Then it took 1 hr (for 5 KM) to reach City Market Flyover. That stretch is completely chaotic. No Traffic control. Too many inner intersections. No road sense.
Main blame for all the chaos in the city should go to the public who drive the vehicles.
· Traffic cops conveniently standing somewhere (of course 90% of the intersections no cop at all)
· Cris -cross movement of 2 wheelers and Autos at intersections.
· Trucks and Lorries – from extreme left taking U Turn towards right side.
· City Buses not standing at Bus stops – but stopping in the middle of the road.
· The Cars honking like mad fellows. Even trying to go above 60 KM speed crossing the limits and terrorizing the rest.
Then the market flyover and Town-hall junction of 2 KM took another 1 hour because of a Religious procession.
· That was a peak hour of Saturday.
· On a Flyover Traffic Jam is dangerous.
· I saw at least 4 cars having back bumpers damaged.
· Few cars have got damaged right or left front sides.
· BMTC buses taking ride as if the roads are theirs only.
· Cars – mostly driven by soft-ware professionals or Taxis/Cabs are chaotic in the roads.
o Feeling as if they are in Formulae 1 race
o Forgetting to see the vehicles ahead – whether the left or right blinker is on
o Shouting or cursing each other.
o Thus spoiling the already horrible traffic.
The most inefficient group in this whole is the Traffic Police.
· They just leave the traffic to its fate and enjoy seeing the fun.
· Most of the places in Bangalore Traffic Junctions – the Traffic polices stand after the signal to catch the jumpers – rather standing exactly at the junction and to prevent the jumping itself.
o Thus they want to earn as much money as in the unofficial penalties form.
· At most of the manned Junctions also – they do not have the clarity or assessment of Traffic. All of a sudden they stop the left or right turns which were otherwise were existing normally.
· AS long as cops do not put sincere and honest attempt on the duty – the traffic do not improve.
The next agency to be blamed is the Government
· There are many narrow roads in Bangalore than any other Metro City in India– and Govt do not bother to widen/Tar them.
· Many flyovers started at a time and the completion takes years together. Meanwhile Public suffers a lot.
· Giving permission to processions like what has been given on 27th Feb between 3 and 10 PM on a Saturday evening at Town-hall junction – shows how irresponsible this Govt to the common man. Even Courts also support the Govt – on the pre-text “Freedom of Expression”
· All processions should be stopped at once and any one violates should be penalized with severest punishments both in terms of jail and financially.
In the whole episode and chaos it is the common and below-middle class who suffer like in any other Government action.
Every educated is satisfied with the recent Budget – but is any one bothered to look into the poorest of the poor’s issues? The middle class is happy that IT limits have been relaxed. The poor are going to get more penalties as the basic fuel prices have been increased ,which leads to increase in transportation and thus increasing all the essentials like Grocery, Vegetables, Daily commutation. As is these rates are up to sky level and now they reach to hell.
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