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Need for speed

Bangalore’s international airport is six months old.  The tally so far: number of weeks airport operational — 26; number killed on the road to the airport — 36, mainly villagers. The story of the road to the new airport is the story of Nallamma.  Each Sunday morning, Nallamma, 35, faces a quan  ....Read more

dwelopment and common manBy: V Ramanathan | Thursday , 20 Nov '08 6:17:53 AM Reply | Forward every city in this India that was Bharath the pedestrian has no voie nor space; this is the real truth. as a journalist i have many times pointed out in Kochi, that PSU insurance companies who put up big banners across roads can instead build atairways for pedestrians to cross the ro0ads and put their adv ertisements therein; it fell on deaf years; how sad. now i am in a village Rengasamudram in tamilnaud where few buses ply; but the lack of trasnsport buses to carry villagers to market is compensated by heavily laden sand lorries flying to neioghbouring kerala: how sad! long back RK Laxsman in one o0f his cartoons declared: 'if this is thecost of development (potholed roads) , then we better do not have developemnt!
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