At last the Government of India has decided to put roads on the top of their priority agenda. The result is the NHDP, consisting of almost 14,000 kilometers of...
A pune based guy named Amit Kulkarni took some great pics while driving down the expressway. His images are copyrighted and are large to download but make for...
Following is an excerpt from an interview given by the NHAI chairman Deepak Dasgupta in April of 2002 to indiainfoline.com. For the full text, go to the link...
From Yahoo News. Title: Zooming on India's dream corridors of connectivity Author: Chitra Narayanan Publication: Yahoo News Date: June 16, 2002 URL:...
Sameer Madan
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Mar 21, 2003 7:18 am
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My experience of a short drive on the Golden Quadrilateral. Back in the end of 2001, I drove down from Delhi to Neemrana, about half-way to Jaipur, keen to try...
From Business Standard - An article on why NHAI is doing a better job at highway building that previous efforts in India. After the slow way, the expressway ...
Nice article on the Press Information Bureau's web site. A little too mushy of Shri Vajpayee but otherwise accurate with it's facts and figures. Here's to the...
I read somewhere else that they're calling this Kerala's Expressway of Hope. The plan to build an expressway from the North to the South, retain space for a...
This would be a key bottleneck for people on the Mumbai - Bangalore part of the GQ. Another one to add to the NHAI's cap. The countdown has begun and in the...
Sameer Madan
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Apr 18, 2003 3:57 am
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http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr22/i1.asp No waiver of highway tax: Govt DH News Service NEW DELHI, April 21 Transport Minister B C Khanduri today...
Sameer Madan
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Apr 22, 2003 3:17 am
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It is good that Govt. has taken this stand. It is high time now for Govt to discipline the transporter mafia. But the success of such strong stands can be...
I think you are right with what you say, Vivek. I think the really thorny issue here is the one by the the truckers demanding an end to harassment by the ...
Article on a Swiss site about the NHDP project. http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=1790488 New roads set to drive India forward By...
Driving on GT Road: good in Delhi & Haryana, intolerable in Punjab An article from back in Dec 2002 - nice narrative by a Lt. Gen ( ret ) from Gurdaspur. It...
Dear Friends, An Indian labmate of mine , a perpetual India hater ( for reasons best known to him) is somehow waiting for the day when Metro , NHDP , and other...
The old nemesis creating a drag again. However, according to Maj. Gen. Khanduri, 5-8 out of the total of 101 contracts would face a delay because of these ...
Sameer Madan
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May 5, 2003 8:53 pm
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Hope the bigwigs at NHAI are seeing this and are serious about controlling lapses like these. Completely reigning in mis-management may not be realistic but...
Sameer Madan
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May 5, 2003 11:05 pm
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Hello guys: You must be aware of these 48 new projects apart from the NHDP corridors announced by the FM. I would request a listing of the same and a map that...
Kabh_99, I myself am looking out keenly for concrete details on the same. Here is what I have come across so far in the media : 1. 25% of these roads were...
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=23388 AN EXPRESS SERIES ON THE GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL The Great Indian Road Show Crawls After an extensive...
Dear all and Sucheta, I am confident that I am talking for all members of our discussion group when I congratulate you and IE for the investigative and ground...
Second part of the Indian Express Series on the Golden Quadrilateral. Sameer http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=23444 Running into Great...
Sameer Madan
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May 8, 2003 8:07 pm
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After all the flak in the first two parts, the Indian Express series takes on the sector of the GQ that is recording the best progress. Reading this throws up...
Sameer Madan
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May 9, 2003 12:17 am
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Dear IndiaHighways members, the past 3-4 days have seen furious debating on and several forums belonging to Indian media groups over the IE Series on the GQ's ...
Of the 10000kms of highways, about 3000kms are proposed to be taken up sometime this year itself. The list of these project is below. I am indicating the...
This is very useful Sridhar. I'll try to map as much as I can on the National Highwys Map of India. However, I'm not sure about all the sections on here. Some...
Sameer: Source of this information: email from a friend with sources inside the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways I am pretty sure that most of the city...
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