NH87 - Rudrapur/Pant Nagar to Rampur/UP: Pathetic
Attn:
Mr Rakesh Sharma IAS,
Principal Secretary (Industrial Devt),
Govt of Uttarakhand
&
Managing Director, Sidcul
Dear Mr Sharma,
Greetings.
In the absence of your email id on www.sidcul.com, am routing this mail through Mr N Koranga, Sidcul's Principal Information Officer and request you to look into this issue.
Sir, I have been travelling to Pant Nagar/Rudrapur very frequently to understand the industrial development of this new industrial hub.
I am pained to note that the highway from Rampur/Uttar Pradesh on NH 24 to Rudrapur/Pant Nagar via NH87 is in pathetic condition.
Given the fact that Rudrapur/Pant Nagar is one of the most important industrial hubs that your government has assiduously nurturing, lack of effort in improving this highway with four laning at least makes me concerned.
My interactions with Sidcul officials have always elicited the verbal response that NH87 is not our baby, but that of NHAI and therefore, we are not responsible for the upkeep and maintenance.
You will agree that this reasoning is unacceptable.
After all, if the approach road from UP to Uttarakhand's industrial town of Rudrapur/Pant Nagar is not maintained properly, people doing business will be constrained in bringing in raw materials and pushing out finished products.
For instance, the highway is most of them blocked by commercial vehicles parked on both sidesof the already narrow and congested road - two kilometres before entering the heart of Rudrapur/Pant Nagar.
Buffaloes freely roam on the highways. Plus, the traffic lane separators are used for cow dung drying!
Check out www.myroadiary.blogspot.com to see some images on this issue.
I seek an appointment with you in Dehdradun or Rudrapur/Pant Nagar sometime this month to discuss the infrastructural issues - particularly on highways in the state (both state and National Highways).
For your information, I have published my book 10,000 Km on Indian Highways and my next book tentatively titled An Affair With Indian Highways will be out December. Visit www.10000kmonindianhighways.com to know more about it.
My interaction with you is vital to gain in an insight into Sidcul's planning at all your industrial hubs. Haridwar, which again I had visited, is falling short of road facilities.
A copy of this mail is also marked to NHAI to alert them to Sidcul's argument on responsibility for the condition of NH87.
Look forward to hearing from you,
Cheers
--Ramesh KumarMedia ConsultantDeep Apartments52 Ward No 1Behind Telephone ExchangeMehrauliNew Delhi 110030/INDIA
Handphone: +919711544181Website: www.10000kmonindianhighways.comSocialmedia: twitter.com/konsultramesh
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