Nagpur - Hyderabad - Bengaluru Expressway | Pro

diptadeepdas said:

^^ Isn't the traffic volume in this stretch is not much and the existing highway is enough to cater the traffic for next 3 decades?

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The existing highways in India, where u-turns and side-entries and side-exits, and even cross-traffic, can happen anywhere seriously affect the safety and speed of inter-city travel. These NHs are good for local travel and to connect to the region's local businesses.

An access-controlled grade-separated 21st century expressway network is required that, first, will connect India's six major metro cities, and then later, will connect all important cities and district headquarters.
Bypasses for one-lakh-plus cities and ring roads for one-million-plus metro areas should be developed as an integral part of this network.

The USA did this one thing very well half-a-century ago, other developed countries copied this model and now so has China.
Building this backbone expressway network will also invaluably help tourism grow and to move regions all over India reach middle-income levels.

^^ Recently went to Bangalore from Hyderabad at night, after Hyderabad the traffic became almost rare and was too less for a six lane. Hardly one has to shift gears in most part. Road condition was excellent. The traffic increases near Devanhalli in Bangalore.

M_1973 has already stated about the condition of the Nagpur - Hyderabad stretch. You hardly find vehicle movement and has of the lowest traffic volume. Similarly considering the stretch till Allahabad / Gwalior via Chindwara.

Before making an express way in this part, govt. should consider making one from Pune to Bangalore first, especially the Hubli to Bangalore where the traffic is at least 20-30 times more than the considered stretch. Others should be Mumbai-Nashik, Vizag-Vijaywada - Hyderabad (Especially Eluru - Rajahmundry connection) Even the Kolkata-Dhanbad-Varanasi stretch is still mostly a four lane highway, which is also almost saturated in places and haven't been upgraded to six lane, forget about expressways.

NH-7 (old) was never a very busy highway in most stretches through out, compared to other highways, in spite of being the longest one (then). The reason lies in the port and city network systems, export systems, businesses and cities along this route depending on the regions etc.

Coming to land and fund issues, considering land as one of the most essential natural resource, and comparing population and land ratio, we should use it properly rather than wasting money and resource in unnecessary projects.

@n20, The rate at which US has wasted natural resources through out these years, if every person in this world would have wasted, we would have needed 5.5x earth to meet the demand. For India it is 0.6x.

Why don't you consider the European models?
Development model should always be based on the need, population, land, natural resource, region etc and when every aspect varies here in India, how can we blindly copy them? What glitters is not always gold and sadly we still don't have a second home. hno:

Now, drive from Nagpur to Bengaluru in just 12 hrs

Anjaya Anparthi | TNN | Aug 28, 2017

Nagpur: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has proposed Nagpur-Hyderabad-Bengaluru Expressway at whopping cost of over Rs35,000 crore.
Travelling hours to Hyderabad from city will come down to around 5.5 hours and up to Bengaluru in 11 hours if the project materializes. The project is said to be longest-ever expressway in the world with length of 1,079km.

The NHAI, falling under city MP and union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari,has approved the project in its annual plan for 2017-18. New Delhi-based Feedback Infra has been appointed as technical consultant for preparing alignment-cum-feasibility report of the project in last month. Feedback Infra has been asked to submit report within eight months after which the NHAI will take further decisions on the project's execution.

The NHAI has proposed to develop the project on Public Private Partnership on design, build, finance, operate and transfer basis. The plan is to build the expressway with geometric standards for a design speed of 120 kmph. The distance between city and Hyderabad is 505km and further 574km up to Bengaluru. The proposed expressway will have six or more lanes.

A four-lane national highway is in existence from city to Hyderabad and Bengaluru. It is in good condition.The proposed project is a new alignment and will require land acquisition which is always considered a tough task for any project.

The NHAI has also proposed to develop residential/commercial townships adjacent to the expressway to make the project feasible. The proposed expressway being access controlled facility, the entry/exit to the proposed township shall be regulated through a grade separated interchange. The technical consultant has been asked to prepare a preliminary conceptual plan for these townships.

http://m.timesofindia.com/city/nagpur/now-drive-from-nagpur-to-bengaluru-in-just-12-hrs/articleshow/60249720.cms