You have read in News Papers, the Govt and HUDA claiming that the
Express Highway will be completed before end 2008 so that traffic will
"flow" from Airport to Guchibowli! "Just a few months delay; that is
all!" Do not get taken for a ROYAL RIDE! Read through the Report and
be updated about the TRUTH ON THE GROUND.
Our team tried to carry out an "expedition" today (04.03.2008) from
Guchibowli to Shamshabad, along the route of the Express Highway which
according to the Govt. will be ready, in a few Months. In June 2007,
we had to call-off trip, after Himaayat Sagar, at the Large Hillock.
And we are sure our readers will not be surprised to know that after
almost a year, we had to cancel the expedition again! Its impossible
to cut through the place, even by walk.
The Express Highway is now an incredible mess. Excavation, blasting
and clearance of debris of mammoth scale is pending in large
stretches. Between Rajendra Nagar and Himayat Sagar, gigantic
structures have to be erected to carry the road from ground level up
to the Hills and through that.
Except a few gutters, all bridges/changeovers/ junctions etc are in
very basic state of work. Most have not even seen excavation, yet.
Load-bearing embankments have to be built all along. Several Kms will
be of at least 30 to 40 feet high! Such retaining structures itself,
will take years to build. And work can start only when excavation is
completed. Future looks depressing.
Mr. Piyush Kumar had blamed, in the media, AP Police Academy and
Muralee Mohan for delay. But if we take a look at the condition today,
work progress at APPA, Puppalaguda etc are far ahead, compared to
areas where land was always available. The inefficient director has
been throwing wool over people's eyes, for too long! Its nice to see
that he is relieved of work, on 28th February.
EXCLUSIVE VENTURES VERDICT:
The Expressway from Guchibowli to Airport with just 50% width of road,
will be available for traffic ONLY after 3 to 4 years. DO NOT EVEN
DREAM to travel till 2011!
The work progress is a telling example of a non performing Govt. This
project now has almost gone to dogs.
It will take a very efficient Government years, to put this project,
back on track.
Our Expectation:
* Ready for use by Commuters (with 50% road width) - 2011 or Later
(Let the Govt. prove otherwise!)
* Project Percentage Completion as of March 2008 - ONLY 20%
* To achieve partial completion by 2011, we need a doer! Someone
like Mr. E Sreedharan, the Man who built Delhi Metro and Konkan Rail.
Defenitely not Piyush Kumar!
WE HAVE NOTHING MORE TO ADD, EXCEPT COPY THE COMMENT MADE BY US IN
JUNE 20007 REPORT AND REITERATE THAT THE TARGET FOR COMPLETION, NOW
STANDS AT 2011!
QUOTE FROM JUNE 2007 REPORT
"We found that with just few months away to 2008 March, even
construction team can not travel from APPA to Shamshabad!!. (This is a
10KM stretch and the workers or engineers can not move from one end,
to the other. That summs up the situation!) Miles of hillocks are yet
to be cut and there is no ACCESS, at all! We were able to move from
Guchibowli upto APPA and then for another 2 Km, by bike, through the
mud tracks used by trucks. That is all. It gets stuck there with a
huge virgin hill, looking down and making a pass! We rock climbed and
reached the top. What we saw was heart breaking! Unending rough
terrain, yet to be touched."
"Road building can never be done overnight. It's a very lengthy
process. The road width has to be excavated deep and all soil removed.
It has to be replaced with red earth, layer by layer. Each layer has
to be rolled and cured. The surface preparation with broken granite
also happens layer by layer. There is no short cut at all. Let alone
flyovers, culverts, underpasses, even plain road will not be seen in
several stretches, by 2008 March."
*Read these at exclventures*
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