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Vick:Many of the new highways being built are at least partially cement concrete.All six lanes (but not the shoulders) of the Mumbai Pune expressway are built in Cement Concrete and unlike the Mumbai city roads, are pretty smooth. Some of the NHDP highways will have the new two lanes in cement...

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Now West Bengal is also getting onto the Expressway bandwagon. Two projects for which an MoU has been signed with the Malaysian Govt yesterday are1. Kolkatta - Haldia expressway: This is a much needed project as anybody who has traversed on this route would attest. The road distance is almost twi...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by jkarthik: Is the East Coast Road a divided h'way? As far as I remember, it is a 2 lane road.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>You are correct, it is a 2-lane highway for much of the way. ...

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More on the East Coast Road (without the hype). <A HREF="http://www.blonnet.com/businessline/log ... 13c05c.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.blonnet.com/businessline/log ... 05c.htm</A>

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A (somewhat hyped) writeup about the East Coast Road from Chennai to Pondicherry. This is a case of a public-private partnership for road development and could be a model for the rest of the country. <A HREF="http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/11/26/stories/0426401y.htm" TARGET=_bl...

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jkarthik:Thanks for the info.The reason flyover projects (most of them anyway) in India are not part of freeway projects is that there is no corridor approach to building flyovers. The Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad flyover projects are fine but do not attempt to have flyovers at every intersec...

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Sai: This is certainly not the Mumbi-Pune expressway. That is firstly a six lane highway, with a full lane for a shoulder. That is a true US-style freeway. Secondly, that is entirely a cement-concrete highway whereas the highway in this picture is a bitumen-macadam one. The difference is that the fo...

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Vick:Awesome find!! I somehow missed this photo completely. Though it stumps me that NHAI does not have this as its cover picture and have it stored unused.The quality of the NHDP highways are more or less as they are shown in the picture - guard rails, crash barriers, concrete guard posts - t...

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Another picture of the new NHDP highways that I liked a lot. This is from the Agra Dholpur section of NH3 <A HREF="http://www.nhai.org/images/prns5.jpg" TARGET=_blank>http://www.nhai.org/images/prns5.jpg</A> Note the separate service lane for local traffic.

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NHAI plans unified toll setup along golden quadrilateral <A HREF="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/art ... d=45062705" TARGET=_blank>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/art ... 5062705</A>

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Nikhil:Your argument is not borne out either by the historical experience of economies or indeed the prediction of economic theory. In truly free markets, it does not matter what is the relative level of incomes, availability of resources etc. of the economies involved. Free trade is always benef...

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Some more nice picture of the new highways in India. <A HREF="http://images.photogallery.indiatimes.com/zoomimg.asp?imid=36967895" TARGET=_blank>http://images.photogallery.indiatimes.com/zoomimg.asp?imid=36967895</A> <A HREF="http://www.unescap.org/jecf/images/f06highway05.jpg&q...

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I have no arguments with the fact that Indian industry has to be exposed to competition and the process of survival of the fittest will bring out the best in Indian industry. However, while moving on opening up the economy to competition from outside, the Govt has to simultaneously move towards free...

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Some cool pictures from the NHAI website. They have a new NHAI brochure, which has a lot of information, maps and pictures (in addition to the usual rhetoric :) )1. Part of Gurgaon-Kotputli section on NH8 <A HREF="http://www.nhai.org/np35.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.nhai.org/np35....

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An interesting link at the NHAI site about the Wayside Amenities to be provided in the GQ highway. This is a tender announcement for the amenities to be provided at two places on the Ahmedabad-Vadodra stretch. <A HREF="http://www.nhai.org/tender111.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.nhai.org...

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Innovative Scheme to bring traffic to Noida Toll Bridge <A HREF="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/today/05infr03.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/today/05infr03.htm</A> This company is trying everything, including free lunches :) to attract traffic. On...

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Amitabh:I think what is being referred to is the investment in the roads sector, since output as such is not a perfectly measurable quantity in this sector (particularly in a scenario like ours which is largely toll-free).Thus there was a decline in investment in the years mentioned and...

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The first stretches of NHAI highways already built (Delhi-Agra, Delhi-Jaipur etc.) are not fenced. The newer contracts mostly include fences in the project itself (at least on heavily populated stretches). Underpasses, at every reasonably sized village, and at regular intervals otherwise(every 4 Kms...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Vick: Tough penalties for highway regulation violators <A HREF="http://www.business-standard.com/today/test8.asp?menu=4" TARGET=_blank>http://www.business-standard.com/today...

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Nikhil:Your asked about Rest Areas on the NHAI highways. The following document gives an example of the facilities on these highways, if you have the time to go through it. This is a model concession agreement ont he NHAI website (though it is an actual document for the Panagarh-Palsit part of th...

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Nikhil:The worry about lane expansion leading to lane closure is not really justified. The concession agreements lay down very stiff penalties for lane closure. Also, if you see the current construction of the NHAI highways (I have driven on some of these roads), there is no disturbance to traffi...

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Nikhil:In the NHAI plan, all bridges ( a major cost and time factor) are being built for six lanes so that expansion is easy. Each lane costs Rs. 1 crore per kilometer and it is foolish to build more than you need.

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Tolling is a very complex issue and requires a great deal of study in Indian conditions before we arrive at a good model.Yes, the toll collection improves over time and hence the targets are also graded accordingly. The problem is that the targets have been unrealisticly set in the intitial proje...

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Good idea Amitabh. I am sure many people appreciate that BRF consists of a number of patriotic, well-meaning people and may be willing to interact. For instance, Mr. B. Raman, who does visit once in a while.However, the open nature of these forums puts off these luminaries from posting here since...

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Ramana:How about an interview for the Monitor? If he is shown the previous editions of the magazine, he might just agree to a short interview. Perhaps a questionnaire sent to him in advance which he could respond to over the telephone or in person (if some member in Mumbai has the time). Given th...

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The interesting thing about this article is that it has appeared in Current Science, an Indian journal. There will no doubt be scientific rebuttals to this article from the BARC scientists and this process is a necessary part of scientific progress.As for the credibility of our arsenal, there is ...

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Mathew:I cannot give you exact figures, but the money spent on poverty reduction, per se is not small. Education, health, population control all get roughly 3% each. And this does not include capital expenditure (new schools, new hospitals, potable water projects etc.) The difference is in...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Vick: Indians starting to get used to the toll-road concept <A HREF="http://www.business-standard.com/today/test6.asp?menu=4" TARGET=_blank>http://www.business-standard.com/t...

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More pictures at an L&T site - the Coimbatore Bypass project and the Toll Plaza for the bypass. Even though this is a two lane highway, it has good riding surface, shoulders, signals at all intersections and concrete guard posts. <A HREF="http://www.ltramboll.com/highwayspg2-1.htm" ...

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A news feature about the Delhi-Noida-Delhi Flyway with a picture of the toll plaza <A HREF="http://www.archidesignindia.com/magzine ... a-toll.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.archidesignindia.com/magzine ... oll.htm</A>

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Besides the scale of the projects themselves, the other plus point is the professional manner in which they are being executed. NHAI came out with model concession agreements for various means of executing these projects (BOT route/annuity route etc.) They did not adopt half solutions, rather they a...

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Key Road Projects in India1. National Highway Development ProjectThis is the largest integrated road project in India. Totally 13252 Km of 4 lane divided carriageway highways (with some 6 lane and even 8 lane stretches depending on traffic volume) by converting existing (mostly) two lane natio...

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Some more highway pictures <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/nsridhar1974/i ... hways.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.geocities.com/nsridhar1974/i ... ys.html</A>

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Amitabh: That's incredible, from seven to two hours!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>These reports need to be taken with a pinch of salt. It takes about two hours to reach Panvel from south/centra...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Vick: My concern is what is the viability of this expressway when a NH is already being upgraded to 4 lanes? Also, what is the point of making a new expressway if the existing NH can be w...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by shim george: TO me the Mumbai-Pune expressway looks like a 4 lane expressway. Is it 6 lane? I also am wondering if the NH8 already has the nice little gadgets provided in that article?</B...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ashwin: In building the Bombay-Pune expressway the Shiv-sena BJP government looted the state ex-checher of 400 crores. While not many people know that the project cost was only 95 crores!...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by acharya: Demographics is the biggest obstacle to slowing of the birth rate. Currently it is estimated that there are 400 million below the age of 14 years and by 2030 there is going to be...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Muppalla: <A HREF="http://www.the-week.com/21jan14/events6.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.the-week.com/21jan14/events6.htm</A> No mirage this Defence: Light Combat Aircr...

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