Poor maintenance of NH4 from Belgaum to Dharwad
10:42 AM Posted by ukmad
Letter from R K Patil, Belgaum.
Any traveler taking NH4 from Kolhapur to Hubli can notice the difference between a quality of execution and maintenance of NH4 highway by two different establishments.
The project executed by Punj Lloyd bears the testimony to world class infrastructure while the part implemented by RN Shetty & Co. shows the sorry state of petty time contractor trying to get into big league.
The part of NH4 operated by Shetty's (Belgaum to Dharwad) has already developed serious problems (pot holes, water clogging, poor maintenance). I am attaching two pictures of the road taken at Mahantesh Nagar & Ashok Nagar junction where the road barricades have been uprooted by the lorry owner shops lying just next to service road. This is done so that the shop owner’s trucks do not end up in taking a long route to reach the shops. This has resulted in land slide at road side, water logging. In few days from now I am sure the roads will also starts giving away. Besides this it poses a great danger to speeding vehicles on NH4 who never expect vehicles to join or exit at this place!
I have brought this to the notice of the NH4 patrol and maintenance engineers stationed in Hubli (Mr. Ramanujam) and Belgaum (Mr. Jai Prakash). Looks even the NH4 authorities are least bothered about this.
Travelers on Belgaum stretch can see a lot of pot holes and trenches on NH4 stretch that runs between Belgaum and Halga, once again it looks the maintenance authorities are turning blind eye. Only when we start paying lower tolls for this stretch then the authorities might wake up.
rkpatil [at] vayavyalabs.com
Potholes on Belgaum bypass road
4:38 PM Posted by ukmad
Belgaum is part of the golden quadrilateral project and the new 4 laned highways have been a great success. The Belgaum to Kolhapur highway was completed before time by Punj Lyod Ltd. is in very good condition and well maintained, where as the Belgaum to Dharwad stretch which was builtSunway Construction Ltd. - Berhad & R N Shetty & Co. Malaysian - Indian JV was in trouble since the beginning. The project was abandoned for a while and then again the NHAI completed the said project. Now there are potholes that have occurred on the stretch nearShivabasavaNagar and Shree Nagar on the Halaga to Honga stretch. There are a few more pot holes near Kakti as well. Regular commuters on the road say that these pot holes can cause accidents as normally all vehicles are on high speeds and suddenly you have to slow down and this causes a lot of hardships. S.NO NH Length Present Status Contractor & Nationality 11 4 18 4 LANED Sunway Construction Ltd. - Berhad & R N Shetty & Co. 12 4 62 4 LANED Sunway Construction Ltd. - Berhad & R N Shetty & Co. You can make complaints on http://www.nhai.org/registercomplaint.htm Or Sh. V. Chinna Reddy, PD Dharwad dha@nhai.org 9945248039 Second Cross, Vidyagiri, Dharwad – 580 004 Karnataka 0836-2461244. Photos: Harish Mahendrakar
Stretch
State
Funded By
(Km)
Belgaum Bypass
km 515 - km 495
Karnataka
NHAI
Malaysian - Indian JV
Belgaum - Dharwad
km 495 - km 433
Karnataka
NHAI
Malaysian - Indian JV
Prelude to Firepod on June 20 at Millennium Gardens
6:50 PM Posted by ukmad
Prelude to Firepod a rock show which will mark the beginning of an Annual rock event planned to be held later in the year called Firepod where local talent will come up and perform. The main aim here is to encourage local talent and a Guitar and Drum Workshop, will be held 2 hours before the show begins. Anyone with the ticket will be allowed to enter the stage area and attend this brief workshop. Ideally aimed towards adding more exposure to bands and artistes performing on stage can use this platform as a sense of direction to begin with.
The Prelude to FirePOD, will be held on 20th June, at 6:00 at Millennium Gardens.
The bands performing are IDIOTEQUE & NH4.
IDIOTEQUE:
Vivek Sagar - Guitars, Vocals, Switching bass.
Indranil Roy - Guitars, Vocals, Switching bass.
Amit Nilgar - Drums.
Key Influences: Radiohead, ACDC, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and many more others mostly classic rock, alternative and metal.
Although their influences vary in many forms, you can expect Idioteque to put up a nice set list of Classic Rock hits. The local doctor boys are up with this emergency operation to infuse life into Belgaum's rock and roll scene.
NH4:
Rahul Deshpande - Vocals, Guitars
Ajay Deshpande - Guitars
Nikhil Shevade - Bass
Amar Kulkarni - Drums
Key Influences - Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden etc.
Although the list is from a band perspective, and each member carries a very distinct preference in music, their love for native town Belgaum and their deep conviction in getting some Rock Music action back into Belgaum gets you to watch NH4 showcase their taste of the classic era. Otherwise influences are as varied as Ajay into heavy progressive rock, Nikhil into Jazz and Blues, Rahul into Progressive and classic rock and Amar into Heavy Metal and Indian carnatic music at the same time!!
Expect to find the boys of the old school rock to have a good time on stage entertaining you with the best of classic all timers!
Sound Engineering: The key idea of the event being awareness of live Rock music for bands in Belgaum a special attention is placed on the Sound.
The sound engineering is highly professional, managed and engineered by Nikhil Mulay, a Sound Specialist graduating from Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune and having with him experience of having worked with many international bands like jazz band Saskia Laroo of Amsterdam, Aurora Jane from Australia and almost all big Indian Bands like Agnee, Strange Brew, Silver, Manasi Scott.
Nikhil Mulay also engineers live stage sound at the prestigious HARD ROCK CAFE, Pune and Soulmate, Pune, both being Pune's hotspots for live shows promoting Rock Music.
Workshop:
NH4 and Nikhil Mulay will share experiences of live stage performances and sound in a Sound, Guitar and Drum Workshop, 2 hours before the show begins. Anyone with the ticket will be allowed to enter the stage area and attend this brief workshop. Ideally aimed towards adding more exposure to bands and artistes performing on stage can use this platform as a sense of direction to begin with.
So all those rock lovers, be ready to ROCK !
You can mail Amar for more details of the event: amar.kulkarni@gmail.com
FIREPOD Belgaum’s own Annual Rock Fest
4:44 PM Posted by ukmad
With the idea of encouraging Rock music in Belgaum, a group of Belgaumites plan to host an annual Rock fest known as FIREPOD in town later this year.
To get bands more inspired and geared up, they are doing a little prelude, called Prelude to FIREPOD; they will bring you a concert in Belgaum, with performances by bands from Belgaum - NH4 and Idioteque.
Make sure you are there to encourage the scene. All bands from Belgaum are encouraged to contact Amar Kulkarni if they would like to perform at FIREPOD 2009.
Sound and Lighting will be of High Standards and they pitch this should be one of Belgaum's first REAL Rock Concert.
The prelude will be held tentatively on June 20, 2009 and the venue will be declared later, the band said.
You can also get more info on the same from Orkut & FaceBook event links.
So get ready to get yourself ROCKED!
