Cyber city Gurgaon:
Gurgaon is situated in the north of India. Currently its a part of NCR. Its also known as cyber city, because Its a hub of IT work of north India.
In last few years, Gurgaon is growing rapidly. More than 250 (over half) of the global Fortune 500 companies either have their India headquarters or their important offices in Gurgaon. These include firms such as Walmart, Shell, Microsoft, Samsung, GM, GE, PepsiCo, Coca Cola, Google, Toyota and Facebook.
Currently condition of Gurgaon:
No doubt, Gurgaon is growing very fast also generates Rs 16,500 crore of tax revenue for Haryana’s exchequer. But its matter what's its current condition.
I am describing its current condition here:
Roads in Gurgaon:
If you are living or working in Gurgaon, then you must know about the roads of Gurgaon. You can see NH8 (the most famous Delhi-Jaipur Highway) here. Also, you can see its parallel road (old Delhi-Gurgaon road).
Both the roads are connecting to Delhi. You can differentiates by watching the pics.
- First one is 8 Lane, also having service lane.
- Second one is 4 Lane, also having mini swimming pool for frogs.
But the matching point is:
- There are a lot of jam on them. Mostly on weekdays (Mon-Fri) at 8AM - 10AM & 6PM - 8:00PM. If there is a rain in Gurgaon, then there is surely a heavy jam for undefined time period.
In Udhog Vihar (Also a big IT hub) you can see speeding Porsches and scrambling pigs share the same streets that are invariably unlit and pockmarked with potholes.
Sometimes you have to spend 45-50 minutes to cover a 2 KM distance for your office on your two wheeler. If you are thinking you can cover this distance using your feet for save time in jam, then you are wrong. Because, either there is no footpath or you'll see other two wheeler on footpath. For live example, goto Hanuman Mandir Chowk at 9:15AM. LOLZ
There are a lot of main holes are open on the roads. No one knows, when you'll be invited for a party with cockroaches.
I have traveled to Mumbai last month. I rode my friend's apache for 1 week.
It was a rainy season in Mumbai. Mumbai's population is many times as compare to Gurgaon. Even that was a rainy season, still there was no such jam as in Gurgaon.
Environment in Gurgaon:
As Gurgaon is situated in north india, also close to Rajsthan, then its environment is hot. Its average temperature in summers is nearby 38-40 degree celsius and in winters is nearby 8-12.
As there are a lot of traffic problem in Gurgaon, there are a lot of pollution. Air pollution levels rival neighbouring Delhi’s (which is the worst in the world) in a city that has just a tenth of the population.
There is dust every where. You can save your money, just move on roads instead of buying a body powder.
Basic needs in Gurgaon:
Gurgaon’s streets are unplanned, unnamed and, in many instances, unnavigable; electricity for most hours of the day has to be generated by residents, offices and malls (there are 35 of those in the city) using their own captive generator sets that burn diesel for fuel; there is no public transport system worth mentioning that functions within the city; policing standards are akin to those of a village thana. There is no security system in nights, specially for women.
Water logging system:
As you can see this pic, this is the water logging system of Gurgaon. It can happen on any road with the couple of hours rain. Its an example of NH8. Now you can assume any another road condition in rains.
Cost of living:
Gurgaon is just nearby Delhi. Still the rate difference in basic things are very high. It may be in case of petrol, grocery, rent, transport, electricity. If i compare Gurgoan with Delhi, then in every basic things which i mentioned are costly in Gurgaon.
The problem with Gurgaon is that it has grown haphazardly in the absence of any semblance of urban planning.
According to a senior Haryana bureaucrat, there never was a master plan for Gurgaon’s growth and there still isn’t one.
A master plan, among other things, demarcates zones for commercial, residential and other use and for civic infrastructure. Gurgaon has had none of that.
When a new commer comes in my office from out side of Gurgaon and after living a couples of week here, he started to complain about Gurgaon with saying that Gurgaon is consider as "Newyork of India" in his hometown, then everyone laughs at him saying that "Tera b kat dia".
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Gurgaon is situated in the north of India. Currently its a part of NCR. Its also known as cyber city, because Its a hub of IT work of north India.
Currently condition of Gurgaon:
No doubt, Gurgaon is growing very fast also generates Rs 16,500 crore of tax revenue for Haryana’s exchequer. But its matter what's its current condition.
I am describing its current condition here:
Roads in Gurgaon:
If you are living or working in Gurgaon, then you must know about the roads of Gurgaon. You can see NH8 (the most famous Delhi-Jaipur Highway) here. Also, you can see its parallel road (old Delhi-Gurgaon road).
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| NH8 |
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| Old Delhi Gurgaon Road |
- First one is 8 Lane, also having service lane.
- Second one is 4 Lane, also having mini swimming pool for frogs.
But the matching point is:
- There are a lot of jam on them. Mostly on weekdays (Mon-Fri) at 8AM - 10AM & 6PM - 8:00PM. If there is a rain in Gurgaon, then there is surely a heavy jam for undefined time period.
In Udhog Vihar (Also a big IT hub) you can see speeding Porsches and scrambling pigs share the same streets that are invariably unlit and pockmarked with potholes.
Sometimes you have to spend 45-50 minutes to cover a 2 KM distance for your office on your two wheeler. If you are thinking you can cover this distance using your feet for save time in jam, then you are wrong. Because, either there is no footpath or you'll see other two wheeler on footpath. For live example, goto Hanuman Mandir Chowk at 9:15AM. LOLZ
There are a lot of main holes are open on the roads. No one knows, when you'll be invited for a party with cockroaches.
I have traveled to Mumbai last month. I rode my friend's apache for 1 week.
It was a rainy season in Mumbai. Mumbai's population is many times as compare to Gurgaon. Even that was a rainy season, still there was no such jam as in Gurgaon.
Environment in Gurgaon:
As Gurgaon is situated in north india, also close to Rajsthan, then its environment is hot. Its average temperature in summers is nearby 38-40 degree celsius and in winters is nearby 8-12.
As there are a lot of traffic problem in Gurgaon, there are a lot of pollution. Air pollution levels rival neighbouring Delhi’s (which is the worst in the world) in a city that has just a tenth of the population.
There is dust every where. You can save your money, just move on roads instead of buying a body powder.
Basic needs in Gurgaon:
Gurgaon’s streets are unplanned, unnamed and, in many instances, unnavigable; electricity for most hours of the day has to be generated by residents, offices and malls (there are 35 of those in the city) using their own captive generator sets that burn diesel for fuel; there is no public transport system worth mentioning that functions within the city; policing standards are akin to those of a village thana. There is no security system in nights, specially for women.
Water logging system:
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| Another pic of NH8 |
As you can see this pic, this is the water logging system of Gurgaon. It can happen on any road with the couple of hours rain. Its an example of NH8. Now you can assume any another road condition in rains.
Cost of living:
Gurgaon is just nearby Delhi. Still the rate difference in basic things are very high. It may be in case of petrol, grocery, rent, transport, electricity. If i compare Gurgoan with Delhi, then in every basic things which i mentioned are costly in Gurgaon.
The problem with Gurgaon is that it has grown haphazardly in the absence of any semblance of urban planning.
According to a senior Haryana bureaucrat, there never was a master plan for Gurgaon’s growth and there still isn’t one.
A master plan, among other things, demarcates zones for commercial, residential and other use and for civic infrastructure. Gurgaon has had none of that.
When a new commer comes in my office from out side of Gurgaon and after living a couples of week here, he started to complain about Gurgaon with saying that Gurgaon is consider as "Newyork of India" in his hometown, then everyone laughs at him saying that "Tera b kat dia".
Thanks
half knowledge is more dangerous than 0 knowledge. After living in Mumbai for almost 3 years, I can say no city is as congested and waterlogged as Mumbai in rains. I am not sure which route you took for driving your apache, but waterlogging is perennial in Mumbai (search for waterlogging in mumbai and you will be appalled to see the images, remember the floods in Mumbai due to rains few year back?). Infact it is a major problem in many cities in India.
ReplyDeleteWhile in other factors about Gurgaon, you might be close to bulls eye bcoz I too am not a fan of this place. My work keeps me here, but atleast I am happy that I am staying in a place with no pigeonholes type of setup as in Mumbai and have some place to move about in my own place indoors.
Anyday, Gurgaon sucks in many fronts bcoz of unplanned pockets of development here and there
My Dear Friend, I know the rainy season of Mumbai. Also I know the waterlogged system during rains. But, do you know there are average waterfall is 5 times much more as compare to Gurgaon? Check this link for your clearance: http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/annualrainfall.htm
DeleteI am sure, if the average water fall of Mumbai will be same as Gurgaon, then there will be no problem of water logging.
http://www.abksharma.in/2014/11/i-am-visionarygurgaon.html
ReplyDeleteexactly 6 years ago I predicted that Gurgaon will be a failed city.
Today every newspaper is saying that...I am a visionary.
Rapid Urbanization has made lives of us humans so disgusting. I am 100 times more at home when I am in my home town. There is nothing good for me in Gurgaon only but the foreign Money...