I was really very interested to tell you all about this Highway. Actually for all those who donot know Ballabgarh is just a place ahead of Faridabad , and Sohna is just near to Gurgaon.This road is MDR-125 ie. Major District Road 125. It is basically a link road between NH-8 and NH-2.
I know about this highway because my College was situated on this highway from where I did my Enginnering. And guess what these were the worst 4yrs of my life. Not because of the college , but because of the route. My college was 70 Km from my house , and to your surprise I used to daily up and down thus travelling a distance of 140 Km daily.
Condition of the road
Ballabgarh to Sohna is about 45 Km . And this highway straight connects between the two places. There are 2 routes to go from Ballabgarh to Sohna –
Ist Route -> Ballabgarh – Nagla – Pali – Dhauj -Sirohi – Lala Khedli – Nibot – Harchandpur – Sohna.
2nd route -> Ballabgarh – Badkal Chowk – Pakhal – Pali – Dhauj – Alampur – Sohna
We used to take the first one. The whole route covers small villages. I used to catch my clg bus fro ISBT Delhi. It was not that the first route was good. To tell u both the routes are horrible.
The most bad thing is that everytime I went to this route , my liitle cars belly used to collide with the Surface. That feeling I can never forget , my poor car..
THE HIGHWAY
The highway is sorrounded by the Aravalli Ranges throughout. The view is very good. As on the whole route there are villages so the whole route is sorrounded by farms. But the condition of the highway is horrible. I will describe the condition later . The highway is full of greenery and u get a look of the Typical India.
This time the car is moving. See the speed - 3km/hr
DHAUJ
Dhauj is a village in Faridabad District of Haryana. Situated in the Aravalli range of mountains, the place provides a canvass for adventure sports of all kinds. Dhauj is a worthwhile stop for visiting rock climbers.
Huge pit holes with stones
Also in Dhauj there is the Dhauj Crushing Zone. Where the rocks of the Aravalli ranges are exploded and these rocks are then broken down into smaller pieces. Dhauj is the main place of this Highway.
CONDITION OF THE ROAD
To start telling you about all this in one word the condition of the whole stretch is Worse. It is not poor but worse. I have never seen such a horrible highway. It is evident from the fact that just to cover 40 Km it takes a time of 2:15 hrs that too on a highway.
The tar quality is extremely poor. The whole road is broken and full of pitholes. It becomes a hell there in rainy season when these pit holes get filled with water. The average speed of driving there is about 8 Km/hr. Yes you read it write . Max it could be just 10 Km/hr. It is difficult to know whether the holes are in the roads or the road is in the hole.
These pit holes were so large that even our college bus ( which was a huge tourist bus). Its back part used to collide down with the road. You can easily think what a car will face. Ask me.
I took my car many times in my exams to the college and guess what it was the worst blunder I could have ever done in my life. The car used to easily collide with the road from down at many places.
Even while sitting at the last seat of the bus , sometimes our head used to collide with the top of the bus as the roads were so bumpy.
Also the dust is so much that even for one moment you cannot remove your hankerchief from your month. Only beacuse of intaking this dust daily for 4 yrs i suffered from Kidney stone problem.
CAUSE OF SUCH A BAD CONDITION OF ROAD
As I told You earlier there was the Dhauj Crushing Zone. There used to occur Landmine blasts . Now these pieces of rocks were laid on the heavy Dumpers which carried the stones to the Crushing Zone where they were broken down further. This highway is full of these stone laiden dumpers which run the whole day.
These heavy Dumpers are the main reason for the breaking down of the road. Even the road is constructed many times , but it breaks down in a few days. This is also highly affecting the Aravali range as the hills are now completely shrunken.
Even the court had put stay order on this work . But again the same work has started. Also these dumpers are really dangerous. They have claimed the lives of 5 of our colg students.
I wonder why the govt doesnt takes some specific action as this work is also scaring our Natural resource.
This highway was proposed to become a 4- lane Highway in 2005. And the work had to be completed by 2008. But it is really bad to see that the work remained on paper. And the project was not started only till now. Then how could it be Finished.
After so many years now in 2010 The project has been started by Reliance Infrastructure. Hope this time this highway will become a 4 lane road in next 2-3 yrs.
It was not that highway is bad . I think the Haryana Govt should have seriously thought about improving the condition of this highway and took some action on these Killer Dumpers who operate there day and Night.. Hope This would happen some day…