{"id":19244,"date":"2025-11-14T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/2025\/11\/14\/there-is-no-place-to-rest-highway-amenities\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T12:48:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:48:00","slug":"there-is-no-place-to-rest-highway-amenities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/2025\/11\/14\/there-is-no-place-to-rest-highway-amenities\/","title":{"rendered":"There is no place to rest | Highway amenities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-size: 58px;\"><b>G<\/b><\/span><\/span>Cyril Nair, a senior software executive based in Urugram, was on his way to Jaisalmer with his family when his young son cried out desperately just an hour into the new, gated highway. \u201cDad, I need to pee.\u201d They were in the middle of nowhere, seemingly nowhere. Ominous clouds thundered overhead and torrential rain beat down on the windshield. 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