Road travel on National Highway 58
I have traveled by road in the north of India earlier – but probably did not closely observe the movement of traffic and people or you could say people and traffic – whichever way does not matter. This road takes your from Delhi to Roorkee and beyond. I had an opportunity to go there on office related work – I was told the journey takes about four and a half hours but it took almost seven. We had an elderly driver who told us six and a half to seven hours and ensured we reached within HIS estimated time of arrival. The traffic in Delhi is quite crazy with the amount of construction activity which is going on – traffic jams were common – it took us almost two hours to get out of Delhi from the airport. It was extremely hot – upwards of 45 degrees centigrade and the car AC was barely effective. Once we reached the outskirts of Delhi and the road to Ghaziabad, we started encountering traffic which moved in the wrong direction – meaning if it is a four lane road with a road divider, one wo...