is much work done after Agra towards kolkata. Bihar is where no one wants to work and Karnataka, which is otherwise projecting itself as IT hub of the country is very very slow in the project. I travelled from bangalore to mumbai in Jan 2004. Except for stretches in Maharashtra, the karnataka stretch looked like its gonna take a long time. I saw the site, its NOT updated.. I saw the projected completion date of certain stretch and hear nothing bout it after that date is gone. AS far as Wb is concerned, I heard that MEcheda onwards towards KGP and towards Orissa is fourlaned.. And somewhere past burdwan towards Jharkhand border is all fourlaned. Someone told me that Digha - Kgp most part of the road is fourlaned.. but I am not sure.. havent driven on that road.. I guess we have to know the status of the project by checkin it out ourselves.. right??

nithin

May 15th, 2005, 05:53 PM

Towards rothang pass

http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/~ksen/Images/Snaps/India_Trip/Towards_Rohtang2.jpg

http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/~ksen/Images/Snaps/India_Trip/Mardi_From_Top.jpg

Suncity

May 16th, 2005, 05:28 AM

Nice pics Nithin!

The CAG NHAI saga..

CAG report on GQ project based on gross generalisation: NHAI (http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=91002)

kronik

May 16th, 2005, 05:21 PM

An editorial in the Indian Express on the excellent job done being done by The Congress and its Al'lies in Karnataka....

Expressway/Suppressway (http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=70414)

Work on the Mysore-Bangalore expressway has again been stalled by a stay order from the Supreme Court. Bangalore is already choking because of inadequate urban infrastructure. One important avenue of progress is if high quality roads and telecom could fan out of Bangalore into the outlying areas, so that economic activity could spread outside the city. Bangalore and Mysore could become a single economic unit — much like Tokyo and Yokohama — if they are connected by a world-class expressway.

The Dharam Singh government approached the high court to stop further implementation. But the high court, in an enlightened judgment some weeks ago, ruled that the state should go ahead and implement the project. Yet, the government chose not to do so and instead approached the Supreme Court to appeal against the high court’s decision. This is a shame. Ironically, it is a Congress government now ending up undermining the decisions of the previous Congress government. At the Centre we see the UPA government appearing unwilling to implement the decisions of the NDA government. Here we have a Congress government — albeit in a coalitional arrangement with the Janata Dal (S) — opposing a project that was furthered by the Congress government headed by S.M. Krishna, which had preceded it. It is also not as if Krishna is out of the party. He has been made governor of Maharashtra. If the Congress cannot provide an efficient government to Karnataka, it is not just Karnataka, but India as a whole, that will suffer.

kronik

May 17th, 2005, 04:54 AM

Thank you CAG.

Highway projects on roll again (http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?hpFlag=Y&chklogin=N&autono=189087&leftnm=lmnu2&lselect=0&leftindx=2)

After a lull of nearly a year, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is back in action. It awarded 13 contracts in April alone for the second phase of the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP).

The authority had given contracts worth Rs 1,900 crore for various stretches of roads forming the North-South and East-West (NS-EW) corridors totalling 422.47 km during the month, an NHAI official told Business Standard.

The flurry of contracts comes after a year-long hiatus. No contract had been awarded since the change of government in May last year.

The approvals for the six Phase III contracts covering 10,000 km was received from the Centre only in March, 2005.

In the past year, the authority was busy fine-tuning the terms of concession agreement to correct the anomalies that were found during the first phase of NHDP.

Local residents had complained of lack of planning for the flyovers and bypasses being built, officials said.

Work on the ground, however, progressed well. The stretches in the Golden Quadrilateral, for which contracts were awarded before May 2004, were completed at a faster rate.

fred_the_cute_guy

May 17th, 2005, 02:37 PM

I guess we have to know the status of the project by checkin it out ourselves.. right??

RIGHT, BANG...

To think that the NHAI sites claimed almost everything is over! This is daylight cheating. I, for my part, had pointed (in this forum earlier) that at least claims made about progress in the areas proximal to Kolkata had grave errors. It seems like almost every location has a "grave error" now if the newspaper reports are right :(

29% completion is an achievement in itself while claiming to have done thrice that amount!!! I guess the figures speak for themselves...

centralized pandemonium

May 20th, 2005, 02:09 AM

X-posted from the Bangalore update thread.

http://www.sigma.co.in/images/gmpro_4b.jpg

Does anybody know what highway is this.

Tintin27

May 20th, 2005, 07:21 PM

RIGHT, BANG...

To think that the NHAI sites claimed almost everything is over! This is daylight cheating. I, for my part, had pointed (in this forum earlier) that at least claims made about progress in the areas proximal to Kolkata had grave errors. It seems like almost every location has a "grave error" now if the newspaper reports are right :(

29% completion is an achievement in itself while claiming to have done thrice that amount!!! I guess the figures speak for themselves...
I travelled on a digha CSTC bus which took kona expressway and onto the NH. While I got off at MEcheda to catch a train, I noticed that from Dhulagarh truck terminus onwards towards mecheda, except for some minor areas, the road is four lane and lanes are nicely marked. Some part of it still doesnt have lane marking and a lot of the area closer to kolkata have finished stretches but not opened yet.. So, all is not bad.. They made progress and trying to do some good work but I guess it will take atleast 6 months or so before those unfinished stretches are over.. One thing I dont understand is regarding Tolling on the highway. I mean if u want to toll the users, why not putting them at the on and off ramps instead of putting them right in the middle of the highway... I dont understand the logic. Does it mean, u pay from stretch A to B and then full toll of B to C even though u mite have only covered half of B and C??

sudipta_rch

May 20th, 2005, 09:21 PM

I travelled on a digha CSTC bus which took kona expressway and onto the NH. While I got off at MEcheda to catch a train, I noticed that from Dhulagarh truck terminus onwards towards mecheda, except for some minor areas, the road is four lane and lanes are nicely marked. Some part of it still doesnt have lane marking and a lot of the area closer to kolkata have finished stretches but not opened yet.. So, all is not bad.. They made progress and trying to do some good work but I guess it will take atleast 6 months or so before those unfinished stretches are over.. One thing I dont understand is regarding Tolling on the highway. I mean if u want to toll the users, why not putting them at the on and off ramps instead of putting them right in the middle of the highway... I dont understand the logic. Does it mean, u pay from stretch A to B and then full toll of B to C even though u mite have only covered half of B and C??

Thanks for the update Tintin. So looks like beyond Kolkata's immediate suburbs they have made some progress. What about the bridges over the Damodar and Rupnarayan ? Are they near completion ?

Also, since you travelled upto Mecheda rly stn, the bus must have taken a left turn from NH-6 towards Haldia (NH-41). At this junction an interchange was coming up when I went there last summer (most probably a trumpet interchange). Has it been completed yet ? And how was the progress of the 4-laning of NH-41 ? (part of port connectivity project) - last time I saw a road over bridge being constructed over the SERly line.

Regarding tolling, I understand that only the completed Mechada-Kharagpur stretch is tolled. Did you encounter any toll booth on the semi-finished stretch you travelled on.

GQ tolling I guess is like you said - point to point - does not matter if you cover only partial distance between the two points. A relative staying in Asansol reported that the toll on the new GQ stretches are abnormally high...viz. Rs 70 for passenger cars..as a result lot of cars and trucks avoid taking the Asansol bypass (part of GQ). They prefer to take the congested city roads instead - thereby increasing the congestion !

Suncity

May 21st, 2005, 06:01 PM

Rajasthan National Highway - pic by Mbent

http://img24.echo.cx/img24/6797/rajasthanhighway23fd.jpg

thalaiva

May 21st, 2005, 07:33 PM

They should paint the milestones :)

Luckystreak

May 21st, 2005, 08:12 PM

Rajasthan National Highway - pic by Mbent

http://img24.echo.cx/img24/6797/rajasthanhighway23fd.jpg

very picturesque...

Tintin27

May 21st, 2005, 08:21 PM

Thanks for the update Tintin. So looks like beyond Kolkata's immediate suburbs they have made some progress. What about the bridges over the Damodar and Rupnarayan ? Are they near completion ? None of the bridges are completed.. they are pretty much under construction. The road seems to be making progress from KGp end towards kolkata. So, while road is being widened near kolkata area, its lanes are marked at Uluberia area..

Also, since you travelled upto Mecheda rly stn, the bus must have taken a left turn from NH-6 towards Haldia (NH-41). At this junction an interchange was coming up when I went there last summer (most probably a trumpet interchange). Has it been completed yet ? And how was the progress of the 4-laning of NH-41 ? (part of port connectivity project) - last time I saw a road over bridge being constructed over the SERly line. well, the bridge has all the pillars and thats it so far.. The National highway has good markings and there was a signpost showing motorists bout the left turn towards Haldia from 1.5km away. The road which takes the left turn is a long left and is finished. Couldnt see any completed interchange there..After crossing the rail bridge there is supposed to be another interchange with one going towards HAldia and other towards Digha.. Those areas are just like I visited last monsoon.. Very very dusty.. maybe the flyover made some progress.. but NOT OPEN yet..

Regarding tolling, I understand that only the completed Mechada-Kharagpur stretch is tolled. Did you encounter any toll booth on the semi-finished stretch you travelled on. There are no toll booths at the moment but just around Bauria area, there are toll booths under construction. The road is nearly 10 lanes wide in that area.
In general , while there are lots of work to be done, especially closer to kolkata where there are so many unfnished flyovers and unfinished stretches, the ride was really smooth and fast. Afterall, I caught the bus since I missed the KGp local at 7-15am and I didnt want to wait till 7-50 one. Still the CSTC bus I managed to get was an empty bus, and it went empty all the way with only few passengers and it left hwh at 7-30. I still managed to catch that train at MEcheda easily.. Never thought I could have actually caught up with that local..

29A

May 23rd, 2005, 12:04 PM

Ahmedabad - Mehsana Toll road - silky smooth!

http://img262.echo.cx/img262/5936/big10mm.th.jpg (http://img262.echo.cx/my.php?image=big10mm.jpg)

Naga_Solidus

May 23rd, 2005, 02:30 PM

http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13806375

"Thekriya village near here to mark the formal inauguration of the 90 km-long six-lane Jaipur-Kishangarh stretch of National Highway-8, linking Delhi and Mumbai."

YAY! This stretch is a step in the right direction and even though the article is about finance im just glad they have finally inagurated this stretch. They had a pic of it in the paper today and it's AWESOME!

29A

May 23rd, 2005, 04:46 PM

Suncity

May 23rd, 2005, 05:02 PM

In general , while there are lots of work to be done, especially closer to kolkata where there are so many unfnished flyovers and unfinished stretches, the ride was really smooth and fast. Afterall, I caught the bus since I missed the KGp local at 7-15am and I didnt want to wait till 7-50 one. Still the CSTC bus I managed to get was an empty bus, and it went empty all the way with only few passengers and it left hwh at 7-30. I still managed to catch that train at MEcheda easily.. Never thought I could have actually caught up with that local..

Now that sounds pretty exciting! Good report BTW. It sounds hopeful instead of the Telegraph/Statesman standard negativism or hype.

sudipta_rch

May 23rd, 2005, 08:08 PM

Rajasthan National Highway - pic by Mbent

Very scenic shot of the highway running through the Aravallis (?)... is it the Delhi-Jaipur stretch ?

sudipta_rch

May 23rd, 2005, 08:15 PM

None of the bridges are completed.. they are pretty much under construction. The road seems to be making progress from KGp end towards kolkata. So, while road is being widened near kolkata area, its lanes are marked at Uluberia area..

well, the bridge has all the pillars and thats it so far.. The National highway has good markings and there was a signpost showing motorists bout the left turn towards Haldia from 1.5km away. The road which takes the left turn is a long left and is finished. Couldnt see any completed interchange there..After crossing the rail bridge there is supposed to be another interchange with one going towards HAldia and other towards Digha.. Those areas are just like I visited last monsoon.. Very very dusty.. maybe the flyover made some progress.. but NOT OPEN yet..

There are no toll booths at the moment but just around Bauria area, there are toll booths under construction. The road is nearly 10 lanes wide in that area.
In general , while there are lots of work to be done, especially closer to kolkata where there are so many unfnished flyovers and unfinished stretches, the ride was really smooth and fast. Afterall, I caught the bus since I missed the KGp local at 7-15am and I didnt want to wait till 7-50 one. Still the CSTC bus I managed to get was an empty bus, and it went empty all the way with only few passengers and it left hwh at 7-30. I still managed to catch that train at MEcheda easily.. Never thought I could have actually caught up with that local..

Thanks for the detailed report Tintin...btw did you manage to take any pics ? Your managing to catch up with the local train shows us how much beneficial these roads will be when completed. I think if you caught a bus headed straight to KGP you would have reached there sooner ! (given the fact that KGP-Mechada stretch is now 4-laned).

The railways will be in for some tough competetion once these roads are fully complete and volvo buses start plying on them !

fred_the_cute_guy

May 24th, 2005, 11:05 AM

Thanks for the detailed report Tintin...btw did you manage to take any pics ? Your managing to catch up with the local train shows us how much beneficial these roads will be when completed. I think if you caught a bus headed straight to KGP you would have reached there sooner ! (given the fact that KGP-Mechada stretch is now 4-laned).

The railways will be in for some tough competetion once these roads are fully complete and volvo buses start plying on them !

For Volvo to be as popular on those routes as say the Mumbai-Pune sector, we need more industrial development at the Kgp end. Kolkata-Jamshdepur volvo of course would be great, and would give a good competition once Air Deccan and any other possible low-cost airlines start. But the Jhindal-group's proposed Kgp development is urgently needed, and needed are more industrial activities.

Suncity

May 25th, 2005, 01:21 AM

Anniyan

May 25th, 2005, 01:43 AM

looks nice

p2p4

May 25th, 2005, 11:18 AM

The 'ess-press-ways' of Gujarat certainly have a startling similarity with those in Shaoxing county. I've never travelled the length and breadth of the new Indian roads but I am sure the new high / express-ways are 'as smooth as silk' - or aren't they?

Cheers
p2p4

Hindustani

May 25th, 2005, 11:56 PM

AP-13 Ongole-Chilakaluripet (Section of NH-5), State of Andhra Pradesh
(Widening and Upgrading)

http://www.ijm.com/images/current_major_ap13_1_l.jpg

http://www.binapuri.com.my/online/v20/pic/project_cb/iv_01.jpg

http://www.binapuri.com.my/online/v20/pic/project_cb/iv_02.jpg

http://www.binapuri.com.my/online/v20/pic/project_cb/iv_03.jpg

http://www.binapuri.com.my/online/v20/pic/project_cb/iv_04.jpg

Tada-Nellore NH-5

http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_tada-n1_l.jpg

http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_tada-n3_l.jpg

http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_int_tada-n4_l.jpg

Suncity

May 26th, 2005, 02:28 AM

Very scenic shot of the highway running through the Aravallis (?)... is it the Delhi-Jaipur stretch ?

Yes

Sridhar

May 26th, 2005, 02:45 AM

Are you sure it is the Delhi Jaipur stretch? From the terrain, it looks like it might be further south, near the Gujarat border.

Suncity

May 26th, 2005, 03:45 AM

Are you sure it is the Delhi Jaipur stretch? From the terrain, it looks like it might be further south, near the Gujarat border.

The photographer said Rajasthan Highway. You may be right. I will checkout and try to confirm.

Luckystreak

May 26th, 2005, 11:00 AM

Some more pics of MPE:

http://img272.echo.cx/img272/6561/165823321ofitkjfs4ew.jpg

http://img274.echo.cx/img274/3443/165823753igkonsfs3ge.jpg

http://img279.echo.cx/img279/766/165824251xxvsyxfs1zo.jpg

http://img268.echo.cx/img268/3753/326217679uxqohefs6zl.jpg

nithin

May 26th, 2005, 01:57 PM

wooh nice pics man! you can see that there are now more users in MPE.

sudipta_rch

May 26th, 2005, 10:03 PM

nice pics of the MPE !

magestom

May 26th, 2005, 11:04 PM

http://img41.echo.cx/img41/6241/expressway7ov.jpg

Suncity

May 27th, 2005, 04:05 PM

Somewhere in southern India [dunno where - it was posted under Bangalore photos]

http://img240.echo.cx/img240/9128/bangalorehighway2po.jpg

centralized pandemonium

May 27th, 2005, 04:25 PM

Did you guys notice in the last few pics, people ARE following lane rules. It seems the reason why the lanes are painted is finally getting into the head of the Indian drivers.

Hindustani

May 27th, 2005, 05:58 PM

NH 8: Gurgaon-Kotputli section

http://www.rb.com.my/WebOffice/Construction/ConstructionImages/Project41.jpg

AP Highway

http://img31.exs.cx/img31/6199/day15hj.jpg

kronik

May 27th, 2005, 06:28 PM

Did you guys notice in the last few pics, people ARE following lane rules. It seems the why the lanes are painted is finally getting into the head of the Indian drivers.

True, Hari. I think if the highway authorities and the traffic police in the cities put up signs at many places asking motorists to stay in one lane, I am sure that will speed up the process of acculturation.

Bombay Boy

May 27th, 2005, 08:28 PM

they have to actually punish people who change lanes, then only will it change

kind of hard to do when the traffic police jeep in front of you is zipping through traffic like a bumblebee

kronik

May 27th, 2005, 08:56 PM

Centre clubs two highway projects (http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=92051)

With the government trying its best to wrap up the first two phases of the National Highway Development Project (NHDP), wihin their stipulated deadlines, it has clubbed the NDA’s trumpcard Pradhan Mantri Bharat Jodo Pariyojana (PMBJP) with NHDP and converted it as its phase III.

However with NDA losing the elections, the newly formed UPA government immediately clubbed PMBJP with NHDP and redesigned it in the form of phase III (A) and (B). Under phase III (A), upgradation of 4,000 km of highways would be done while in phase III (B), 6,000 km of highways would be taken up. Though the upgradation of highways under phase III is to be done under the aforementioned criterion of PMBJP, ministry officials would not like to believe that the present phase III is the UPA government’s modern version of PMBJP.

Thus the government has cleverly packaged it with the newly announced phases IV, V, VI and VII of NHDP, all of which have 2012 deadline. In the bargain it has begun work on phase III in such a way as to time its conclusion by 2012. This way the UPA government has conveniently bypassed its earlier deadline of 2010, which it would have found hard to fulfill, due to delay in the project’s implementation.

As of now, only six projects covering a length of 421 km have been approved by the government, while 28 more projects under III (A) covering 2,308 km would be awarded by August this year.

Captain Beakey

May 27th, 2005, 09:50 PM

A view of Mahatma Gandhi Expressway (Ahm Vadodara).

http://img236.echo.cx/img236/429/mahatmagandhiexpressway4os.jpg

The title says that it is India's First Express Highway constructed specially for high speed motoring on access and exit control from both the end.

8.75 out of 10 for the Mahatma Gandhi Expressway, complete with street lights.

I would be more than happy, if this design was incorporated on all of India's highways and expressways, maybe along with one or two extra lanes in the non too distant future.

:)

Ubermensch

May 28th, 2005, 03:27 PM

Did you guys notice in the last few pics, people ARE following lane rules. It seems the reason why the lanes are painted is finally getting into the head of the Indian drivers.

Hari,

I beleive that if you provide clear lanes, people with automatically start following it, especially on high-speed expressways.

kviv314

May 28th, 2005, 06:14 PM

Lane markings on all roads......that should b the main focus....especially in city roads....if u mark the roads properly, they look much much better.

Suncity

June 2nd, 2005, 05:37 AM

Continue here...

:)

IndiaRocks

June 2nd, 2005, 06:05 AM

I get the first post :) :cucumber:

I'll follow up later with some pictures from NH7 between Maharashtra and M.P. :)

centralized pandemonium

June 2nd, 2005, 06:13 AM

Ok I am second :D.

Lets start with a cool pic. X-posted from BR.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/chimmalgi/PDR_153.jpg

Suncity

June 2nd, 2005, 06:35 AM

Did we miss this one? If not, sorry for the duplicate post. Not sure why it is a "first" though.

NHAI doesn't seem to have a single photo of the expressway. Why?

PM inaugurates Jaipur-Kishangarh Expressway

http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Jaipur-Kishangarh+Expressway+inaugurated&id=73407

Monday, May 23, 2005 (Jaipur):

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today dedicated to the nation India's first six-lane Jaipur-Kishangarh expressway, a part of the Golden Quadrilateral Project. Mr Singh, inaugurated the 90 km-long Expressway by pressing an electronic button. Built at a cost of Rs 614 crore, the Expressway is the longest project to be implemented on a build-operate-transfer basis and completed in a record 24 months, six months ahead of schedule.

drwho

June 2nd, 2005, 06:44 AM

^^ pretty fischy.checked the goldmine and didnt find any pic there either.:(

Harir> where is that picture taken?

Suncity

June 2nd, 2005, 06:49 AM

^^ pretty fischy.checked the goldmine and didnt find any pic there either.:(

Harir> where is that picture taken?

Here's a pic (poor quality) of the Jaipur Kishangarh Expressway

http://img203.echo.cx/img203/3688/jaipurexpressway2bu.jpg

The pic that Hari Posted is the Mumbai Pune Expressway.

BTW the NH4 between Pune and Mumbai will become four laned and provide a cheaper (lower tolls), alternate option to the Mumbai Pune expressway

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=131274

kshatriya

June 2nd, 2005, 07:07 AM

Amazingly they have been splattering huge sized photos in newspapers, but nothing on the net!

Anyway, it's very well done. That pic looks a little shocking, it was probably taken during construcion. But the highway looks much better than that, infact amazing.

drwho

June 2nd, 2005, 07:25 AM

whats the tariff on the road toll on Jaipur Kishangarh Expressway?

Sridhar

June 2nd, 2005, 01:50 PM

Probably the same as on all other NHAI highways - Rs. 0.40 per km for cars and similarly standardized rates for other classes of vehicles. There is of course an inflation adjustment on this toll (Rs. 0.40 was in 2002).

Suncity

June 2nd, 2005, 05:36 PM

NH 7 - 75 kms from Bangalore - pics by mkrsnarao ; date Nov 2004
(large pics); not sure if posted earlier.

1
http://img76.echo.cx/img76/9837/nh72blr1s1dy.jpg

2
http://img39.echo.cx/img39/9159/nh7blr5s7we.jpg

3
http://img43.echo.cx/img43/5792/nh73blr3s5bb.jpg

Hindustani

June 2nd, 2005, 05:49 PM

Suncity...........awesome find. Looks almost like Expressway.

Bombay Boy

June 2nd, 2005, 06:50 PM

niiice

looks a bit wavy though

nithin

June 2nd, 2005, 06:54 PM

Luckystreak

June 5th, 2005, 06:50 PM

Awesome pics Suncity

Luckystreak

June 5th, 2005, 06:52 PM

http://img75.echo.cx/img75/6316/165823321ofitkjf4ix.jpg

http://img292.echo.cx/img292/4759/bombay20poona20highway5xl.jpg

http://img293.echo.cx/img293/8512/curve4kl.jpg

http://img293.echo.cx/img293/8010/dsc000803tq.jpg

http://img294.echo.cx/img294/2793/f4a76b77jpgorig6ar.jpg

gyrations95

June 6th, 2005, 07:04 AM

Suncity

June 6th, 2005, 05:16 PM

Lucky, I assume those are MPE. Awesome pics. I think we shud start an MPE pic gallery. We have a lot of pics of the other NHs too. Sun/DrWho maybe we could start a pic gallery for national highways/expressways. News here and pics there.

That's a thought. What do other's think? We can do it.

Here's NH7 again - pics by tmnavin5

http://img94.echo.cx/img94/8444/nh7blr201of.jpg

http://img40.echo.cx/img40/9716/nh7blr211mj.jpg

centralized pandemonium

June 6th, 2005, 07:10 PM

Yeah, I agree with gyrations95. It would be better. When we have to post in the international sections, its a pain to go over the old threads to get the photos. Now it would be better.

PS: I could do that. I have a lot of freetime on my hands rt now :). I wouldn't mind spending a night or two to finish the job.

Suncity

June 6th, 2005, 07:23 PM

centralized pandemonium

June 6th, 2005, 07:30 PM

^^^ NP, but where shall I start it, in the "Infrastructure and Economy" subforum or somewhere else?

Added later: i will start it in "I & E" ubforum, you can move it somewhere else if needed:).

nithin

June 7th, 2005, 09:32 PM

rhajastan

http://************/5v24cw

somewhere in the himalaya

http://www.cruising-silkroad2002.de/image/08.02/Himalaya.jpg

jim corbett

http://************/5v24oi

doesnt really belong here but what the hell:
view of garhwali himalaya

http://www.cruising-silkroad2002.de/image/12.03/Himalaya.jpg

Aryabhata

June 8th, 2005, 07:19 PM

Western style excellent highways in India – a major catalyst for growth and prosperity

http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/3072.asp

drwho

June 10th, 2005, 01:24 PM

http://************/5v23c1
Caption: A display board on the user fee rate for various vehicles being readied at payanapalli near krishnagiri on June 8, 2005. Photo:N.Bashkaran

aks

June 15th, 2005, 11:28 PM

Delhi-Gurgaon highway zipping into 2006

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2005 11:34:32 PM ]

NEW DELHI: If you thought the Noida toll bridge was awe-inspiring, the Delhi-Gurgaon highway is likely to take your breath away.

The 28-km-long expressway -- linking Delhi to one of its major satellite townships in Haryana -- is halfway through and is likely to be completed by June 2006.

Once open, the expressway will offer eight elevated lanes that will only be open to fast-moving traffic with an average of at least 80 km/hr and heavy vehicles travelling over long distances.

Slow traffic like city buses and two-wheelers will be able to ply on the 10 level lanes that will run under the elevated section. The expressway is likely to cut down travel time from the present 60 minutes to 20 minutes.

According to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) chief general manager S P S Bakshi, this will be one of the most modern toll plazas in the world.

"We will be setting up 32 toll counters and anticipate an average waiting time of five seconds per car," he said. Though he did not elaborate on the toll, Bakshi said that the policy of 'as much as you can pay' will be implemented.

Toll plazas will be set up for incoming traffic at the Indira Gandhi International Airport and at the Delhi-Haryana border.

NHAI officials met urban development minister A K Walia on Wednesday regarding acquisition of more land.

"We would like to have about 15 metres on both sides along the expressway so that we can develop the area aesthetically," Bakshi said. Walia said that the proposal was being seriously considered.

Amongst other initiatives that the expressway is likely to have are 'merging zones.' According to officials, intersections will be used by vehicles for access and merge with slow-moving traffic in case they want to leave the expressway.

Each flyover intersection will have provision for access and exit to the expressway. While the project's original cost was an estimated Rs 555 crore, officials say that this is likely to increase by Rs 100-150 crore as many new features have been added to it.

Suncity

June 15th, 2005, 11:34 PM

^^^

WOW!

Hopefully we will have the media taking pictures of the project when completed.

nithin

June 16th, 2005, 12:21 AM

right indeed sun,

btw

but does anybody know what happened to the road projects in the north east?? Havent heard anything about it lately, these guys in New delhi say that they are planning to do this and that, but nothing concrete is happening. I am starting to lose my patients.

Sridhar

June 16th, 2005, 12:28 AM

Delhi will see some more developments in the near future

1. The ILFS DPR on the Ring Road expressway should be ready sometime soon. After that comes out, we can see some progress on that project.

2. The Peripheral Expressway is also under study by an NHAI consultant just now. That should be tendered out sometime this year.

3. The Commonweath Games specific projects including the tunnel from Ring Road to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (eventually proposed to be extended all the way to Punjabi Bagh through CP so as to form an underground East-West expressway) is also being seriously considered. We should hear something soon.

Things will happen in Delhi even though we may not be hearing about it in the news very much. The reason is the Commonwealth Games. They will be forced to get their act together, whether they like it or not. Maybe things will be pushed to the last minute, but they will happen nevertheless.

centralized pandemonium

June 16th, 2005, 12:30 AM

Whoa!!!!!!!!!!!! 8 elevated lanes and 10 ground lanes= 18 in total :eek:. That's amazing. Why don't they adopt this sorta policy in Mumbai?.

Naga_Solidus

June 16th, 2005, 03:05 PM

3. The Commonweath Games specific projects including the tunnel from Ring Road to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (eventually proposed to be extended all the way to Punjabi Bagh through CP so as to form an underground East-West expressway) is also being seriously considered. We should hear something soon.

I hope it goes through but will it have surface ramps at say 1500m intervals or so? And it would be better if they go with their original plan.

Things will happen in Delhi even though we may not be hearing about it in the news very much. The reason is the Commonwealth Games. They will be forced to get their act together, whether they like it or not. Maybe things will be pushed to the last minute, but they will happen nevertheless.

Booyeah, that's what motivated them to upgrade Hyderabad when they did their Afro-Asian games. And I really hope that these Commonwealth games cause them to go ahead with their 18-lane Delhi-Gurgaon exp project, it could potentially rival the freeways in LA, Houston, Atlanta, etc.

Sridhar

June 16th, 2005, 03:13 PM

Just to clarify, the number of expressway lanes is only 8. There is a regular road below, with signals and turns etc. So it is not accurate to term it an 18-lane expressway.

magestom

June 17th, 2005, 12:38 AM

what is the east-west espressway?
What is the difference between a highway and expressway?
Do the new Indian highways have ramps like in the U.S?
Where is Noida located from Delhi and where is Gurgaon located from delhi?
Do they have any plans to connect the Delhi-Noida expressway and Delhi Gurgaon expressway?
What are some website that can help me with my question?
I would like a website also on the Delhi metro rail!
Those are some of my questions.
P.S-What is going on with the big skyscraper in Noida?

centralized pandemonium

June 17th, 2005, 12:47 AM

I will try to answer some :).

What is the difference between a highway and expressway?

A highway is not access controlled, while an expressway is access controlled.

Do the new Indian highways have ramps like in the U.S?

Never been to the US :).

Where is Noida located from Delhi and where is Gurgaon located from delhi?

They are seperate cities. They are near Delhi tho and make up the National Capital Region. Check out Maps of India (www.mapsofindia.com) for more details.

What are some website that can help me with my question?

Check out www.nhai.org

I would like a website also on the Delhi metro rail!

Check out www.delhimetrorail.com

P.S-What is going on with the big skyscraper in Noida?

No clue. There has been no news abt it after the initial hungama.

magestom

June 17th, 2005, 01:14 AM

I meant, on the highways, are there ramps to get on or 4 way intersections?

what is the east-west espressway?
What is the difference between a highway and expressway?
Do the new Indian highways have ramps like in the U.S?
Where is Noida located from Delhi and where is Gurgaon located from delhi?
Do they have any plans to connect the Delhi-Noida expressway and Delhi Gurgaon expressway?
What are some website that can help me with my question?
I would like a website also on the Delhi metro rail!
Those are some of my questions.
P.S-What is going on with the big skyscraper in Noida?

magestom

June 17th, 2005, 01:27 AM

And is there any map of the delhi noida expressway and delhi-gurgaon expressway

Naga_Solidus

June 17th, 2005, 05:06 AM

india's new highways still have square intersections but there are ramps here and there, esp. near large cities.

sudipta_rch

June 19th, 2005, 01:39 PM

I meant, on the highways, are there ramps to get on or 4 way intersections?

India's new highways are not exactly like US interstate highways - they are not access controlled except in some tolled sections. 4-way intersections are being either given traffic lights or flyovers being built to make them serve as diamond interchanges. Some junctions are getting free flow interchanges with ramps and all - near the big metros.

Some exceptions are the Mumbai-Pune expressway or the Ahmedabad Expressway which are fully access controlled freeways.

magestom

June 22nd, 2005, 05:21 AM

**Do they have any plans to connect the Delhi-Noida expressway and Delhi Gurgaon expressway?

Bombay Boy

June 22nd, 2005, 07:21 AM

they are on opposite sides of delhi so would be hard. would probably be connected to the outer ring road at best

Sridhar

June 22nd, 2005, 01:35 PM

The planned peripheral expressway (being taken up by NHAI) would interconnect these highways at their outer perimeters. Gurgaon, Faridabad, NOIDA and Ghaziabad would be directly linked with each other once this expressway is built.

So yes, there are plans to connect these expressways and these are firm plans (not some uncertain proposal for a distant future). As per the Supreme Court decision, it cannot be built within Delhi's city limits itself, but it will be built in Haryana and UP. Land acquisition is already underway for parts of the project (since the alignment has not been finalized, land is being acquired only in those areas where the alignment is certain).

aks

June 25th, 2005, 07:56 PM

McDonald on Delhi_agra highway

http://hortonsonline.com/photos/albums/userpics/132817430.jpg

sudipta_rch

June 26th, 2005, 10:20 PM

McDonald on Delhi_agra highway

Now, feel at home in Reliance dhabas (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1153014,curpg-1.cms)

IndiaRocks

June 28th, 2005, 03:34 AM

McDonald on Delhi_agra highway

http://hortonsonline.com/photos/albums/userpics/132817430.jpg

Ha..it looks so much like any restaurant in the west..except for the Ambassador outside the drive through window :)

centralized pandemonium

June 29th, 2005, 05:59 AM

L&T gets Rs 418-crore contract in Harayana

The six-lane elevated section of 3.4 km (3,048 m of viaduct and 360 m of ramps) covering the central built-up Panipat section will be India's longest 6-lane flyover on the National Highway network, it said.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/06/29/stories/2005062901830200.htm

29A

June 29th, 2005, 03:51 PM

L&T gets Rs 418-crore contract in Harayana

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/06/29/stories/2005062901830200.htm

L&T is bagging a great amount of projects these days. Will make it filthy rich!!
Another infra project.. Two thumbs up :cheers: for the haryana government. In ten years, at this rate, we would have just got atleast our road and transportation infrastructure in place.

Nelaturi

June 30th, 2005, 06:19 AM

Well, I was wondering when this one will hit the roadblocks. Another typical case of Indian public sector mess up and inefficiency. All the noises by the UPA govt that it will not hinder this project is just hot air. They know that ultimately it will always be remembered as the vision of AB Vajpayee. If only politics takes a back seat for such national issues, we will be a great country soon.

National highway project is down to a crawl

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=73559

NAVIKA KUMAR & KANDULA SUBRAMANIAM

Posted online: Thursday, June 30, 2005 at 0315 hours IST

NEW DELHI, JUNE 29: Work on the NDA’s showpiece Golden Quadrilateral highway project has reduced to a crawl—with road-building down to a monthly addition of barely 125 km.

Take the last report card of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to the Government: not a single kilometre has been added to the North-South and East-West corridor.

Delays on the Delhi-Kolkata and Chennai-Kolkata stretches are the most glaring and it is almost certain now that the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP) will be a case study of deadlines missed:

• The 13,146-km NHDP (5,846 km of the GQ plus 7,300 km of the North-South and East West corridor) is only 40 per cent complete as per the NHAI report to the Prime Minister’s Office last month.

• In the North-South stretch, only 544 km have been completed, 240 km is under implementation and the remaining 2,999 km still waiting to be awarded.

• In the East-West corridor, only 148 km have been completed with 646 km under implementation and a 2,697-km stretch still awaiting awarding of contracts.

• GQ has been stuck at the 78 per cent completion stage for several months while the North-South and East-West corridor project is only 9.5 per cent complete.

• Only 855 km of the 1,453-km Delhi-Kolkata stretch have been completed. And reasons vary, from contractors gone broke to environmental OKs and land acquisition still stuck. For example, on the Shikohabad-Etawah stretch, the contract with China Coal Co was terminated and the highway, as per NHAI’s own admission, is in a mess.

• Contract for the Fatehpur-Khaga stretch is expected to be complete only in the first half of 2007 instead of early 2006, additional funding from NHAI held up; Sasaram to Dehri-on-Sone has a contractor facing a cash flow problem, environment issues also in way; V C Gorhar-Barwa Adda has Malaysian contractor facing cash flow and land acquisition problems.

• Of 68 projects running behind schedule under NHDP-I, 23 are on the Chennai-Kolkata stretch

• Some projects are delayed by as many as 34 months. Officials list a host of reasons for the delay

• Tamil Nadu is lagging behind all states in land acquisition. NHAI has been able to acquire around 56 per cent of the 890 hectares it needs in Tamil Nadu.

• After Tamil Nadu, it is Maharashtra where NHAI still needs to acquire 28 per cent of the land earmarked for GQ.

• Officials say that in some stretches, NHAI was unable to make headway because they received only single bids. Plus NHAI blacklisted some companies from bidding on account of fictitious documentation.

Naga_Solidus

July 1st, 2005, 01:19 AM

f*ck!!!! the GQ was steaming along soo well back in '03...DAMN UPA!!! (ok, at least Praful Patel knows what he's doing...and Manmohan Singh ain't too bad either...)

UPA, minus Manmohan and Praful---> :bash:

centralized pandemonium

July 5th, 2005, 06:02 PM

Seabird on expansion mode; part of NH-17 to be closed

http://bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=3186

Suncity

July 6th, 2005, 06:12 PM

Gujarat floods: Express highway suffers damage

Ahmedabad-Vadodara Express Highway project has not been spared by the floods. Large craters have come on the expressway leaving gaping holes on the dream track. Incessant and relentless rains has washed away large parts of the super fast expressway between Ahmedabad and Vadodara. Embankments are missing and safety railings have been washed away by the force of the water. The soft soil earth beneath the road has also given way and the concrete has cracked in places causing deep craters.

The road wouldn't have been ruined so badly by the rains alone. Much of the damage was caused by the gushing waters of the Khari and Vtrak rivers, which flow on the eastern side of the highway.

http://www.ndtv.com/environment/Floods.asp?id=75536&callid=1

29A

July 6th, 2005, 06:27 PM

Chennai_Forever

July 6th, 2005, 09:15 PM

An article from the DGM, NHAI

Given the tardy progress in the highway programme, can the NHAI deliver? What kind of changes are required?

http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=95768

29A

July 9th, 2005, 06:15 PM

NCR Planning Board drafts an ‘easy rider’

Esha Roy

New Delhi, November 28: The National Capital Region Planning Board is planning to take highway travelling to the next level. In its draft National Capital Regional Plan 2021 (the NCR’s masterplan), the board has proposed that a Highway Corridor Zone be developed along the National Highways.

The corridor, with a proposed width of 500 metres, will be developed on either side of the right of way of National Highways 1, 2, 8, 10, 24, 58 and 91. The corridor will span an area of 300 square kilometres. Officials said the corridor is to ensure that only planned and regulated development takes place in areas demarcated for the purpose.

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18-2526-3031-3536-4546-5099-50

Member Secretary, NCR Planning Board, Dr.P.K.Mishra said a lot of unregulated economic activity —not only shops, but also manufacturing units — is taking place on the side of highways. They have an impact on the environment and also act as traffic hazard s, he said.

‘‘We have decided to develop, permit and encourage economic activity in the corridors — but in a planned manner. What kind of economic activity will be permitted, shall depend on the area or city through which the highway passes. This is the first time such a proposal has been conceptualised,’’ said Mishra.

The main feature of the corridor will be the creation of a green buffer on either side of the highways. Excluding the areas demarcated as this green buffer, state governments can decide on the development activities ‘‘depending upon economic pressure, local situation and development potential of the area.’’

‘‘The buffer zone is meant to reduce congestion on the highways, improve the environment and also make the drive more picturesque,’’ said an official.

The Highway Corridor is to be delineated and notified by the respective state governments. Officials added that before planning for the regulated area, it should be declared as a controlled area. A development masterplan must be prepared with the approval of the NCR planning board and duly notified.

drwho

July 11th, 2005, 08:39 AM

TN plans to upgrade roads

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/07/11/stories/2005071102021300.htm

Chennai_Forever

July 13th, 2005, 12:37 AM

NHAI identifies 17 non-performing contractors — 8 international cos in the list

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/07/13/stories/2005071302860100.htm

centralized pandemonium

July 18th, 2005, 03:57 AM

'Bangalore road project to begin soon'

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1172745.cms

centralized pandemonium

July 19th, 2005, 06:28 AM

drwho

July 19th, 2005, 08:42 PM

http://img328.imageshack.us/img328/5482/imageloader27hq.jpg
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/8793/imageloader39yv.th.jpg (http://img350.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imageloader39yv.jpg)

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6194/imageloader41ww.jpg

http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imageloader41ww.jpg
Caption: A view of the East Coast Road (ECR) toll plaza maintained by the Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC) at Uthandi near Chennai. Photo: K.V. Srinivasan 13-7-2005

Anniyan

July 19th, 2005, 11:34 PM

very nice, its kept clean and green, well maintained.

Ambulance and emergency services are kept alert, and there is continous highway patrol as well between Uthandi,Chennai and Kalapet,Pondicherry

gyrations95

July 20th, 2005, 12:12 AM

Bangalore-Mysore corridor project gets green signal

The entire project would cost Rs. 3,000 crores, including Rs. 2,250 crores for the Expressway.

http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/19/stories/2005071918690100.htm
I thought half of the corridor (Maddur to Mysore) was done and the remaining half will be finished by this year end. Is this an alternate alignment?

Anniyan

July 20th, 2005, 01:39 AM

STILL LIFE AT TOLL PLAZA: Paintings at the Uthandi toll gate on East Cost Road

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7413/test8dq.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

CHENNAI: East Coast Road is not just one of the most scenic corridors in this region of the country. It is also special because of the presence of a unique ecosystem along the road with the flora and fauna, sand dunes, forests, wetlands and lakes.

To highlight this aspect, art works displaying animals and birds have been displayed at the Uthandi toll plaza, which is the entry point for the road for people going from Chennai.

Information boards :
A map of the ECR with explanations on several features of the ecosystem will be displayed at Uthandi.

The plan is to put up information boards and many more art works at different points of the road.

Education materials will also be prepared for distribution to the people.

The idea is to sensitise people to the significance of the eco-system along the ECR, says Joss Brooks, Director of Pichandikulam Bio-resource Centre, whose services have been tapped by the Tamil Nadu Road Development Company for this project.

Aryabhata

July 20th, 2005, 08:01 AM

Anil Ambani gives muscle to BMIC plan

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1176768.cms

Nelaturi

July 21st, 2005, 12:51 PM

I thought half of the corridor (Maddur to Mysore) was done and the remaining half will be finished by this year end. Is this an alternate alignment?

Actually there are two separate projects. the one you mention is the on-going widening and re-alignment of the existing B'lore-Mysore highway. This is done to a large part, but will not be of the standard envisaged for the BMIC project. This will continue to be a state highway (untolled) but the enhancements promise to cut down travel time to Mysore by an hour (from 3.5 hours down to 2.5 hrs). This by itslef is too long to cover a distance of approx 125 km. but good by general Indian highway standards where you are lucky if you manage to cover 60 km ph on average, apart from GQ section travel.

The BMIC is planned to be an tolled express-way in the real sense. If they achieve whatever they have been publicising about it, it will be a first for India. There will be five satellite townships developed along the corridor, with all kinds of infrastructure facilities available. With Anil Ambani pitching in, things should move faster. Mr. Kheny who heads the BMIC project is also known to be a no-nonsense guy.

Looks like it will be a sudden bonanza for BLR-MYSore citizens, after decades of neglect. With the BMIC also providing links between NH4 and NH7 from Bangalore and also an elevated connection to the city centre in bangalore, travel would be a different experience for us, if it all works according to plan. Mysore residents can also reach the new international airport w/o having to cut across the city.

It all sounds great.... :)

Let's hope Gowda and co or some other joker does not think up something new to stall it again.

Cheers to development.

Aryabhata

July 21st, 2005, 08:10 PM

Actually there are two separate projects. the one you mention is the on-going widening and re-alignment of the existing B'lore-Mysore highway. This is done to a large part, but will not be of the standard envisaged for the BMIC project. This will continue to be a state highway (untolled) but the enhancements promise to cut down travel time to Mysore by an hour (from 3.5 hours down to 2.5 hrs). This by itslef is too long to cover a distance of approx 125 km. but good by general Indian highway standards where you are lucky if you manage to cover 60 km ph on average, apart from GQ section travel.

The BMIC is planned to be an tolled express-way in the real sense. If they achieve whatever they have been publicising about it, it will be a first for India. There will be five satellite townships developed along the corridor, with all kinds of infrastructure facilities available. With Anil Ambani pitching in, things should move faster. Mr. Kheny who heads the BMIC project is also known to be a no-nonsense guy.

Looks like it will be a sudden bonanza for BLR-MYSore citizens, after decades of neglect. With the BMIC also providing links between NH4 and NH7 from Bangalore and also an elevated connection to the city centre in bangalore, travel would be a different experience for us, if it all works according to plan. Mysore residents can also reach the new international airport w/o having to cut across the city.

It all sounds great.... :)

Let's hope Gowda and co or some other joker does not think up something new to stall it again.

Cheers to development.

It is so wondeful and exciting to hear all this. Wow !! Hope and pray this will not be like other projects in our country - drag, drag and finally drop.

gyrations95

July 22nd, 2005, 03:03 AM

Cheers to development.
Cheers to development :cheers: Banglore needs some serious infrastructure development like New Delhi. Can't let a show-piece city go the Mumbai way.

Suncity

July 22nd, 2005, 03:46 AM

It is so wondeful and exciting to hear all this. Wow !! Hope and pray this will not be like other projects in our country - drag, drag and finally drop.

:rofl:

Nelaturi

July 22nd, 2005, 01:05 PM

Cheers to development :cheers: Banglore needs some serious infrastructure development like New Delhi. Can't let a show-piece city go the Mumbai way.

I forgot to mention that the BMIC expressway will cut down the distance to Mysore to about 110 kms. Mr. Kheny promises that the expressway would permit travel at around 120 kmph, which means you can reach Mysore in an hour. Of course, one has to take into account the commute from your starting point in the city to the start of the expressway, which would be through our congested B'lore roads. However, its a quantum leap in travel times that we are talking of here.

One point, the toll will be Re. 1/- per km. Which translates to Rs. 220/- both ways for a round trip to Mysore.... Well, I guess it would be worth it considering the fuel and time savings, plus the sheer pleasure of driving on such roads...

Every vehicle entering the e-way would be given a card containing vehicle details, time of entry and so on. At the exit point, the card will be read to work out the amount payable. Hopefully, in the next phases they will bring in automatic card readers as in the US where the vehicle only needs to display the card inside the windshield, to be detected and the amount debited to the cardholder's account.... guess we can wait for those finer features for a while longer :-)

There will also be rest houses, restaurants and many other facilities along the way, specially with Reliance's experience bringing in the required expertise.

Look at the web site of NICE, the organization that is building BMIC for expressway renders, plans etc. Probably it is not yet updated to reflect the Reliance related inputs. Anyway, its worth a dekko.

http://www.nicelimited.com/

Interestingly, or rather ironically, it was one Mr. deve Gowda who signed the deal in 1995.... :bash:

Cheers to development!!!

Aryabhata

July 22nd, 2005, 07:02 PM

Cheers to development!!!

Yers ! Cheers to development !
You mentioned townships along this expressway. Any idea how expensive they would approx ? Would they be affordable to the common man ?

gyrations95

July 24th, 2005, 04:44 AM

NHAI to connect 10 major ports

http://www.projectsmonitor.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=9454

Road connectivity to major ports is an integral part of shipping infrastructure development, and critical to decongest growing port areas for smooth bulk and container movement. NHAI, as part of its National Highways Development Programme, has taken up the project of connecting 10 major ports - Haldia, Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Tuticorin, Kochi, Mangalore, Mormugao, Jawaharlal Nehru Port and Kandla.
The port connectivity projects have seen tardy progress going by available statistics. Out of the total 356 km of four-lane highways envisaged for port connectivity to the 10 major ports, 99 km were four-lane as of June 2005, implying an achievement rate of less than 30 per cent. However, almost the entire remainder was in various stages of physical implementation. It is expected that the projects will be fully commissioned by May 2007.
The projects do have their own share of problems, much like other national highway projects. According to STUP consultants, associated with the Mormugao Port connectivity project, while nearly 13 km stretch from Verna Junction on NH-17 connecting Mormugao Port is complete, work on the remaining 5 km stretch is on hold following land acquisition problem. The completion deadline of the 30-km JNP road connectivity project had to be extended to July 2005 from the earlier scheduled April 2005. Phase-II of the same project of 14.35 km is likely to be commissioned by May 2007.

Port Connectivity: Ongoing Projects*

Stretch / Length (Km) / Expected Completion

JNPT I / 30.00 / July 05
JNPT II / 14.35 / May 07
Haldia / 53.00 / Dec.05
Visakhapatnam / 12.00 / Dec.05
Tuticorin / 47.20 / Aug.06
Cochin / 10.45 / Aug.06
Paradip / 77.00 / Feb.07

*of projects under implementation

Port Connectivity: Current Status*

Status / Km

Already 4 Laned / 99
Under Execution / 251
Balance length for award / Neg.
Total Length / 356

*As of June 2005

All this is part of NHDP-2 i believe

Nelaturi

July 25th, 2005, 07:47 AM

Yers ! Cheers to development !
You mentioned townships along this expressway. Any idea how expensive they would approx ? Would they be affordable to the common man ?

These are probably targetted at an upper-middle class and above, as I read between the lines of the descriptions given in the web-site.

Have a look at the NICE website.

Salient paras are pasted below from that site.

Cheers to develoment!!!

The Consortium will build five self-sustainable townships each with a population of 100,000. Each one of the new townships will have its own unique economic base and will be directly served by the infrastructure corridor. Each township has a primary town center with supporting neighborhood centers. The residential areas are planned to include a range of housing models and are situated so that the walking distances to work, school, or shopping are not greater than 0.9 km (½ mile). Elementary schools are located in each neighborhood. Parks and recreation facilities are generously allocated to neighborhoods and town centers. Transportation access to the expressway and internal vehicle and pedestrian circulation patterns are considered carefully. The results are unique communities that are built on a strong foundation of proven town planning principles.

Corporate Township will be the home for the region's increasing number of corporate head-quarters, offices and research and development facilities.

Industrial Center will specialize in clean manufacturing, including “white” durable goods and industrial research and development.

Eco-tourism Center will become a destination for Indians and foreign travelers who wish to learn about the region's rich history, national reserve forests, environmental and water resources, fine and performing arts and historic temples and churches. Utilizing the principles of sustainable development, each township will be designed to address the economic, environmental and social needs of the population. In so doing, the townships will provide citizens with a high quality of life in healthy, efficient world-class communities. In addition, the townships will help move consumers closer to the region's farming communities, thus creating an integrated economic development and a stronger market for farmers.

Aryabhata

July 25th, 2005, 07:53 AM

These are probably targetted at an upper-middle class and above, as I read between the lines of the descriptions given in the web-site.

Have a look at the NICE website.

Salient paras are pasted below from that site.

Cheers to develoment!!!

The Consortium will build five self-sustainable townships each with a population of 100,000. Each one of the new townships will have its own unique economic base and will be directly served by the infrastructure corridor. Each township has a primary town center with supporting neighborhood centers. The residential areas are planned to include a range of housing models and are situated so that the walking distances to work, school, or shopping are not greater than 0.9 km (½ mile). Elementary schools are located in each neighborhood. Parks and recreation facilities are generously allocated to neighborhoods and town centers. Transportation access to the expressway and internal vehicle and pedestrian circulation patterns are considered carefully. The results are unique communities that are built on a strong foundation of proven town planning principles.

Corporate Township will be the home for the region's increasing number of corporate head-quarters, offices and research and development facilities.

Industrial Center will specialize in clean manufacturing, including “white” durable goods and industrial research and development.

Eco-tourism Center will become a destination for Indians and foreign travelers who wish to learn about the region's rich history, national reserve forests, environmental and water resources, fine and performing arts and historic temples and churches. Utilizing the principles of sustainable development, each township will be designed to address the economic, environmental and social needs of the population. In so doing, the townships will provide citizens with a high quality of life in healthy, efficient world-class communities. In addition, the townships will help move consumers closer to the region's farming communities, thus creating an integrated economic development and a stronger market for farmers.

Thx. Their website was down the other day.

drwho

July 25th, 2005, 08:21 AM

cool,seems to be running again:)

thajan

July 25th, 2005, 08:35 AM

thank....

Suncity

July 28th, 2005, 09:51 PM

Another related article..

Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor to be partially open this year

The Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor, India's largest private-sector road project, will be partly operational this year, easing congestion that has made companies like Biocon threaten to set up new operations elsewhere.

Sections of the 22.5 billion rupee, or $518 million, project will be open to traffic by December, Ashok Kheny, managing director of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise, said.

India's Supreme Court last week ordered that construction should be allowed to continue despite opposition from the Karnataka state government, according to the court's Web site.

The planned network of roads and townships is designed to speed traffic flow around Bangalore, home to almost one-third of India's outsourcing and technology industry and host to companies including Intel and General Electric. The 10-year-old project has been delayed by opposition from landowners, environmental groups and the state government that was elected last year.

"This should have been done years ago," said Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, chairwoman of Biocon, the biggest biotechnology company in India, which employs about 1,500 people in Bangalore.

A final verdict in the dispute with the state government, which has accused Nandi of trying to acquire excess land, may be handed down by the Supreme Court in the second week of November, court documents said.

The office of Karnataka's chief minister, Dharam Singh, including his political secretary, could not be reached for comment.

The Supreme Court's order on July 18 that the state government should allow construction "removes the last hurdle," Kheny said.

The first phase of the project, about 62 kilometers, or 39 miles, of roadway in Bangalore and its outskirts, will be ready by the end of the year, he said.

The whole project, including a 111-kilometer toll road from Bangalore to Mysore, a 400-megawatt power plant and a sewage treatment facility, will be ready by August 2007, he said. The existing nontolled highway is being separately expanded to four lanes under a 1.16 billion rupee government contract, the Times of India reported on July 7.

Details http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/27/bloomberg/sxroad.php

Nelaturi

July 29th, 2005, 07:34 AM

I came across this old (2001 dated) on-line petition by some characters based in the USA, who were against the BMIC project. It is subsequently withdrawn or closed. Though one needs to be cautious about senseless and unplanned development in the name of modernity, it also reveals how various forces can align against development. It is an interesting petition to read, bringing out salient points on how it would effect agriculture, water supply etc.. however, much is ignored with respect to the enormous benefits of such a link and also the development of high quality infrastructure in satellite twonships around already choked urban areas. India needs rural and semi-urban areas to develop, with world-class infrastructure, to reverse the urban clogging.

Check out this site.

http://www.indiatogether.org/petitions/bmicaug00.htm

drwho

July 30th, 2005, 08:50 AM

NHAI awards over Rs 1,800-cr worth projects in July

THE National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded over Rs 1,800 crore worth of projects during July till date.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/07/30/stories/2005073001520700.htm

AP gets Rs 405 cr for road project
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/07/30/stories/2005073001561900.htm

Naga_Solidus

July 30th, 2005, 09:17 PM

FINALLY!!! Hyderabad Ring Road project showing progress!!! (http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/25/stories/2005062514090300.htm)

HYDERABAD: The Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has set September, 2008, as deadline for completion of outer ring road around the twin cities...

Info on the history of the project from ProjectsMonitor.com (http://www.projectsmonitor.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=9364&secid=137)

An Outer Ring Road for Hyderabad was first proposed in 1980 and the master plan
was developed keeping in mind the requirements after 25 years...

YAY!!! Now for soem stuff in the urban areas of Hyderabad to complement the project...

Aryabhata

August 1st, 2005, 12:20 AM

States under-use funds for highway development
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=97967

Surprising, even TN did not utilise the money !!

Anniyan

August 1st, 2005, 01:06 AM

double post -deleted

Anniyan

August 1st, 2005, 01:06 AM

its really surprising to see this figures...

West Bengal was allocated Rs 256.30 crore for upgradation of national highways during the current fiscal. Out of this amount, it had used only Rs 11.26 crore as on June 30, 2005.
Maharashtra has been given Rs 100.65 crore. But it has used only Rs 9.77 cror
Madhya Pradesh has used only Rs 15 crore out of the given Rs 99 crore.
Tamil Nadu, out of Rs 91 crore for the current fiscal, has used only Rs 15 crore.

Fusionist

August 1st, 2005, 01:15 AM

why such a big share for Bengal ?

d_rk

August 1st, 2005, 03:51 PM

some highway pic around delhi..

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3849/img30ql.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/733/img43tg.jpg

d_rk

August 2nd, 2005, 08:54 AM

some more Delhi Sonepat road..

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/2043/dsc015705vo.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8649/dsc015693pj.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/7562/dsc015716bx.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8468/dsc015755pq.jpg

Naga_Solidus

August 2nd, 2005, 04:14 PM

seriously, some of those delhi roads look like theyre in first-world countries.

Naga_Solidus

August 2nd, 2005, 05:21 PM

UPDATE: Hyderabad Road Repairs (http://www.projectsmonitor.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=9448)

The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad has taken up repair work of roads and potholes. The corporation intends to spend Rs 2 crore for laying BT roads and filling the potholes. Manholes, which have shrunk, will be raised to the ground level. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board will also take up the repair work of 90 km roads that were dug up by the Board to lay water pipelines in Hyderabad and Secunderabad.

Sridhar

August 2nd, 2005, 06:35 PM

the second highway pic isnt too bad but the center median should be a bit greener, and it could use an extra lane or two in either direction as there is room after all.
You don't build extra lanes because there is room. They have to be justified by the demand. The process involved is the estimation of current and future demand and then building lanes to meet demand, while reserving space for future expansion to meet any increase in demand.

Naga_Solidus

August 2nd, 2005, 06:43 PM

true...

Bombay Boy

August 2nd, 2005, 08:00 PM

yeah with the new highways policy enough land is kept on either side to meet future requirements, inlcuding land for rest stops, etc. a few hundred metres each side if i am not mistaken

Bombay Boy

August 3rd, 2005, 12:24 PM

just used the western express highway, the one which was relaid just before the monsoon and which they promised, like laloo, would be as smooth as hema malini's cheeks. well, i think in keeping with the trends in bollywood it resembles more mallika sherawat's cleavage

how much would it cost to concretise both the WEH and the EEH? is it feasible? only concrete roads seem to be able to handle bombay's weather and traffic. all the concretised roads i used were absolutely fine. anyone can help with figures?

on another note i also passed by terminal 1-b (an intentional detour ;) ) and it certainly looks better than the old terminal. but they still havent changed their style of signages, there is a huge one proudly proclaiming ISO certified right at the entrance. who cares? it looks so tacky, let the people who use it give it their own stamp of approval. but it didnt reall look like it was being used. parking lot is also almost ready

kshatriya

August 3rd, 2005, 02:18 PM

They are concretising parts of the highway, the exit roads below flyovers etc. I too think they should concretise the highway, but at the current width (14 lanes) it'll be quite expensive i think. And it will take a LOT of time, and a LOT of inconvenience. is it worth it? i guess yeah.

Bombay Boy

August 3rd, 2005, 04:00 PM

how much time? 2 years? if it is in that range its worth it. but what would be the cost? and since its so wide they can work half and half

kshatriya

August 3rd, 2005, 04:06 PM

Well drivers are inconvenienced now too, with the surface giving way so easily. Since they have the width to play with, they could complete it two lanes at a time, and probably even stech by strech. Cost will be tough though its about time we spent some money and make two top class highways.

Naga_Solidus

August 5th, 2005, 12:44 AM

aww f**k!

http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/01/stories/2005060117330300.htm

HYDERABAD: City MLAs and corporators of the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) are strong supporters, so are senior officials for road-widening.

Yet, this exercise has been beset with delays for some time now despite road development plans being made ready. During the general body meeting, corporators roundly criticised officials for slackening of works. The MCH Commissioner, Sanjay Jaju, was, in fact, surprised to notice the enthusiasm among them for the work and promised to expedite it.

Aww well there's always this positive bit:

http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/03/stories/2005040312690300.htm

Madhapur and Hitec-City are to finish their road widening by the end of the month!

magestom

August 5th, 2005, 06:21 PM

kronik

August 6th, 2005, 05:07 AM

Rs 1000-crore trauma project to tackle highway accidents (http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=75778)

The Union Health Ministry has finally woken up to the toll extracted by road accidents and has planned a Rs-1,000-crore project to create an extensive trauma service network.

Of the 1.2 million people who die in road accidents worldwide, India alone accounts for 10 per cent.

To counter the problem, the planned ‘Integrated Trauma Care System’ envisages fully equipped ambulances every 50 km and a primary hospital every 100 km. The idea is to take advantage of the crucial ‘golden hour’— the first hour after the accident that can save a life.

The project will cover over 13,000 km of highways across the country, including a 5,000-km stretch of the Golden Quadrilateral and 7000 km of corridors.

Each ambulance will be connected to a hospital, which is not necessarily for trauma care.

‘‘Under the 9th Plan, 13 hospitals had been identified and the government had provided Rs 1.5 crore to each for upgrading trauma facilities. Recently, another 27 hospitals have been added,’’ said the official. ‘‘The plan is to provide Rs 1.5 crore to all the identified hospitals,’’ he added. The government has given a deadline till 2007 to complete the highway project.

The health ministry claims their work will be completed in four years.

Nelaturi

August 12th, 2005, 11:14 AM

Big highway push in works

NHDP: Transport ministry to take Rs 72,500 cr plan to Cabinet

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=76100

NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11: The ministry of surface transport is to send a note to the Cabinet seeking approval for four new National Highway Development Projects (NHDP) totalling an investment of around Rs 72,500 crore.

The four projects are NHDP IV to VII. Sources said the inter-ministerial feed back for NHDP IV to VI has already been received and the final Cabinet note is to be sent any day for cabinet nod while finishing touches are being given for the clearance of NHDP VII.

The Cabinet would also be clearing the financing schemes for these projects and would be considering extending the cess on petrol and diesel beyond 2018 to meet the huge financing requirements.

This cess was first introduced by the BJP-led NDA government to finance the golden quadrilateral and the north-south-east-west corridor. These would have been fully repaid through the cess by 2018 sources said.

• NHDP IV is the largest highway project that would be undertaken by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) covering 20,000 km which would include constructing and conversion of existing highways into two laning highways with paved shoulders. This project is estimated to need an investment of Rs 25,000 crore.

• Under NHDP V, the NHAI would be undertaking the conversion of certain high-density four-lane stretches into six-lane roads. The proposed investment needed for this programme has been placed at Rs 17,500 crore and the total length of such highways is 5,600 km.

• Under NHDP VI, the NHAI would be constructing 1,000 km of expressways that would need an investment of Rs 15,000 crore.

• Under NHDP VII, NHAI would be undertaking the task of building ring roads, bypasses, over bridges, flyovers etc on certain stretches of the highways. The estimated investment for this programme is again Rs 15,000 crore.

Official sources said that clearances for NHDP VII would be place by September and the deadline to finish these projects is 2012. Apart from these seven projects, the government is to also clear Rs 2,500 crore for building highways in the North East thereby taking the total investment to Rs 1,72,000 crore.

Sources said that the ministry is also going to launch the second phase of NHDP III once the detailed project reports are in place. NHDP III envisages construction of 10,000 km of four laning highways connecting state capitals and other important destinations that are not covered under NHDP I (which includes the golden quadrilateral) and NHDP II (which includes the east-west north south corridors).

Work on the first phase of NHDP III, covering a total of 4,000 km has already begun. While the investment for NHDP I and II is Rs 42,000 crore, the investment for NHDP III, though only 10,000 km is, Rs 55,000 crore.

Projects undertaken under NHDP III to VII will all be through the build operate and transfer route (BOT) and depending on the project in consideration, would be executed through public-private partnership where the Centre can extend up to 40 per cent of the project cost as grant.

Nelaturi

August 12th, 2005, 11:34 AM

This was posted a while ago. The Bangalore-Hosur highway is already four laned. It still does no work though because of construction of a never ending flyover on airport road where it starts! Bangalore is still slow but seems to be picking up the pace! Of all the places I have visited so far. Besides the NCR area, Kerala has good roads. Even the smallest road there is good! The have a big road project of fixing most roads by 2007.

Actually, the airport road flyover is not the cause for the congestion on Hosur Road. That dubious credit and consequences for that are shared by the utter chaos on the airport / domlur / Indiranagar roads.

There is tremendous traffic on Hosur road, since it is a NH connecting to Tamil Nadu, as well as a route to major IT and industrial belt. The 4 laned highway, bordered for around 20 kms on either side by totally unplanned and mushrooming suburbs like Bommanahalli and so on is used by residents of these places, employees of the IT (Electronic city), Biocon, Narayana Hrudayalaya and so on, plus the heavy duty trucks moving to and fro TN. This road is totally inadequate to handle this kind of traffic load (even 2 years ago). The presence of intersections to the suburbs, with their haphazard and indisciplined, heterogenous traffic adds to the chaos.

The proposed elevated highway to Electronic city hopefully would address reduction of much of the load. However, the existing highway itself needs widening to 6 lane, plus also service roads and under/overpasses to carry the suburban traffic which has to cross the highway. The plans seem to address these requirements, but I await the actual implementation. The typical mentality is to plan in bits and pieces like a flyover here or there, which only moves the bottlenecks further up or down.

Unless all the above are addressed with urgency, proper planning and implementation, I do not see much improvement in this area in the near future. Wonder how much is in the plans of this blinkered and stumbling, bumbling Congress-JD(S) coalition.

Naga_Solidus

August 13th, 2005, 03:20 AM

http://www.gmrgroup.co.in/roads_news_item_20mar05.html

Hey look it's another 93km worth of expressway, finished ahead of schedule by GMR group, the guys responsible for Hyderabad Shamshabad Airport.

It was a red letter day for the GMR Group when its road project completed a month ahead of schedule was dedicated to the nation.

The 93 km Tambaram Tindivanam highway was dedicated to the nation by Dr.Kalaignar M.Karunanidhi, President of DMK Party, in a function organized by National Highways Authority of India on 19 th March 2005.

The function was presided over by Shri. T. R. Baalu, Honourable Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways...

nithin

August 13th, 2005, 03:47 PM

this is how it looks like

http://www.gmrgroup.co.in/images/pic_roads_projects.jpg

http://www.gmrgroup.co.in/images/roads_tindivanam.jpg

magestom

August 14th, 2005, 03:54 PM

Retyped by me from The Hinddu - Bangalore Edition

Monorail planned along Bangalore-Mysore Corridor
Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Ltd.(NICE) plans to put up a light rail system(monorail) along the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor.
A NICE official said that according to the scope of the project, two more lanes can be added at a later stage and convert the four lane expressway into a 6 lane expressway to cater to additional traffic. But the private developer has retained the option for putting up a monorail system on the median, which seperates the existing two lanes on either side.

Two options
It has designed the bridges along the corridor for both the options - either an extra two lanes or a light rail system. "The flexibility to switch over to either of the two options is available," the official said.
He told The Hindu that NICE may prefer a light rail system to get a "broader category of people" use the corridor.
"By putting up a monorail, we can have people who own vehicles but don;t want to use them, and those who don't have vehicles, to use the corridor," he said.

Land transfer
With the Supreme Court directing the stake holders to expedite the Rs. 2,200-crore project, NICE is working overtime to throw open portions of the first phase of the project to traffic of the project, totalling 60km., NICE has work on 37 km..
"But what can be thrown open to traffic by September end is a 20-22 km. stretch connecting Mysore Road with Bannerghatta Road," the official said.
The success of completing the first phase at a cost of Rs. 800 crores by december end depends on how fast the Government hands over to Nandi the land for the road portion and exit ramps.
"The acquisition has happened, but the transfer has not happened. The land still vests with the Government. On paper, the Government has to transfer the land to us," he said.

Bombay Boy

August 15th, 2005, 11:21 AM

Thane-Belapur belt to get international look

Rajesh Unnikrishnan MUMBAI 14 AUGUST

THE 30km Thane-Belapur stretch where one of Asia’s largest chemical zone — the Thane-Belapur Industrial belt — and the Reliance group’s premier companies like Reliance Infocomm and IPCL are located, is all set for revamp.
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has got the nod for the central government for a make-over of the existent road to a six-lane, worldclass highway, with flyovers, subways and pathways. The total investment for the road-revamping project is estimated at Rs 111 crore.
The road revamping project assumes significance because the road is also the link road between Mumbai-Pune Express highway, Sion-Trombay-Panvel Road, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and the upcoming Maha Mumbai Special Economic Zone.
“We have just got the central government’s nod to reconstruct the road. The Thane-Belapur road is an important connection that provides link to the Mumbai-Agra road, to Ambernath and Kalyan, to Nasik, to the Mumbai International Airport via the Mulund-Airoli Bridge on one side and JNPT, and the Pune Expressway on the other,” senior NMMC officials said.
The total cost of the project will be 111 crore, of which 50% of the funds will come from the Central government, under the head of Assistance to States for Infrastructure Development and Export (ASIDE). The project will be financed under two budgetary allocations, and work is expected to be completed by March ’07. The new road will help trailers and transport vehicles to save time up to 25 minutes.
The road will be a six-lane highway, of which one lane on each side will be flexible to accommodate the existent and water pipelines. For widening the road at certain sections, some slums will have to be relocated on the East side of Digha, and MIDC will be rehabilitating then soon after the monsoons are over, the corporation officials added.

kshatriya

August 15th, 2005, 05:50 PM

Oh yea thane-bel road really needs a facelift. Horrible road right now.

kronik

August 16th, 2005, 05:43 AM

NHAI board okays revamp package (http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=76345)

The board of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has approved a restructuring package for the organisation.

Apart from outsourcing of expertise for financial appraisals and contract management, the board has also approved a flexi-organisation structure depending on the projects being executed by the authority.

Sources also revealed that one of the main features of the restructuring package is adoption of new techniques such as PERT/CPM that would enable NHAI to monitor and execute projects better.

There is also a proposal to interconnect all NHAI offices with their contractors as well as toll booths across the country through WAN network. This would give NHAI officials real time information on the progress made on each and every project.

Under flexi-organisational structure, the staff could ‘‘wax and wane’’ according to the projects being executed by the authority.

Restructuring of NHAI has been a key issue considering the delays and cost overruns faced in executing the golden quadrilateral and the east-west-north-south corridors. Added to that, with new projects under NHDP III to VII also being planned, the Planning Commission specifically pointed out that NHAI had to be restructured to take on this mammoth task.

gyrations95

August 18th, 2005, 01:06 AM

A good part of Thane-Belapur road is already 6 laned. But its more of an Essel World ride than anything else.

kronik

August 23rd, 2005, 04:25 AM

Golden quadrilateral running six months behind schedule (http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=100050)

As many as 447 national highway project are running behind schedule. Of these, 46 projects worth Rs 11,226 crore pertain to the golden quadrilateral (GQ). Apart from this, there are five projects worth Rs 1,678 crore under port connectivity, and 13 under the north south-east west (NSEW) worth Rs 1,276 crore.

As on July 31, 2005 though the golden quadrilateral seems to be on course of wrapping up 92% of its 5,846 km target by December 2005, under the NSEW project, only 777 km have been four-laned, out of the 7,300 km of national highways while 2,766 km are under implementation.

Under the port connectivity project, 10 major ports are to be connected through 356 km of roads. But as on July 31, only 99 km of roads have been four-laned, while 251 km are still under implementation. Also, this project seems to have no fixed deadline as till date the ministry has not specified as to when port connectivity should be achieved.

As it is, GQ was supposed to finish by December 2005, after its original deadline of December 2004 was revised. Though the government agrees that by December it would be able to finish 92%, as on July 31, it has already finished four-laning 4944 km of the total 5846 km, while only 902 km of work remains under implementation. GQ is poised to finish by June 2006, six months behind schedule.

Anniyan

August 23rd, 2005, 03:11 PM

Art on the IT route

In a bid to take 'art to the road,' the Tamil Nadu Road Development Company Ltd (TNRDC), the 120-crore IT corridor project Managing Associate, has been using art and design to create a dynamic six-lane road on the Old Mahabalipuram Road.

Detailing the design perspective and concepts involved in realising this aim, TNRDC Design Co-ordinator Sheetal Parakh told UNI here that Tamil Nadu was 'so rich' in all arts. The endeavour was to arrange a rich display of stone and sculpture on the IT corridor for 'anybody to see and appreciate.'

Ms Parakh said artisans had already evinced interest on showcasing art on panels, so that an 'art walk' or 'art on the road' kind of effort was possible. "This will be an educative experience for kids also. We have been working with current, old and upco ming artists."

There were seven junctions and work was on to provide each one a character. It would take eight to ten months for the completion and the junction designs were theme-based, she added.

Landscape attention had been given, keeping both on and off-road parameters in mind. The Design and Supervision Consultant was Wilbur Smith Associates Private Ltd, while the landscape and lighting consultants were NVA of Chennai and ICN Design Internatio nal of Singapore respectively, Ms Parakh noted.

Stating that the lighting consultant was Australia-based Lighting Design Partnership, she said it was being figured out whether to have lighting for every 40 metre or every 20 metre.

If the latter was finalised, then totally about 500 lights would light up the corridor, she added.

To give a uniform look to roads and bus stops, Ms Parakh said the aim was to provide "a match to one family concept, one road one look...." The signages would not only indicate directions but also highlight the importance of road safety. A traffic manage ment study was currently on.

For the rehabilitation and relocation of families on the road and those who had their petty shops or businesses on the 'right of way,' a dedicated R and R team was on the job to handle this aspect.

The roads were so designed that the foot-path curves could accommodate old trees. The service lanes had been made narrow so that the efforts of transplanting trees were used properly.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blnus/14231710.htm