NH 47

Transformation was like anyone else from puberty stage to young women. NH 47 is currently undergoing conversion to 4 lanes, with some sections being converted to 6 lanes. At this stage, curves and curls make her more beautiful. Teenage pimples can be compared with dust and pits, which is going to make her more pretty later (I believe). As there is mist and fog in foreign countries which makes traffic hard, here it is dust which makes it hard to drive.

           Even if I travel along the same road every day to my college, every single journey teaches something new. NH 47 was getting ready day by day for being a bride. Kerala road journeys are hectic most of the time. It’s actually a nightmare to drive in, as drivers are expected to switch sides very frequently, and struggle under half-built flyovers. To add to the problems, the usable sections have poorly marked lanes, and access to petrol bunkers, shops, restaurants etc. are very limited and hard to find. Certain junctions are unpaved, and the high traffic density only adds to the problems.  Even though many trees were cut down for widening the road, there is a desperate need for infrastructure uplift to overcome traffic problems. The traffic on this stretch comprises trucks carrying consumer goods, construction materials, container trucks and passenger vehicles. Though it can be exhausting and rough, the best way to experience God’s own country is on its roads. The fancy brand-new highways, the interior roads, the small towns along the way, cows, flocks of sheep, goats that always have right of way, paddy fields, trees, landscapes that soothe the eyes and smiles that soothe the soul.