Traffic Tamasha
It is a practice that I travel at a speed of 12.5 Kms an hour on a normal working day at @ 0730 Hrs in Bangalore to my office. It is a pity that I see (many a times I don’t see) the flip side of Bangalore traffic police during my travel time . The cops are either not to be found at the busiest intersection or they are found trying to make some quick bucks from the early birds who err. One of the most painful arterial roads in Bangalore – the stretch from BTM layout to Bellandur cross roads have very few cops all over to man the traffic. It has a whole lot of people who man the traffic and they are not cops. How is it possible? See it to believe yourself. The traffic can flow here from left and right and no intervals… And the reality to the jam is not the volume of traffic but the way it is manned. I am sure Bangalore is no match to the volume of traffic in either Mumbai or Delhi and why is it such an impossible feat for the cops to manage this?
We take an hour and a half to complete a stretch of 1 .2 Kms and the reason for such a jam was unknown to any of us. We could always blame a politician for such causes and defenitely not when there is no government in place in Karnataka. I saw an ambulance trying its level best to manage the way out but after a few minutes the lights were turned off in the ambulance possibly the patient passed away!!! Thanks to you all cops and my fellow citizens.
I find it a criminal waste to part with over 30% of my salary to the income tax department and the government and I find it unacceptable to part with 50% of my time to the Bangalore Traffic jam which is not very interesting either. The reason is that there is no synergy between the cops, the PWD and other civil bodies. Beware of the BIAL all you frequent travelers!!! We are all in for more trouble there.
Is this the city we all want to live in? which has more problems and very few convenience and no solutions. The stretch that I was referring to has erring BMTC buses, always errant Auto rickshaws, never to be seen cops, affluently erring office mini buses and fleeing away with attitude of the call centre and BPO cabs. I am not sure if the traffic police even has time to see / review this. The road from BTM layout water tank to silk board. The road from Silk Borad to Bellandur Road has two lanes or Lorries loaded with sand and other construction material 24/7 and it is unbelievable that the cops are not party to it…
We as citizens can only help the cops and here in Bangalore and the saddest part is that the cops are not reachable to citizens at all. There is no official website for the cops which allow the citizens to interact with them and share their views for the improvement of the situation. In fact Bangalore is the only city in the world which has disproportionate traffic jam to the traffic we have. Information technology is not the solution to this problem – in fact it is simple intelligent thinking that can reduce the problem by half and a great deal of problems reduced by citizens participating I would be glad to help the cops if they need assistance in participating for a pilot project where I can assure success. To ensure success we need more citizens volunteering with the greasy system we live in – it could be one last effort from all of us.
Finally I reach home at 2115 Hrs i.e. my speed is almost 8 Kms an hour. Is it really such an unmanageable situation that we all are in? If need be let the cops seeks assistance from experts in the country and of all people lets get Kiran Bedi involved and say that the citizens are not quiet and we can participate in improving our own lives…
The roads for sure need some maintenance and better flow of traffic. The corporates need to participate and most importantly we need the cops to manage the traffic at the moment of truth and tell the world that they are capable as well.
The extract of this BLOG was published in Bangalore Mirror on 18 April 2008 Bangalore Mirror is a 48 page supplement published by Times of India.
We take an hour and a half to complete a stretch of 1 .2 Kms and the reason for such a jam was unknown to any of us. We could always blame a politician for such causes and defenitely not when there is no government in place in Karnataka. I saw an ambulance trying its level best to manage the way out but after a few minutes the lights were turned off in the ambulance possibly the patient passed away!!! Thanks to you all cops and my fellow citizens.
I find it a criminal waste to part with over 30% of my salary to the income tax department and the government and I find it unacceptable to part with 50% of my time to the Bangalore Traffic jam which is not very interesting either. The reason is that there is no synergy between the cops, the PWD and other civil bodies. Beware of the BIAL all you frequent travelers!!! We are all in for more trouble there.
Is this the city we all want to live in? which has more problems and very few convenience and no solutions. The stretch that I was referring to has erring BMTC buses, always errant Auto rickshaws, never to be seen cops, affluently erring office mini buses and fleeing away with attitude of the call centre and BPO cabs. I am not sure if the traffic police even has time to see / review this. The road from BTM layout water tank to silk board. The road from Silk Borad to Bellandur Road has two lanes or Lorries loaded with sand and other construction material 24/7 and it is unbelievable that the cops are not party to it…
We as citizens can only help the cops and here in Bangalore and the saddest part is that the cops are not reachable to citizens at all. There is no official website for the cops which allow the citizens to interact with them and share their views for the improvement of the situation. In fact Bangalore is the only city in the world which has disproportionate traffic jam to the traffic we have. Information technology is not the solution to this problem – in fact it is simple intelligent thinking that can reduce the problem by half and a great deal of problems reduced by citizens participating I would be glad to help the cops if they need assistance in participating for a pilot project where I can assure success. To ensure success we need more citizens volunteering with the greasy system we live in – it could be one last effort from all of us.
Finally I reach home at 2115 Hrs i.e. my speed is almost 8 Kms an hour. Is it really such an unmanageable situation that we all are in? If need be let the cops seeks assistance from experts in the country and of all people lets get Kiran Bedi involved and say that the citizens are not quiet and we can participate in improving our own lives…
The roads for sure need some maintenance and better flow of traffic. The corporates need to participate and most importantly we need the cops to manage the traffic at the moment of truth and tell the world that they are capable as well.
The extract of this BLOG was published in Bangalore Mirror on 18 April 2008 Bangalore Mirror is a 48 page supplement published by Times of India.
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