BRO Signs

During the journey from Manali to Leh, and to other places in Ladakh, the roadsigns by Border Roads Organization constantly entertained me. I managed to note down some, listed here. If you recall having seen any more of those funny signs from BRO that are frequently seen all along the Himalayas, do post them in the comments.

Curves are blind and sharp
Drive your vehicle like playing a harp

After drinking whiskey
driving is risky

Safety on road is
safe tea at home

Know aids no aids

111 rcc tan tana tan

Don’t gossip, let him drive

Don’t be a gama
in the land of lama

Drive, don’t fly

Be gentle on my curves

Fast won’t last

If you sleep
your family will weep

Gati yane durgati

Life is short
don’t make it shorter

Enemies of the road
liquor, speed and load

Drive slower
live longer

Driving risky
after whiskey

Mountains are a pleasure
only if you drive with leisure

Life is precious
Do not waste it.

Short cut may cut short your life

Heaven or hell or mother earth
choice is yours

He who touches ninety
flies to die at nineteen

Drive on horsepower
not on rum power

It is not rally
enjoy the valley

Go fast and test our recovery
(recovery – BRO’s accident recovery vehicle)


Friday Photo: Terrace Farms

Terrace farms in the hills of TamilNadu

terrace farms


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The butchery of the banyans

T R Shankar Raman at Nature Conservation Foundation rues about ficus trees around Mysore being chopped down for road widening.

We know they are old, not from the road itself, or the people, certainly not from the speeding vehicles. We know it from the great trees growing by the side of the road for mile upon mile. These are grand Ficus trees, the fig trees we know as banyans, metres in girth and sprawling in canopy, planted and nurtured to life by some blessed soul centuries past. Today, they add the only uplifting aesthetics and rejuvenating shade to the otherwise bare and dour tar road. And yet, all along the roads, these huge, ancient, centuries-old banyan trees are now being hacked.

Read The butchery of the banyans