Thursday, January 31st 2008


The NH8 TOLL Gate
posted @ 11:24 in [ My First ]

New Toll Gate on NH8Would be a bit early though to pass my judgment on it but ill try to be careful. After we celebrated India’s 59th Republic Day on 26th January 2008, the entire stretch of the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway has been completed. The same time the Toll Gate also became operational. There is one at the border of Delhi and Gurgaon. There is one also at the other end of entrance to Gurgaon. The later would not have as much heavy traffic and would not suffer peak surges during the hours of the day. What already hurts is Toll Plaza at the Delhi Gurgaon border. The plaza has least 18 checkpoints and all flooded with traffic at the morning and evening hours. The flood is so heavy and spreads a kilometre away from the gates. Added to the chaos is the ugly driving habits of this region. Lane driving was also a challenge to be taught to this region and now, that makes a mess in the entire span of the traffic jam. The authorities might have been in rush to start it in this manner it seems. They also would more likely been shocked that the traffic is to such a scale, beyond they can control. The expressway was the shine to travellers on this route for the past year. It was saving an amazing amount of time and had become a preference for most who could choose. As of now, it is a total disaster to plan a travel along this expressway. Nearly an hour just to cross the gates should be part of the travel plan itself. I do hope the authorities are not siting idle. They already did a fantastic job to construct it and now will find a solution to this problem too. This is INDIA. We have problems beyond imaginations. Just the thing I like.


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