I am just back after a motoring trip along NH4 from Mumbai to Bangalore and back. Let me post you an update on the state of the roads and progress made so far....
I drove down from Mumbai to Bellary, Cudappah, Chitradurga and Bangalore and back last week. This was a 2,800 km drive in 4 days, across some pleasant 45...
This site will map the US Counties you visited (In the US all of the states are broken up into Counties or Parishes [county equivalents in Louisiana and...
Good to see the detailed progress report from the Mumbai-B'lore section. According to this Business Standard story, GQ deadline is likely to slip. Not a...
Political/Economic subdivisions in India are: Nation State Zilla (District) City/Town/Village * * Although most cities might have well-defined political & ...
And journey time is already down - I did the Mumbai-Bangalore 1000 kms in 13.5 hours - started from Bangalore (Yeswantpur) at 615 am, touched New Mumbai...
There is a link for one such map for India(but in PDF format) - must be posted in the links/docs/photos section of this group itself. The subdivisions in...
1400 km in 14 hrs is 100 kmph - that is excellent average speed. I hope the vehicles are capable of sustaining this speed and more important, the concentration...
I agree. Further, I think we in this group should not be promoting reckless driving and in fact should be promoting safe driving practices. Thus, I have to...
While Kumar is probably better placed to reply to this e-mail, I must place on record my objection to the assumption that driving fast = reckless driving. If ...
Any pictures of your trip? thanks, ... Bangalore and back. Let me post you an update on the state of the roads and progress made so far. ... excellent,...
But none of these assumptions are valid in India. Roads are in general unsafe for driving at these speeds. Further, the road surface itself undergoes more...
You are right on all those counts. Wasn't aware that the highways and expressway had a speed limit. Thanks, Gopal. ... __________________________________ Do...
Kumar's trip reports are highly informative and 'lively' and he seems to be clocking highway miles at the 'rate of knots' to paraphrase Ravi Shastri of cricket...
I posted this earlier in the day but it was returned undelivered. Therefore, I am posting this again. ... One more point on this. Expressways ensure high...
Hi, I would also like to add that the access controlled highways worldwide also tend to enforce a minimum speed. Here in Britain one is also likely to be...
I've been a member of this group for a long time but this is the first time i thought i'll put my concern down to the other members, i live in Scotland, UK for...
Hi, Im new to this group, but I just wanted to say that I agree wholeheartedly with Sridhars last message. A year or so ago, there was this preposterous series...
For the first time in the country, the citizens of Delhi officially inspected a government work on Thursday. They inspected a road repaired by PWD after...
The murder of Satyendra Dubey, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and a project manager with the National Highways Authority of India...
Uday this is great. We are really happy to see that fight for corruption is taking such a turn that power ultimately is being given to people of India. But we...
I disagree - having driven on all sorts of highways in every US State and 17 other countries. The freeway (limited access divided highway) is the safest and...
No one is likely to know Indian roads better than Girish Mylandla. And with good reason. In three years, he has clocked over 36,000 km on India's highways....
I think the best deterrent to speeding is technology employed by traffic police all around the developed world. Speed guns with close monitor cameras are the...
Uday: Please post the source and a link to it when possible rather than just cutting and pasting. It is misleading since it would seem as if you have written...
The government is all set to slip on the timetable for the 5,840-km Golden Quadrilateral project. Almost 65 per cent of the work will miss the deadline of...
Pune city is the Cultural capital of Maharashtra having a population of 36.20 lakhs and stands at rank no.2. Pune is the Metropolitan city and one of the...
Sensitising road users to traffic rules has been the focus of many a piece in this section. This time around, we are on a different track. This piece has been...
