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AKN:
Thanks.
>I have often stood and watched road
construction here and once I wrote a sarcastic letter to the editor
(Assam Tribune) about the >Assam PWD not
knowing how to construct roads.
Frankly speaking, I am also of the same
opinion. I donot know how exactly the roads in Assam are constructed. But
looking at the annual detoriation of the AT Road, I think probably Assam is just
following the road construction methods which may be good for Delhi and other
dry climate place. I donot think Assamese Engineers have developed a good road
construction method which is good for the Assam humid and rainy climate. (No
offense to your father). Every year, Assam spends most its
energy in fixing the same roads again and again. Compared to roads in Gujarat
and other states, one feel how at the bottom of the ladder, litikai Assam is
completely oblivious of what is going on outside Assam.
I donot think all this poor quality
Assam roads can be solely blamed to corruption of Assam PWD although a big part
may be due to this. Then again, in Assam, like any other states, there are two
PWDs: The State and the GOI. I have seen the GOI National roads in Arunachal
pradeish seem to be better than GOA roads.
I was alawuys thinking of going to the
bottom of this, and still wish somebody would do this so that we know what
exactly what is happening
May be you can get the road construction detail of
Taiwan, and write an article (or book) comparing what is going on in Assam. That
will open eyes of our Mr Tarun Gogoi and his party.
Rajen
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 4:27
AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] My Photos of
Cing-jing
Rajen,
Thanks!
Bihu, in Chinese, means a "serene/peaceful
lake." The village derives its name from the lake formed by the dam
across the Ao-Wanda river. The picture of me and the girls with the lake
in the background is at the top of the hill as we ascended. The
other picture of the lake at the bottom of the hill is where the dam is
located. It took us about 30 minutes to drive down a winding road
to reach it.
Yes, most of the major roads in Taiwan are
beautiful; even the ones that go up hill to the mountains. The freeways
are usually 8 lanes and we can drive at 60 to 110 kmph. The other roads
have a maximum speed of 70kmph while the city roads are 55-60. It is
interesting that even village roads are better than the National Highway 37 in
Assam.
I have often stood and watched road construction
here and once I wrote a sarcastic letter to the editor (Assam Tribune) about the Assam PWD not knowing how to
construct roads. The people concerned were quite mad especially so since
my father was a PWD engineer!!
Will be posting a few more photos at another
site, since Yahoo only alows 30MB of space and I've used it all.
Anjan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:59
AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] My Photos of
Cing-jing
AKN:
Really beautiful pictures, beautiful
Taiwan.
Interesting to see 'Bihu' in Taiwan.
Does the word 'Bihu' have any meaning in Chinese?
Probably for you it feel like home, I
mean it look like Khasi hills.
The red flower tree looks like
Bougainvillea in Assam. Probably it is different.
Are the streets of same standard all
over Taiwan?
Thanks for the posting.
Will look forward to some pictures in
summer.
Rajen
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 7:10
AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] My Photos of
Cing-jing
The photos have been edited and re-sent to
the Albums. One can view them now:
Sorry for the earlier inconvenience if you
couldn't view the pictures. Problem with Yahoo security
Anjan
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