Monday, January 3, 2011

Traffic in Mumbai. Who Bothers?

Travel on Mumbai Roads is Nightmare. A nightmare in the daytime. I used to travel by Car from Gokuldham-Goregaon (E) to Bandra (E), from 1991 to 2000, on the Western Express Highway. Then there were no Flyovers. There were numerous traffic Signals and it used to take about 1 Hour. In the year 2000, construction started on several Flyovers and it was a kind of torture but then we tolerated with the hope of a brighter tomorrow, hoping that the traffic sitution would improve as there would be no traffic signals. But the travel still took the same time. In 2004 we shifted to Thakur Complex, Kandivili (East). The work on Flyovers North of Goregaon started only in 2004 and again the Travel became a torture, with the roads getting widened. The Hills were being using a Chiesel (Practically) and it took years to cut the hill and widening the roads and making concrete roads and then making the flyovers, all at snails pace. Actully, even a snail would be faster that the speed of the work that was going on.
Then came the famous Skywalk project. Construction of a few small structures was undertaken with least regard to the inconvenience to the citizens. NObody Bothered, Really!
Now, the travel from Thkur Complex Signal to Kherwadi Signal is without a Signal and it takes 1 Hour of travel by the new gen Car.
From 1991 to 2011. In 20 years not a minute of improvement.
Is this the Nation that we say is shining...
A City where the Concrete Road cannot be made flat and has got bumps..
Now, the Big Question is Why THERE is no improvement.
When I analyse, day after day...I zero down the reason to indiscipline. The indiscipline of each road user. Especially the Auto Rickshaws and the Mobikes.
The Old 'khadkhad' Autos on their CNG Engines do not have enough power to move but they keep their Rickshaws in the middle of the Road thus blocking the traffic.
If these Rickshaws become concerned enough and disciplines enough to the fellow travellers, then they must drive in a lane system and must take to the Left most lane so that every body moves smoothly and the traffic moves smoothly and the expenditure on Flyovers is justified.
To be continued....

2 comments:

guide said...

advice:

travel by public/cooperated transport without extra baggage

SANJAY said...

tion sought throught RTI against systematic curreption