Traffic Rules Hyderabad

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Sucharitha

I have been driving here for a long time …Its chaotic I agree , But I’ve always said there is Order & Peace in the Chaos cause if an accident happens its usually not an issue as we wouldn’t be driving fast , so its a “KISS & GO “ relationship between vehicles. Usually minor to no damage and life risk was minimum , we could live with a scratch here and a scratch there.

This time around its slighly different. We have new Highways and roads …namely :

1.P.V. Narasimha Rao Elevated Expressway – Rajiv Elevated Expressway that connects the city to Shamshabad Airport – length 31.6 km (19.6 mi) ; Speed Limit 60 kmph Max ; ( Witnessed — Car going at 100- 150 kmph )

2. ORR – Rajiv Gandhi Outer Ring Road – 158 kilometer, 8-lane ring road expressway encircling the City of Hyderabad , The expressway is designed for speeds of 120 kmph. ( Witnessed – Cars driving at 120-160/170 kmph )

There are many issues , of course the officials or Authority doesn’t make an effort to educate people. Thank God and Government we finally have some good highways but governments responsibility doesn’t end there. The drivers CANNOT use the same logic and intuition while driving on (1) & (2) like they do it local roads. “SPEED KILLS’ is an understatement for this scenario.

SPEED KILLS — why ???

1.Cause there are rocks and debris on the side or on the road and its hard to come to a stop or divert from that object at high speeds.

2.There’s people walking on these roads , I don’t know why they feel they should walk there or what boost of confidence provokes them to do that ?

3. There’s animals wandering / walking / resting on the road.

4. There’s unwanted speed bumps on the road without prior warning or signs.

5.Drivers doesnt know the RULES and if they do, they DO NOT follow them. { Rash Drivers , Drunken Drivers }

Marked lanes actually doesn’t mean anything here in Hyderabad , India . Its a mere decoration.

People actually enjoy driving in the middle of two lanes and consider that safe on a two lane road. Howz that safe I cant figure out ??

Majority of people DO NOT use indicators to signal the turns . Indicator on cars and bike are also just for decoration.

Honking is a way of indication or their presence on the road, to Which again people and animals on the streets are immune too.

I am sick of traffic and wondering if there are any rules that people know of .. I am sure 99% of taxi drivers and other drivers doesn’t know the rules.

We would think or assume that the recent incident of Death of Celebrity Kids would wake our Government and come up with a solution …but so far I havent seen anything. I know people in Hyderabad love to Surf … may be this would help if they stumble upon it …

Here are some rules to help :

Driving on the right:

The lane designated for faster traffic is on the left.
The lane designated for slower traffic is on the right.
Most freeway exits are on the right.
Overtaking is permitted to the left, and sometimes to the right.

Pavement Markings

Lines and symbols on the roadway divide lanes, tell you when you may pass other vehicles or change lanes, which lanes to use for turns, where you must stop for signs or traffic signals, and define pedestrian walkways. These provide lane control.

Edge Lines : Edge lines are solid lines along the side of the road that show you where the edge of the road is located.

Solid White Lines are used on the right of the roadway edge.

Solid Yellow Lines are used on the left of the roadway edge of divided streets or roadways.

Lane Lines :Lane lines are white lines that separate multiple lanes traveling in the same direction.

Dashed White Lines are between lanes of traffic moving in the same direction that indicate you may cross to change lanes if it is safe to do so.

Solid White Lines are between lanes of traffic that indicate you should stay in your lane unless a special situation requires you to change lanes.

Center Lines : Center lines are yellow lines that separate lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions.

Dashed Yellow Lines separate single lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions. Passing is allowed.

Solid Yellow Lines on roads where traffic moves in opposite directions indicate zones where passing is not allowed.

Dashed Yellow Line Alongside a Solid Yellow Line indicates that passing is permitted on the side of the broken line, but not on the side of the solid line.

Solid Double Yellow Lines are used where there are four or more lanes with traffic moving in opposite directions. Two solid lines mark the center of the roadway. Solid yellow lines may be crossed to make a left turn to or from an alley, private road, driveway, or street.

Crosswalks and Stop Lines. When required to stop because of a sign or signal, you must stop before your vehicle reaches the stop line. Crosswalks define the area where pedestrians may cross the roadway.

Reserved Lanes. On various roadways, one or more lanes may be reserved for special vehicles.
Reserved lanes are marked by signs stating that the lane is reserved for special use and often have a white diamond posted at the side of the road or painted on the road surface.

Its my Civic Duty to help. Pass this on and help save some lives.

Real weird body parts & things that grow on body

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Sucharitha

Cathie Jung: World’s Smallest Waist –15 inches

Honestly, no Photoshop. Cathie Jung’s tiny waist measures just 15in (38cm), making her figure distinctly hourglass. The Queen of Corsets, as she has aptly named herself, has worn tight-fitting corsets for years to get there, and appears in the 2007 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. Whilst she currently holds the record for the smallest waist on a living person, the record for the smallest waist ever goes to Ethel Granger who had a wasit of just 13″.

Annika Irmler: World’s Longest Female Tongue –2.7 inches

German schoolgirl Annika Irmler has licked her way into the Guinness Book of Records with her whopping seven centimetre tongue. The twelve-year-old from Tangstedt, near Hamburg, can lick the ice cream from the bottom of a cornet – while her friends have to use their fingers.

“I bet she can join Kiss now !!!!”

Mehmet Ozyurek: World’s Longest Nose –4.5 inches

Mehmet Ozyurek, born in Turkey in 1949, has been confirmed as having the world’s longest nose. His nose measured 4.5 inches (8.8 cm) when it was last measured on July 06, 2007. He currently lives in Artvin, Turkey.

“And you thought Raymond from ” Everybody Loves Raymond ” had the biggest nose.”

Svetlana Pankratova: World’s Longest Legs –more than 4 feet long

Russian woman Svetlana Pankratova has, according to Guinness World Records, the longest legs of any woman in the world. While she is not the world’s tallest woman, her legs are 132 centimetres (4 ft 4 in) long. Because her upper body is of much more typical dimensions, she is 196 centimetres (6 ft 5 in) tall. She has also very large feet, size 13 (US) / 46 (EU), making shopping for shoes difficult. From 1992 to 1995, Pankratova played women’s basketball in the USA, and on 2008 she appeared in Trafalgar Square in London on September 16, 2008 with He Pingping, the smallest man in the world, to promote the 2009 edition of the Guinness World Records.

Lui Hua: World’s Largest Hand –his left thumb is 10.2 inches long
Chinese man Lui Hua suffers from a rare condition known as macrodactyly. When he was hospitalized in Shanghai on July 2007, his left thumb measured 10.2 inches and his index finger measured close to 12. On July 20 surgeons undertook a seven-hour operation to reduce the size of Liu’s fingers and thumb. Doctors removed 11 pounds of flesh and bone in the procedure. A second surgery is scheduled to take place.

Devendra Harne and Pranamya Menaria: Most Fingers and Toes –25

Along with Pranamya Menaria, Devendra Harne shares the title of the person with the most Most Fingers and Toes, they are both indian and have 25 in total (12 fingers and 13 toes) as a result of the condition polydactylism.

Lee Redmond: World’s Longest Fingernails –until she lost them on a car crash

Lee Redmond, a woman from Utah who has not cut her nails since 1979, had grown and carefully manicured them to reach a total length of 8.65 m (28 ft 4.5 in), and was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s longest fingernails. Sadly, on February, 2009, she lost them in a car crash.

Frank Ames: World’s Longest Eyebrow Hair –3.7 inches long

Frank Ames of Saranac in New York earned his place in the Guinness Book of World Records with a pair of bushy brows measuring 9.6cm. He decided to go for the title on 2003, only to discover it didn’t exist. After calling officials, he set up and claimed the hairy new record. “I don’t know why it grows like that, it just always has,” he told reporters.

“That reminds me I saw a guy here in a Thai resturant who has a similar length one beard hair. Its funny looking and I thought he was so weird.”

Radhakant Baijpai: World’s Longest Ear Hair –almost than 10 inches long

Indian grocer Radhakant Baijpai certainly has a goal in life: make sure that he has the longest ear hair in the world. Radhakant was crowned the official Guinness world record holder for the longest ear hair back in 2003, when his aural fronds were an already-impressive 13.2cm long. But that didn’t stop him pursuing his goal of ever-longer hair on his ears. After several more years of carefully cultivating and caring for the ear-hair, Radhakant’s tufts now stretch an astonishing 25cm. He is now waiting for Guinness adjudicators to confirm that he has set a new high, hairy bar for his chosen field.

Vivian Wheeler: World’s Longest Female Beard –11 inches

With the longest hair in her beard measuring 11 inches – 27.9 cm., Vivian Wheeler of Illinois is blessed with having the longest beard for a female. Her father insisted she start shaving at the age of 7, but since 1993 Vivian Wheeler has not, letting her beard grow.

I bet she is the target of envy for chinese and other south east asians.

Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL)

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Sucharitha

Latest Pictures by a drive by passenger

MYSORE PALACE

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Sucharitha

The original palace in Mysore was of wooden construction and was burnt down by a disastrous fire in February 1897, said to have started at the closing function of the marriage of Princess Jayalakshmammanniyavaru

The Maharani, then Regent, decided to build a new palace on the model and on the foundations of the old one. This should reflect the grandeur of the old Mysore Palace.Henry Irwin, who had at that point in time recently retired as Consulting Architect of the Government of Madras received the contract and his plans were approved.

The speed with which he drew them up can be appreciated by the fact that construction was inaugurated in October 1897 by Her Highness, the Maharani – only eight months after the fire [9].The journal Indian Engineering in its issue of October, 1898 speaks of the Government’s directive regarding reconstruction of the palace: “…in the reconstruction, stone, brick and iron should be the chief materials used, and that the use of wood and other combustible materials should be avoided wherever possible”. The estimated expenditure at the planning stage was Rs. 25 lakhs (Rs. 2 500 000).

The report goes on to record: “Mr. Irwin, of Madras, was given the work of preparing a suitable design, which, it should be said in fairness to him, he did most creditably. The design was adopted, Mr. Irwin paid a fee of Rs. 12 000 and the work was put in hand in August 1897. But in an evil hour the Durbar determined that the work should be carried on departmentally…”. A mistake was made, comments the editorial, in ordering manufacture of the bricks locally instead of getting them from Madras, as there was nothing wrong with bricks used for the new High Court building at Madras [also a Henry Irwin building]. As it turned out, the experiment proved a failure – according to the journal – both regards the quality of the bricks produced and the expenditure involved

Irwin’s fee amounted to just under 0,5% of the estimated total expenditure, modest also by modern standards. The construction of the palace was completed in 1912 at an aggregate outlay of Rs. 4 147 913, a cost overrun of about 66% compared with the original estimates. Considering the length of time of the construction period, also not bad.

People’s car– THE NANO

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Sucharitha

Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata stands alongside the Nano at its launch in Mumbai, Monday.Tata Motors launched its snub-nosed, US$2,000 Nano today in Mumbai, a vehicle meant to put car ownership within reach of millions of the world’s poor. The Nano, starting at about 100,000 rupees ($1,980), is 10.2 feet (3.1 meters) long, has one windshield wiper, a 623cc rear engine, and a diminutive trunk, according to the company’s Web site. Excited about the launch of the people’s car, the Nano, Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata today said the project was not conceived to satisfy his ego, nor was the Rs 1-lakh pricing a “gimmick”.”I am very satisfied and excited about this launch today and Nano is not for my ego-trip…Certainly, not an ego-trip at all,” Tata said at an editors meeting here

Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata, right, speaks at the launch of the Tata Nano in Mumbai.The following is the price list of Tata Nano variants in Delhi and Mumbai: Nano Standard – Non-AC (BS-III): Ex-showroom Delhi: Rs.123,360, Ex-showroom Mumbai: Rs.134,250; Nano CX – Solid Paint/AC (BS-III): Ex-showroom Delhi: Rs.148,360, Ex-showroom Mumbai: Rs.160,320; Nano CX – Metallic Paint/AC (BS-III): Ex-showroom Delhi: Rs.151,360, Ex-showroom Mumbai: Rs.163,320; Nano LX – Metallic Paint/AC (BS-III): Ex-showroom Delhi: Rs.172,360, Ex-showroom Mumbai: Rs.185,375.

Tata Sons Chairman, Ratan Tata poses alongside the Tata Nano. Tata said the endeavour was never to build the cheapest car but to provide an affordable form of transportation to the average Indian family. He, however, hastened to add that “we made a promise (of a Rs 1,00,000 car) and that we’ve kept the promise.”

People look at the world’s cheapest car, Tata Nano, displayed at a showroom in Kolkata. Since the Nano was first shown, the main production plant had to be moved from Singur in West Bengal following protests over acquisition of agricultural lands by the State Government for the setting up of Nano factory

The Nano booking forms would be available at all World of Titan showrooms across the country between April 4 and April 25, Titan Industries said in a statement. World of Titan network is the wristwatch retail chain of Titan Industries.

Bandra-Worli Sea Link

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Sucharitha

India opens the gates of its first sea bridge

Nearly five decades after it was conceived, India’s first sea bridge opens its toll gates in the country’s commercial and entertainment capital later Tuesday, promising to cut travel time by 80 percent to just eight minutes, bypassing 23 traffic signals that commuters have to presently endure.

Called the Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL), the 5.6-km bridge on the Arabian Sea has costed Rs.1634-crore ($325 million) and the authorities hope to see some 150,000 vehicles use it each day for a toll that ranges between Rs.50 and Rs.100 per trip depending on the size of the automobile.

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi is slated to inaugurate the gleaming new sea link, which has been billed as an engineering marvel and the most prestigious project for the Maharashtra State Road Development Corp (MSRDC) in over a decade, after the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.And Mumbaikars are visibly excited, including a galaxy of actors, corporate honchos and the average commuter, as the sea link has surpassed all other projects of the state-run firm in terms of its sheer beauty, grandeur and the attention that it has grabbed from the whole country in the past few months.

Helen, well-known actor and dancing star of yester years, told IANS.”I have read a lot about how it will solve the traffic problems in Mumbai. I plan to go for a drive there soon,” added her husband and legendary scriptwriter Salim Khan, whose apartment facing the Arabian Sea is right opposite the sea link.In fact, several Bollywood personalities – Shah Rukh Khan, Rekha, Subhash Ghai, Farhan Akhtar, A. Krishnamurthi and others – live on the promenade facing the Bandra-Worli Sea Link and most get either a balcony view or a terrace view of the magnificent bridge.

“We have been seeing the bridge come up from the construction stage and are happy that it is finally completed. It will be a great boon to the city,” said Krishnamurthi, head of Tina Films International, who can view it from the comforts of his living room.Businessman Pratap S. Bohra, who lives in Juhu, said he had long abandoned his office in Nariman Point on account of the time wasted in the traffic.”We kept hearing about the sea link. Now that it is ready, I am seriously planning to attend my office in south Mumbai.

We hope the second phase from Worli to Nariman Point will be taken up soon,” said Bohra, who opened another office in Santacruz, a western suburb.Others like Priyanka Uke, an executive living in Dadar, plans to commute daily on public transport using the sea link to Andheri. “I am dying to go as soon as the bus routes that will go via the sealing are announced,” she said.Some, like jeweller V.S. Shrikrishna, are disappointed that two-wheelers shall not be permitted on the sea link. “To save time, I may go by car. But then again, I have to shell out a toll,” he said, a tad confused about his commuting plans.

A commuter by car, for instance, would have to pay toll of Rs.50 for a single trip, Rs.75 for a round trip, Rs.125 for a daily multiple-entry-exit pass and Rs. 2,500 for a similar pass for a month. The toll may be hiked in the future.

Well-known advocate J.P. Mishra is another who plans to make full use of the BWSL.”It’s simple. Until now I used to go by train for hearings in the Bombay High Court. Now I can take my car and go by the bridge. It’s more convenient as I don’t have to wait for taxis after getting off the train,” Mishra said.For the past three nights, the state-run company had built up the tempo for the bridge’s inauguration with spectacular multi-colour laser shows and fire works that was visible from long distances from the northern, western and southern parts of the city.

The evenings presented a breath-taking view when the bridge was lit up. And at dusk when the lights went on, a viewer from the existing Mahim Causeway of the colonial era was able to see a huge pyramid-like structure above the dark waters of the Arabian Sea.The two cable bridges, one 500 metres long on the northern side and another 350 metres long on the southern side, allow the passage of fishing boats.

The bridge rests on two towers, each 126 metres tall or as high as a 43-storey building, that appear hazily in the monsoon mist.People were seen craning their necks to get a glimpse of the towering bridge even when the suburban trains sped past the Mahim Creek Bridge between Mahim and Bandra.The bridge – which was conceived in 1963 but contracted to the private sector Hindustan Construction Corp only in 2000 – encompasses some of the most modern security systems, including electronic eyes on the top and underneath, the authorities said.

They said the project involved some 3,000 professionals from 11 countries, including China, Egypt, Singapore, Thailand, and even Serbia and Switzerland. The bridge, that used 40,000 tonnes of steel and 90,000 tonnes of concrete, weighs 270,000 tonnes.

WEIRD ,FUNNY ANIMALS

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Sucharitha

Frogs Raja (left) and Rani are married with full Hindu rituals in a ceremony to usher in the delayed monsoon rains, near Futala Basti in the city of Nagpur, some 860 kilometres (530 miles) east of the Maharashtra state capital Mumbai. Tradition dictates that if frogs are married off with full Vedic or Hindu rituals, the rain god is pleased and the heavens will open within days.

Cheeky rhino : A baby Black Rhinoceros sticks out its tounge as it walks in its enclosure at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo.

KATRINA KAIF – SAREE 33 BEST PICTURES

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Sucharitha

Below is an insane collection of Katrina Kaif in Saree.

This girl can wear anything ….cant she ???

Seems like she was really young in this picture.

Date of Birth : 16 July 1984, London, England, UK
Nickname : Kat
Height5′ 8½” (1.74 m)

Born on July 16, 1984 Katrina Kaif is one of eight siblings, all girls, from a mother who is a Caucasian of British Nationality, and a father who was formerly from Kashmir, India, but who has since acquired British citizenship.

Katrina grew up in Hawaii, but was brought up in London, UK. She started modeling accidentally when she was in Hawaii at the tender age of 14, when she was approached for a jewelery campaign. Thereafter she continued modeling in London.

Continuing to model was the reason she got her break in a Bollywood movie “Boom” offered by none other than film-maker Kaizad Gustad.

She was flooded with modeling assignments the minute she set her foot on Indian soil, especially with her innocent expressive face, hour-glass figure, and drop-dead gorgeous looks.

Is half British and half Indian.
Indian supermodel
Has 7 sisters.

Unlike other artistes from foreign lands, Katrina did not experience any difficulties in getting a visa nor of getting it extended in India.

She was discovered at age 14 as a model for a jewelry campaign.
When moving to India, she worked for photographer Atul Kasbekar and did commercials for Fevicol, Lakme and Veet among others.

She is very particular about her clothes which she wears a bold outfit on screen or for ads, but she feels more comfortable in not-so-revealing clothes in personal life. And the one thing she hates is make up.

She refuses to speak about her personal life in the media.
Besides walking the ramp for several top designers and being on magazine covers, Katrina has also been the stunning face of Estelle jewelery, Lakme, Pantene, Veet, Kodak cameras, L’Oreal, Samsung, LG etc.

She doesn’t do ramp shows anymore.
She was chosen as the face of the year for the Lakme India Fashion Week (2005).

Her favorite Indian designers are Rina Dhaka, Tarun Tahiliani, Rocky S.
Her favorite international designers are Armani, Miu Miu, Prada, Versace.

Favorite actor is Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Shahrukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Aamir Khan. Favorite actresses are Kajol and Madhuri Dixit.
Favorite cricketer is Irfan Pathan.

Favorite Indian food is dahi and rice.
Favorite movies are Umrao Jaan (1981), Casablanca (1942), and Gone with the Wind (1939).

Favorite perfume is Gucci Rush.
Prefers acting over modeling.
She enjoys modeling, acting, dancing, playing chess, watching movies, painting, resting, cooking, going to spas, going to the gym, meeting new people, and getting together with friends.