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 ...
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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...
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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...
Next Part of IE Series on the GQ. http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=23623 NHAI in jam as flyover calls clog GQ Pune-Kolhapur's flyover,...
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Dear All, I have uploaded a new map in the Files area. It attempts to slicken the existing NHDP maps and marks in light blue on some of the proposed new roads...
Thank you friends for such a nice discussion. However, the list we got added upto 3003 km; which evidently is the target for the first year. Does anybody have...
Even the ministry does not have a final list for the rest, though I believe there is a tentative list of some kind available (I don't have it). It is only a...
This one was hidden in the Cities | Bangalore section of the Times of India Web Edition. I guess the IE Series played it's part in making the NHAI come up...
This may be part of the ongoing IE Series. However, I found this article on the newindpress.com web site and that's the link I'm providing. Check out the link...
The Express Series http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=23825 Along a crawling GQ, life in the fast lane Husbands hard at work, brides laden...
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=23832 PM's dream tumbles into township's pollution nightmare Contractors refuse to dig into earth laden...
A collection of 3-4 smaller articles. One is disappointingly stupid - not from IE's point of view but from the point of view of the stupidity being shown by...
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May 15, 2003 1:53 am
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Thanks Rama for the update on the map. A clear picture emerges on how these new roads are being selected. The North and West would seem to get very well...
This has been talked about for a long while now and Madame Mayawati has reportedly been the biggest backer of this project. Along with the road project, a...
Sameer Madan
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May 15, 2003 11:50 pm
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No formal announcement yet on the 3000 KM of new Non-NHDP 4-laned but this article appeared and of course, it contains the information that Sridhar released to...
Sameer Madan
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May 16, 2003 10:41 pm
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This is a 110 km BOT ( privately funded ) stretch on the GQ, expected to be ready by end of the year. The Malaysian company IJM is undertaking the ...
Sameer Madan
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May 20, 2003 2:12 am
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More action on the Non-NHDP roads slated to come up on private funding. This recent article contains a list of all the bidders including the number of bids...
Sameer Madan
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May 20, 2003 8:10 pm
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... wrote: Check out these images ( I admit, the quality is terrible ... Do you mean the quality of images or the quality of roads? Sridhar...
