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Contents 1 Metalled ? 2 Ahmedabad-Baroda Express way? 3 expressways 4 Sources

[edit] Metalled ?

Err, could someone confirm that "metalled" means "paved"? I was totally confused at reading this term over at Santoshpur, then found the word again here. I found some description at Pavement_(roads)#Metalling which I think says "paved" is the meaning. Would it be understood by Indian readers if the word "paved" was substituted? Because I don't know how many non-Indian's understand "metalled". I know I was wondering about street railways ... Shenme 04:04, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi There

I guess its time for Indians to learn new words.

Well, it is more a matter of there being several words for things, and wondering whether a more commonly understood word might be substituted. For example, if I talk about someone "getting a shellacking" the reader might legitimately be confused, thinking someone was getting paint on themselves. I might substitute "getting battered" and they'd end up thinking "cake?" Anyway, this is just an originally British English word that has stuck around, as it has the single understood meaning in India. Hey, maybe just say " ... metalled (paved) ...." ? Shenme 01:22, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ahmedabad-Baroda Express way?

Hi, the Ahmedabad-Baroda Express way is not included in the article. Hope it will be taken care of. --Nirajrm ^{talk ||| sign plz!} 03:04, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] expressways

An apparent contradiction: In the introductory paragraph we have ... 4,885 km are central-separated expressways, whereas the table in the "Indian road network" section lists only 200 km of expressways. Deuar 14:01, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

should read 200 km of access controlled expressways which refers to the mumbai pune expy and the ahmedabad vadodara expy. The 4885 km should be the new NHDP roads which are 4 lane median highways -- ^{PlaneMad|YakYak} 15:07, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

I'm not sure where to go, so could somebody find sources for this article? Damanmundine1 11:47, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

• I have tried to provide references to many sections of the article. And urge other contributors to site sources so it is easy to prevent putting up of notices on article. -Manik (talk) 22:57, 22 December 2007 (UTC)