Gravel and cement taking shape!

Hurray!! With elections approaching, I am starting to see strips of cement that can be safely inferred as - new roads. Work has definitely expedited. Some construction sites have it going on round the clock, but... they still have it all messed up. For example, they started doing something to the Gitabhawan road and had the traffic detoured through that narrow lane that passes through IICHE. The road leading from M.G road to Apollo Square is also a pain. With half of the thing dug up, it looks more like an excavation!!

Road

Indore is well connected to other parts of Madhya Pradesh and India through national and state highways. And that is where the connection ends. Majority of roads in Indore are in a pitiful condition. They are narrow where they ought to be wide and increasing mobility, high travel demand and increasing intensity of traffic have further taken their toll. If Bhopal can have such excellent rods, wide and green, why can't we? I know there are development projects going on but that is another pain isn't it? They have dug up at many places in the city at the same time to make roads. Now that wouldn't be a problem if they just got it over with speedily, but some stretches are being made with such sluggish speed, it causes a lot of inconvenience to people whose businesses suffer because the construction is taking place immediately at the doorstep of their offices or shops. Even residences aren't spared. I long to see roads "whole" again and traffic moving on normal routes rather than cramped up in one lane or detoured!
All of them are not bad, the MR-10 and the BRTS corridor are a success.





The Major highways passing through the city are:

• National Highway No. 3 (NH3 - Mumbai Agra)
• National Highway No. 59(NH59 - Indore Ahmedabad)
• State Highway No. 17 (Connecting Bhopal)
• State Highway No. 27 (Indore to Maharashtra Border connecting Khandwa)

The Major Bus Stands:

• Sarvate Bus Stand (Near Indore Railway Station)
• Gangwal Bus Stand (Western part of the city catering to Bus services going towards Gujarat and Rajasthan)
• Navlakha Bus Stand (Luxury / AC / Volvo bus services to various cities operate from here.)