Dehradun, April 15 -- Now that the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway has been inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the travel time between the two cities will be reduced to around two and a half hours. This is, of course, a huge advantage in many ways. It is not just that travel will become easier and more convenient, there will also be considerable savings in freight rates for commercial enterprises. It will be possible now, theoretically speaking, to go to Delhi from Dehradun for a meeting or family event and return on the same day with considerable ease.
However, there are still several issues that people will have to cope with. First and foremost traffic conditions at the two ends of the Expressway are expected to get worse with the in...