Giridhar, Your point about NHAI not saying Dec 2003 is well taken, and has been made by others too on this list. By government, I meant, the ministers, and not...
Hi all, Have always wondered the Wagha border near Amritsar is the only road link open between India and Pakistan - is this the NH 2 (also called GT road) that...
http://hinduonnet.com/stories/2003060504690400.htm Road projects set to gain momentum By T.S. Shankar CHENNAI JUNe 4. The National Highways Authority of...
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More information on the funding pattern of the Non-NHDP roads being taken up. Maybe the staggered funding approach of spreading out the upto 40% grant over ten...
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Hi, I just had a question about the Golden Quadrilateral project. Will the highways have restricted access or not? What I mean is that whether anyone will be...
Except certain sections, they are mostly not access-controlled highways. They will be upgraded versions of existing highways, with the following features 1....
Add to that a bit. In general, all BOT sections, which are to be built by private funding by private operators, as well as the Special Purpose Vehicles...
Samir/others: Not all BOT projects would be access-controlled. For instance, Jaipur Kishangarh is a BOT project but not access-controlled. Similarly, not all...
Hi, Thanks guys for all your input. I was also wondering if there is any plan to build highways within any Indian city? That is we could have the current roads...
You will notice that the following in the list are urban expressways, not all of them elevated for the entire distance. 1. Delhi Gurgaon 2. Delhi-Noida-Greater...
For Kolkata, add the following roads in the list of natural candidates for conversion to expressways Diamond Harbour Road (to Behala/Joka) CIT Road the...
I do remember reading about a proposal that was made by the Noida Toll Bridge Co. Ltd., the makers of the Delhi Noida Delhi expressway ( www.dndflyway.org ) to...
After the flyovers are built at all junctions on the two ring roads, it will be inexpensive and relatively easy to convert them into expressways. They do not...
Since this has come up in recent discussions and there are proposals for expressways as a part of this project, here's a compilation of press reports on the...
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=16697 Quad slow but returns to be steady TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2003...
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Folks - I was looking at a road map I recently purchased and was startled (and pleasantly surprised!) to note that the NH mileage in TN has virtually doubled...
From the rediff site. http://www.rediff.com/money/2003/jun/16adb.htm ADB may fund road grants The government's new Rs 48,000 crore (Rs 480 billion) road...
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Thanks Sameer. Well, it does look like there might be some hope that our roads will improve, although I am not sure how long it will take for these plans to...
Hi all, Just returned to Bombay after a short trip to Gujarat. I had occasion to travel by the Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway - the same is open now for the...
Hi All, ... Well, Govt. policy is to use 3 languages: English, Hindi and the Local language. So, using Marathi is NOT a mockery - mind your language. Have you...
Chetan, I don't think Pravin intended to suggest that putting signage in a regional language is mockery, but that putting signage up in only a regional...
Hi Chetan and all, Thank you for bringing out this point about local languages etc. As Sameer has rightly pointed our using the local language makes a mockery...
Hi Pradeep: Thanks for your account about the Ahmedabad-Baroda expressway. Please do share any other road experiences you might have. I agree with you about...
Hi Sridhar, It is actually Pravin and not Pradeep. Well, it is not philosophical rambling but some very relevant brainstorming that you are indulging in -...
Here's a series of articles from Hindustan Times which talk about safety and security issues on highways in and around Delhi. It is notable that the most...
Good topic, Ashish. And one that I think NHAI and other implementing authorities are paying inadequate attention to. We could use this forum to discuss what...
Hi, I think two major factors for accidents on Indian highways are: 1)Lack of discipline 2)Different vehicles traveling with different speeds. -Chetan ... Do...
