Rachana Ring Road Junction to Automotive Square Metro Station.Metro Ride

 Travelled by Metro from Rachana Ring Road Junction to Automotive Square Metro Station.

Rachana Ring Road Junction is on the Aqua Line of Nagpur Maha Metro which runs East to West.

Automotive Square Metro Station is on the Orange line which runs North to South.

Orange and Aqua Line cross at Sitabardi Metro Junction. This is the place where one has to disembark from Aqua Line and change over to Orange line to change the direction from East-West to North-South.

The stations and Sitabardi Metro Junction are as good as any in the world.

The signage is excellently thought out and executed. It is so good that you just have to look around and you can go from the Aqua to the Orange line by following the 'orange' footmarks painted on the platform. Once you approach the orange concourse signage on the walls directs you to the southern or the Northern platforms.

Enjoyed the ride thoroughly.

A Bit disappointed at the low usage of such an excellent public transportation system.

Few photos were taken during the ride.

Photos have been captioned.

Hyacinth weed-infested Ambazari Lake view from Aqua Line.

Vivekanand Statue and hyacinth weed-infested Ambazari Lake view from Aqua Line.

Details of four Bardi Junction Platforms.
Platforms 1&2 orange line. 1 for northward and 2 for southward travel.
Platforms 3&4 Aqua Line. 3 for westward and 4 for eastward travel.
From Platform 3 I had to go to Platform 1.

View from Bardi Junction.

Bardi Junction, as good as any in the world.

Sinage by coaching Class.

Badrdi Square.

Review - Villa167 Cafe.

 One of the friends of the better half arranged a kitty party for their group at this place.

With our better halves away for the party it was a kitchen holiday at home, so some of us decided we might as well have lunch at the same place. A small property. With seating arrangements made in the open air which may be ok for winters but for Nagpur summers it is a no-no. The main seating is on the first floor reached by a sort of hanging staircase thus seeking out maximum usable space in a limited area. A good job has been done as despite this, one does not feel cramped for space. With air conditioners on and defused lighting, The place had a cosy sort of feeling. Starters were paneer 65 and crispy veg. Man courses had creamy spinach pasta, Lasagna, corn cheese sandwiches and vegetarian rice stroganoff. For desserts, we had chocolate brownies and ice cream. The food was good. The Kitty people complained about very slow service. We had joined the party almost after 45 minutes to an hour so we had ok service The staff was courteous and helpful. A good place to eat continental food.

Service

Dine in

Meal type

Lunch

Price per person

₹600–800

Food: 4

Service: 3

Atmosphere: 4

Hotel Marigold.

Went to Hyderabad to attend the 58th Anniversary Reunion of Commissioning our course.  Organisers had selected Hotel Marigold for our stay and functions.

The Review.

In case you land up in Hyderabad around peak traffic time, drive to Marigold tries your patience as the hotel is located in one of the busy areas.

Once you reach, a few hundred meters long private approach lane of the hotel, things improve for the better.

Marigold is located on a fairly large property. The staff in charge of landscaping and plantations have done a good job. An early morning stroll in this well-maintained garden is quite refreshing.

The rooms have a small sitout space attached to the room which themselves are spacious. The bathrooms are quite OK.

The breakfast spread is quite lavish and offers what all is expected of a good star hotel. 

The Staff is helpful and courteous. 

 All in all a good place to stay.

High Tech Traffic Signal Lights.

 High Tech Traffic Signal Lights.

Nagpur Municipal Corporation has been, for some months now, installing 'High Tech Traffic Lights' on almost every square. 

High Tech Traffic Lights.

The lights are mounted on very tall "L" shaped pillars with the arm of the "L" extending to the centre of the road.  In addition to the traffic signals mounted on the left of the road and the end of the L arm, High in the middle of the road, signal lights 'Red', 'Orange', and 'Green' are also duplicated on the horizontal as well as on the verticle arms of these High Tech Traffic Signal Lights.

Quite a lot of money is being spent on these very impressive-looking High Tech Traffic Signal Lights. I personally feel that to do justice to these sophisticated lights which are clearly visible from long distances we MUST FIRST educate a very large number of Nagpurians of various casts, creeds and religions to faithfully follow the Traffic rules.

If these very large numbers of UNEDUCATED Nagpurians of various casts, creeds and religions keep jumping the red lights and flouting every traffic rule we the Nagpurians will be doing a great disservice to the elegant and beautiful High Tech Traffic Signal Lights.