Slow India

I was just wondering one fine day why are we so slow in everything. It takes me almost more than half an hour to reach my office & the distance is merely 12km. I wouldn't mind to travel even an hour if my office was 60km far from my place but half hour for 12km is too much. It gets me irritated when my foot touches break more than accelerator. I know there are some who would say "half hour for 12km is very fast. It takes us 1 hour atleast." But then your being even slower doesn't make me fast. It just shows you are slower than me.

I live in Ludhiana (Punjab). The city is changing its face at a speed now. It's getting commercialized... Malls, Malls & Malls everywhere with no parking spaces. No parking boards everywhere & few cars parked under those boards. Punjab govt started making a road bridge some 6-8 years back which was supposed to connect some 5-6 major areas of the city. Everybody thought this would change the entire road infrastructure of the city & government was doing just fine to solve the upcoming traffic problems. The project faced more than few problems & finally the bridge was ready in some 6-8 years after many work halts. Everybody just wanted to ride their car on the bridge but what the hell.....

The Road bridge takes off from some places in the city but is nowhere joining the bridge. The bridge just couldn't be executed as planned due to some planning mistakes. This is just the first hand Punjabi experience & you are yet to see more. The bridge which was finally made doesn't divert even 2% of traffic. Bridge roads are as empty as water taps in drought area. The bridge passes through a very narrow area the road is almost touching many houses & their windows. Side walls are too small to be called safe & I have myself seen a bike slipping & biker falling down from bridge. Another major work that was undertaken gets into great words of appreciation. One needs to take a U turn & go on wrong side to get to the FOCAL POINT Road bridge. The great execution of this projects are golden words for congress government that was recently kicked out in assembly election. To fullfil their remaining dreams, Akali govt has decided to start METRO RAIL Project. Oh God, save us.

What makes me even happier is that everyday when i go to office or come back home, i see one car, truck standing just in the middle of the road & hindering the entire traffic. I wnoder why their cars always stop just in the middle of the road. Why can't they just park it on road side, even if there is some problem.

Many traffic lights in our city turn red to indicate they are working. They never signal green due to fused bulbs. there is so much of infrastructure problem that sometimes it seems to me as if the government is trying to slow down each & every person. As if the govt is stopping us by working against the common man