December 4, 2005
INDIA ACCELERATING BUILDING A SUPERHIGHWAY
A New York Times report by Amy Waldman
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A woman crossing a stretch of India’s improved
highway system in a village in the western state of Rajasthan |
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There is relatively little traffic south of
Calcutta |
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Rocks are drilled in a quarry in the state of
Jharkand |
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Traffic outside of Belgaum |
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The new highway will replace this dirt stretch
in Mohania |
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A family crosses the highway in the state of
Orissa |
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A mother and her son cross the highway in the
village of Bilak, in the state of Rajasthan |
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To drive east from New Delhi to Calcutta is to
travel through some of India’s poorest, roughest states |
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Highway workers make concrete in Aurangabad, in
the state of Bihar |
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Migrant workers carrying cement at night to
fill a section of a bridge under construction west of Aurangabad |
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Tires are cut up as fuel in brick making in a
slum along the highway in Jaipur, in the state of Rajasthan |
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Buildings in Uttar Pradesh that were demolished
to accommodate the highway |
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When the highway cut through a cemetery,
Mohammad Shah collected and buried the remains |
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Papya Sandra, 14, a resident in the village of
Tamultala, was hit by a car while trying to cross the highway |
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A woman crosses an overpass in Bangalore |
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The Indian government used the power of eminent
domain in Uttar Pradesh |
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Villagers along the highway in Mahapur, Bihar
collecting leftover wet concrete |
