Jorabat to Shillong (Barapani) - Indian Roadie Infrastructure Projects,

The project for 4-Laning of Jorabat to Shillong (Barapani) stretch in Meghalaya, was developed on BOT (Annuity) mode and inaugurated on 1st May 2015.

This project had been sanctioned under the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme – North East and provides a vital capital connectivity link in the North Eastern region, while connecting Guwahati city with Shillong. 

The stretch provides an improved connectivity between Meghalaya and other Northern Eastern States like Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and even neighbouring country Bangladesh.

* Indian Roadie Infrastructure Projects 

I am back on Facebook after a hiatus of 72 hrs at 6 pm on 2022-10-22

Yeyyyyyy .... I am back on Facebook at 6 pm on Saturday 2022-10-22 with my fellow roadies, marketing honchos, techie friends, doctors, lawyers, school/ college/ professional friends, relatives, etc, etc, etc on this auspicious day of Dhanteras after a brief hiatus of 72 hrs exactly. 

The zoobears of FaBo supposedly crossed my path 2 years ago. It was only 72 hrs ago Zhuku's team comprising primarily of members of zoobear community and sanatani-dharma todo brigade decided that I should be issued a rest*iction notice. 

Idiots would still say that te*ror*sm has no rel*gion! 

Healthwise, I am fine. All my dear ones at home are doing fine, too. 

Happy Dhanteras 2022 to my friends and acquaintances for whom it's nation first. 

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* My Forced Hiatus From Social Media

Immersion of Maa Durga on Bijoya Dasami at Ichamati River

Immersion of Maa Durga on Bijoya Dasami 2022 at Ichamati River. 

 

Clay lamps made and sold in Chaltaberia

Drive for about 40 minutes from the vicinity of NSCBI Airport in Kolkata via Jessore Road, cross Duttapukur and reach Chaltaberia. Immediately after crossing Chaltaberia one can't miss the shops of local potters lining both sides of the road selling clay lamps, coloured images of Laxmi, Ganesh and other gods and goddesses. 

The price at which they sell is far lesser than in Kolkata. 

Photo and information courtesy: Saikat Banerjee.

Indian Roadie Drive For Food to Putiram on 2022-10-17 with Nikhilesh Roy

Indian Roadie Nikhilesh Roy and I drove to the plumbing accessories hub (market) in College Street, North Kolkata on 2022-10-17 afternoon for a lot of work. By evening we were terribly hungry. Nikhilesh suggested that we should walk down to have Singara (samosa), Kachuri (that's how we Bengalis pronounce Kachori) with thick Daal, Darbesh (a special sweet) and Rasogolla at the age old mithai shop Putiram on Surya Sen Street. 

After more than two decades I entered the shop to have Kachuri and Daal. I was disappointed. Local shops in predominantly Bengali localities make far tastier Kachuris. The Rasogolla and Darbesh were nothing great either ☹️ 

Here are some photos from our Indian Roadie Drive For Food.

BMW crash near Sultanpur on Purvanchal Expressway at 230 kmph on 2022-10-14

‘Chaaro marenge,’ said victims on Facebook Live just before they died chasing 300kmph in BMW. 

Four people died lost their lives when a BMW being driven at 230 kmph collided with a container truck on the Purvanchal Expressway near Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Friday 2022-10-14. 

A video of the four victims speeding the BMW had gone viral on social media. The victims were chasing 300 kmph on Facebook Live when the incident happened. 

The video started with one of the victims saying “charo marenge”. The victims were chasing 300 kmph and had reached 230 kmph when the video stopped. 

Victims can be seen and heard enjoying the ride and encouraging the driver to speed up to chase 300 kmph speed. 

The portion of the road where the accident took place had sunk due to heavy rain recently. 

Four of the victims have been identified as 35-year-old Dr. Anand Prakash from Dehri, 35-year-old Akhilesh Singh and 37-year-old Deepak Kumar both from Aurangabad district, Bhola Khushwa from Rohtas district in Bihar.  

Those who lost their lives: 

Deepak Anand was a resident of Shivpur Dehri village of Bihar's Aurangabad. He was the son-in-law of Dehri's famous Dr. Nirmal. Deepak was married to Dr. Nirmal's niece Anita. Deepak was an engineer by profession and has left behind two children.

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Akhilesh Singh was the son of Vinay Kumar Singh, a resident of Mahsi village of Obra, Aurangabad. Vinay Kumar Singh worked in the PHD department. Later, after retiring, Akhilesh got his father's job. 

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Dr Anand Prakash was married last year in Aurangabad district. The father of the deceased, Dr. Nirmal Kumar is known as a well-known doctor in the area. He was the leader of Janata Dal United (JDU). Deepal was in-charge of the Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency from JDU. The deceased was the youngest of the two brothers. 

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Dr Anand Prakash's relative Bhola Khushwaha, whose village is Balbhadrapur in Rohtas district, also died in the car crash. Bhola was the only child of his parents and he also had a 4-year-old son. He was a businessman by profession. 

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Source: Internet 

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* Mishap And Calamity 

Skoda sedan repainted from white to canary yellow at Indian Roadie Preferred Workshop in mid 2022

Watch the Skoda luxury sedan which had a white colour and was repainted canary yellow sometime in mid 2022 somewhere in Kolkata. 

Most authorized workshops attached to new car dealers of any brands will never ever be able to do a denting and painting job remotely close to what an Indian Roadie Preferred Workshop in Kolkata does. The speed and price at which they do the work can't be matched by any other workshop. 

Most people harbour a myth about approaching a local multibrand workshop for denting and painting jobs. The objective of this post is to open up your eyes to the reality. 

P.S: Please don't ask me for contact details and location of the workshop. I will flatly refuse to give it to you. Indian Roadie is no more a free ayurvedic kendra for all! 

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* Indian Roadie Automobile Restoration Stories 

* Indian Roadie Preferred Workshop 

Ideal battery for Ford Ecosport Titanium Petrol

The ideal car battery needed for Ford Ecosport Titanium Petrol. 
Type: Exide MLDIN 44LH 

Gobinda Mandal, Biplab Das, Pritam Jana (R to L), the passive Indian roadies of Rangmahal

The extremely friendly and affable 'Three Musketeers', viz. Gobinda Mandal, Biplab Das, Pritam Jana (R to L), the super-salesmen of Rangmahal, a 100+ yrs old shop in Joramandir, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010 from where I buy my regular supplies of bread, margarine, biscuits, chips, soaps, shampoos, toothpastes, ice creams, needles, threads, noodles, tea packets, coffee sachets, shoe lace, boot polish, pens, refills, etc, etc, etc since 1992 or maybe earlier are keen listeners of road travel stories and advices I pass on to their 'boss' during my frequent visits to their shop. With their meagre earnings as sales persons in a shop they can't afford a bike or scooter but keep asking me innocent questions which I enjoy answering to their satisfaction. I had clicked their photos on 2022-01-13 and promised to feature them in our forum. However, I had totally forgotten my promise made to them. Today on 2022-10-16, after 9 long months, while browsing through my collection of photos, I found this worthy collection. 

Even while I leave #MyWB38A0582 parked and unattended outside their shop, the boys keep an eye on my old worhorse overloaded with merchandise. 

Amitava Sadhukhan, the owner of Rangmahal is an Indian Roadie member/ follower from the initial years. About 5 years ago he bought a Ford Ecosport Titanium Petrol from Ganges Ford on my advice. Prior to that he owned a Hyundai Santro for 10+ years and had barely driven 10,000 kms. His profession doesn't allow him to leave the flourishing shop and drive out too often. Till recently he wasn't too confident about long distance highway driving. However, off late Amitava's daughter who's a B.Tech student and a new driving license holder and he himself has mustered enough courage from Indian Roadie and have started heading out for long drives to Durgapur, Mukutmanipur, Puri, etc in their Ford Ecosport Titanium Petrol. 

Friends, please react and comment to boost up the morale of these three wonderful boys. If you happen to be in this part of my city, please drop in to the shop and tell the #PassiveRoadies that you saw and read about them on Indian Roadie. They will be thrilled 😊 

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* Indian Roadie Little Joys