Monday, April 12, 2010

Confessions of an Auto Ricshaw Wallah !

Hello folks

Radiance, Positivity, Feel Good elements will always rule your lives...amen

How were the weekends...well mine were a little hectic with having to roam the whole of Kalkaji, New Delhi for the location of the store dealing in computers and laptops where i had gone to pick up my laptop for the assignments back at the institute were getting on my head ... am relieved now! 

Well yesterday while coming back to the Pragati Maidan metro station from Kalkaji on a Auto rickshaw i had some startling revelations from its driver.

The Driver Mr. Rakesh Shrama from whom i also exchanged the contact number for future reference and as a source said that auto rickshaws simply are at a loss while going for the fare as per meter standards but they are forced to increase their fares...

He simply did not go for government bashing but inputted that both the public as well as the administration are to be blamed..

I queried that what should be the solution to such disorder and chaos rampant in the traffic life of the city of hearts that Delhi is!

He said that there should be blue lines marked on one strip of the street that would be representing or standing for the vehicles as buses and other yellow lines for cars and other private vehicles coupled with red lines for motorcycles as well...

He added that Motorcycles are replacing bicycles on the street and because of the rash driving of the motorcyclists they meet with a probable accident..

Making the conversation enlightening... he went on to say that The corridor that the Shiela Dikshit government had innovated for the buses to ply on were not used...He said that the passengers are meant to stand at the margin or demarcated specific corridor's sides which serve as the bus stand but as they are used to stand in the earlier place, making old habits die hard!

In Such a situation the only ray of hope being the Chalaan or imposing of fine of both to the passengers and the bus driver should be imposed so that out of the fear of fine being imposed they will adhere to the norms...

He also said that the so-called rich people in plush vehicles should also be fined for flouting traffic rules not only a poor cart puller and a rickshaw puller and so on and so forth...

He also said that pedestrians should be fined for crossing the roads in a wrong manner causing nuisance to the  vehicles plying. Then accidents are cut that way, he went on to say...

He also said that pedestrians should be encouraged to use the subways and went on to add at this juncture: that there is no wrong with the pedestrians not using these alternate means for the subways have already got a bad name as to be frequented  by goons, chain snatchers, drunkards, rapists etc.

Drunk People should be fined immediately if he/she is causing a trouble in civic life...

He had this to say for this lot who seem to drink like a fish and lose all balance of mind in the process...

He said that the gates of the Subway entrance as well as exits should have a armed guard posted so that anti-social elements, hardened criminals shouldn't be encouraged to have their own way...

Thus the slur attached to the subways will be washed away...

The traffic law in a bottom line should be meant for all Indians

It was an interesting encounter..enlightening et al..

I from my side think if there is unison amongst the traffic or road transport bodies unions , Public Interest Litigation( PIL) filed in these regard so as to change the metro's traffic scenario and lots of newspaper and magazine reporting done on the issue a change is bound to come...

Folks what do you think of it, pour in your intelligence, inputs, views, opinions etc...we all nedd our fellow Indians help...

Satyameva Jayate


Read : Truth Shall Prevail


Safety for Public, Safety for the Nation...


Cheers to all

 








 


1 comment:

Meichi said...

Enlightened! I've always believed,one can always find a better perspective from a common man.We get to learn a lot from them.Voices should be heard!!