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Written By Vasanth - 21 May, 2008
Today morning, I came from Mysore in a bus and got down in front of the Mysore road satellite bus stop. I had parked my bike in the satellite bus stand. I had to cross the road to go to satellite bus stand. It was real horrible experience with no considerations to pedestrains and road crossings. There is no single zebra crossing to cross the Mysore road and there is no sky walk either. We have to cross the road in the middle of the traffic. Vehicles will be piled up very long and mostly buses and trucks.
I just crossed half the road and was standing on the median to cross the second half seeing on the other side which was fully crowded. A private bus came with its side fully on the median which forced all the pedestrains to get back down the median. To get down the median, we have vehicles coming from Mysore side on the back. Somehow managed to escape away.
Then there was a gap to cross the road, we all road crossers try to cross by showing the hands to vehicles to stop. Most of them crossed, I was at the end. A Swaraj mazda carrying pipes although was watching me, came close and squeezed me between a bus and his bus. I thought this is my last day. I banged the Swaraj Mazda who was further closing down and squeezing me. He was still continuing. I ran out of it like anything, but, had a sudden rushing bike. Somehow he stopped. I shouted at the Swaraj Mazda guy upfront. Everyone was just watching the scene without shouting when I was about to be squeezed. Even when I was shouting at the truck driver, nobody even bothered. This shows the concerns of our people towards others.
Mysore road especially in front of Satellite Bus Stand is a real mess without any skywalks or zebra crossings. Being young, I struggled hard. How about aged, ladies and children crossing this road? Who is that 'idiot' corporator incharge of this?
I am back alive!! Thank God.
COMMENTS
narayan82 - 21 May, 2008 - 13:44
murali772 - 21 May, 2008 - 14:16
The problem apparently is that most opinion leaders travel in chaffeur-driven cars, and can only relate to the BIAL - HAL kind of issues, and not issues like these, which in my opinion are far more important. Sorry for the generalising.
Can that change, and can City-Connect, CAF, Janaagraha, Civic, Swabhimana, Gandhigiri, PRAJA and whoever else join forces, and bring in the same level of energy, if not more, to finding solutions to these kind of problems first?
Muralidhar Rao
Naveen - 21 May, 2008 - 14:26
Sorry to hear this Vasanth & absolutely right, Mr.Murali.
All agencies seem to be involved in 'facilitating' quicker movements for chaffeur driven vehicles & the rest are going along, watching without protests.
Priorities should be for pedestrians, bicycles, public transport & then private vehicles in that order.
Here we have it lopsided: Private Vehicles, first & foremost & the only priority !
God help our city & we dont where, when & how this drama is going to end.
Sky Walks/ Pedesterian crossings needed !
kbsyed61 - 21 May, 2008 - 14:57
Vasant,
Sorry to hear about this.
I think we should just expedite our campaign for skywalks/pedesterian crossings.
Syed
George E Matthew - 21 May, 2008 - 17:20
Very correct Mr. Murlidhar Rao.
All this so called public interest activism is only for the elite-not for the common man. Please note that even the pariticipants on this forum, including me, are at least partially elite for only we have internet access.
The airpot is used by a very small number of people. The railway and bus stations are used by far more people and need far more ameneties. If so much public moeny can be spent on BIAL, a small fraction of that that be spent on all bus and railway stations.
Also remember, the BBMP runs schools and hospitals. It has a duty to run them well, just as it has aduty to provide good roads. The elites fight for good roads, but never for good schools and hospitals for the poor. Just look at what happened yesterday-lots of ppl affected by hooch tragedy died as:
- govt hospitals ran out of ventilators, and doctors were over-worked
- private hospitals refused to admit patients -SHAME ON THEM.
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