Bangalore..the silicon valley of india,also known for its beauty and climate is now getting crowded & poluted day by day.I am sure days are not far,when people in b'lore will spend more time on roads(facing traffic) then at their workplace/home.
I know the count of s/w ppl is increasing rapidly but we cannot curse the IT people only for traffic problems,even the bad roads and improper infrastructure has creating great menance.The number of flyovers or under pathways developed recently are just enough to make traffic move from 0.1 km/hr to 0.5 km/hr but if u are 1 km ahead or before the flyover,you will again find a bottleneck.On top of this,govt. has made a number of roads as one way.This has created a hell lot of confusion for people.
When i came to b'lore,i was happy to see traffic police wala's well dressed up with white color cow boy cap being posted at various places,but as time passed,i never saw them making general public to follow rules strictly.If they catch up people breaking rules and make them to follow them,surely the traffic and accident nuisance can be reduced to good extend.Take example ofbeautiful city chandigarh...i have been there for 2 years,i know its well planned but still traffic police are very strict to rules(though they also mint money from people for breaking rules:-) ),atleast things work fine.
Ahaah...i should not miss out james bond of b'lore roads...guess who are they?..Auto rickshaw wala's.I am sure they will qualify for F1 race,as they can manage to drive fast on such congested and crowded roads.It seems auto driver gets all rights of road as they get their driving license and also they have to strictly follow the rule of breaking laws.If by chance,u bang your vechile into them,then you will be treated as culprit.
Funny part with them is if you hire a auto-rickshaw in b'lore,they will always ask for double charges by giving reason "Saab,auto wahan saa khaalle ayaga"i.e after dropping you to your destination,auto will have to come back without any passenger.Thats really gud trick to ask for more money and some how they will manage to get Rs 10 from you by saying"boss khushi sa da do"i.e give me 10 rupees more with your will.
Yuck..auto prices have touched the sky level and on the top they expect us to be happy and give them more money,if that was the case we would have bought our own vechile(that again will increase no of vehiles on roads) ...probably auto itself:-)
This traffic nuisance has caused a lot of problems to pedestial who always have to cross the road as if they are playing some death well game.
It was nice to see local buses here,where you have reserved seat for ladies.These provides cheap medium of transport to comman man...but now a days buses are crowded as if there is some partition time going on and they have to leave the city immediatly even by hanging around the giant devil(dont care for the precious life).
Seriously karnataka govt. should stop thinking now and get started with quick work.They should allow IT infrastructure to be developed out of the city with proper residencial and complexies.Heavy vehiles should not be allowed at crucial timings .Every companies can provide there own transport(buses)which will be safer and better medium.
Traffic police should wake up and force people to follow rules...i hope then we will no more have any james bond in real life but only in reel life.
Things are difficult to apply in one shot but step by step things can be improved...lets hope to see b'lore a more better and beautiful place to live:-)
3 comments:
moi too HATE the autowalas in blore... :-X
Bangalore can't be compared to Chandigarh. Infact no city can be compared since CHand. is a planned city. And there's a limit to what traffic wallas can do. Apart from bribes, Ive pretty much been impressed with those guys... but infrastrucutre is an entirely differnent issue...
Vanilla:thnxs
Govar:I was just comparing the policy that traffic police ppl follow in chand. and there benefits...though you are right that we cannot compare two cities.
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