Highway — Clipahoy

Yusuf Sarai Diwali market shopping peaks with shopping crowds filing in, despite the traffic

highway · bazaar

From earthen oil lamps, to ghee, sandalis, toilt paper, umbrellas, medicines and plumbing hardware, you name it and Yusuf Sarai has it! Yusuf Sarai Diwali market shopping peaks with shopping crowds filing in, despite the traffic and honking…

Traffic during Dhanteras peaks in Yusuf Sarai, as buyers get out ti buy metal utensils for home

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Traffic during Dhanteras peaks in Yusuf Sarai, as buyers get out ti buy metal utensils for home

Chuha sheher Dilli! City of Rats could be the next plague capital of Asia - Delhi hosts rats galore!

highway · wildlife

Chuha sheher Dilli! City of Rats could well be the next plague capital of Asia - Delhi hosts rats galore City of Rats: New Delhi has more rates underground than perhaps any other city in India: Future plague capital of India? Rats scurry ar…

Delhi tail-back traffic snarl in evening light: Witching hour with terrible street sounds in Delhi

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City of Rats: New Delhi has more rates underground than perhaps any other city in India: Future

highway · wildlife

City of Rats: New Delhi has more rates underground than perhaps any other city in India: Future plague capital of India? Rats scurry around at the floor of a flyover, looking for discarded morsels of food. One rat nuzzles another rat.

Rangoon creeper or Madhumalti is a common urban climber or flowering creeper seen in India

flowers · highway

Large foliage of Rangoon Creeper in full bloom at a flyover pavement next to the highway. These are common in Asia and are drought resistant plants grown as climbers and for hedges in garden landscaping.

Alluvial Fan with deep grooves from water flow looks prominent along Zanskar river in Ladakh

Ladakh·river · highway

Alluvial Fan with deep grooves created from the flow of water looks prominent along the Zanskar river in Ladakh.

Naoroji Nagar flyover traffic view from Delhi - CNG low-floor buses view for space with tempos, cars

highway · bus

Naoroji Nagar flyover traffic view from Delhi - CNG low-floor buses view for space with tempos, cars and trucks, but the overall traffic flow is good, with no major hindrances in th middle of the day.

Driving through the flooded streets of Dehradun town, after negotiating the Mohand tunnel in rain

Uttarakhand·monsoon · highway

What a rainy day it is in Dehra dun! Driving through Rajaji National Park, one is reminded of the brilliant forest, stream-bed and Asarori Forest Rest House all of which have now ben ruined for the new highway construction! Driving through…

Teak wood's hardness everyone knows about, but do you know of its slight delicate white blooms?

flowers · highway

Teak wood's hardness everyone knows about, but do you know of its slight delicate white blooms that grow and flower in large bunches at the end of the monsoon season? The Teak is a prominent hard wood tree in India, but its harvest is now a…

Anti smog gun on Delhi roads: Doesn't diesel truck emit it's own pollution? Short sighted measure?

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Does this anti smog and pollution gun do any good? Wouldn't a better stubble burning policy be more effective than spending crores on such useless hardware that just shows to the public that the government is spending a lot of money to comb…

NDMC water tanker waters plants on Delhi's roads: Is this wise fossil fuel burning way to irrigate?

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In the heart of Delhi, plants are watered by a huge truck, spewing out diesel fumes. For the vanity of some roadside plants that need care (as opposed to hardy varieties that do not), is it worth spending fossil fuel and generating fumes? T…

Hauz Khas traffic becomes chaotic, with construction of new civic amenities, cycle tracks, walkways, in Delhi

highway · industry

Hauz Khas traffic becomes chaotic, with the construction of new civic amenities, cycle tracks and walkways

Bob the Builder at 17, 000 feet ! North Pullu road construction along world's highest motorable road

highway · industry

Khardungla is a nightmare to keep open through the year, given it's altitude of 17, 500 feet, the snow mass that piles up, the icy conditions, the lower temperatures and the necessity of keeping this important defense access route open.

World's highest road and traffic jam in the trans Himalayan Ladakh region, on Khardungla pass

highway · snow

Early winter snow and ice cover on the world's highest road and traffic jam in the trans Himalayan Ladakh region, on Khardungla pass.

World's Highest Traffic Jam in Ladakh, India, at -10 degrees Celcius and circa 17, 500 feet altitude

highway · snow

Fresh snowfall on the passes of Ladakh, and the roads become a passage nightmare, even as they look like a surreal experience and a calm beauty. Grasses and sedges get covered in snow. Prayer flags get submerged in white.

Aerial view Delhi NCR: Bahai Lotus Temple, tallest building in NOIDA, Swollen Yamuna, Expressway

Uttar Pradesh·highway · temple

A swollen Yamuna river flows in between Delhi and NOIDA in Uttar Pradesh, as one approaches Delhi airport. An unusual route to take, with the tallest tower in NOIDA, India, and Bahai Lotus Temple both falling en route.

Massive alluvial fan along Zanskar River in Ladakh, Nepeta grows along Zanskar river's sandy banks

Ladakh·river · highway

A road working crew betters the road from Saspul-Nimmo sangam confluence junction of Indus and Zanskar rivers, to Chilling from where the Chadar trek starts to Padum / Padam in Zanskar.

Fresh snowfall makes climbing to Khardung La pass a tricky act, with a massive traffic jam to boot, in Ladakh

highway · snow

Fresh snowfall on the passes of Ladakh, and the roads become a passage nightmare, even as they look like a surreal experience and a calm beauty. Grasses and sedges get covered in snow. Prayer flags get submerged in white.

World's HIGHEST traffic jam, at 17, 500 feet near Khardung La in Ladakh: Hundreds of vehicles stuck

highway · hills

As one drives up to the world's highest motorable pass of Khardung La at about 17, 500 feet above sea level, the cold, icy conditions, difficult driving conditions in the pre-winter season and more, all weigh on one's mind.

Leh - Manali highway, blue skies with white cottony clouds, wide open plains: Biking across Ladakh

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Big sky country of India! What fabulous wide open plains and clear skies with cotton puff clouds, browns against blues and whites. Only in Ladakh! As seen on the Lah to Manali highway.

NDMC truck with crane in Sarojini Nagar, used for cutting tree branches and replacing light bulbs, in Delhi

highway · wildlife

NDMC truck with in-built crane and platform as seen in Sarojini Nagar, used for cutting tree branches and replacing light bulbs, as used by the New Delhi Municipal Committee.

Warila Pass - One of world's highest motorable passes, Ladakh: desolate and isolated, no visitors!

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It's snowing as we get atop Warila in Ladakh. Cold and sleety, and we have had to put chains on our car's tyres, to avoid them from slipping on the icy road surface.