Wah re bengalooru
Back to blogging after a long hiatus ...
In the past couple of months when I had been extremely busy, I had the chance of travelling outside Bangalore on a few occasions. And this time for a change it was in a bus. While travelling I realised the truth in the saying "A nation is as developed as its roads."
The national highway that connects Bangalore and Hyderabad is so very well done you wont feel any bumps and can have a very peaceful sleep even when travelling in a bus [ the hi-tech, non-volvo type of buses ]. Its a huge 6 lane road all along very neatly done.
There are quite a few other roads that connect Bangalore to other neighbouring states. Most of these roads are state highways. I was shocked to see the condition of these roads. They are so pathetic that no vehicle travelling on it can be in a good condition after a ride. The condition of the people travelling in those vehicles is beyond imagination and are left to the mercy of the driver's maneuvering skills on how best he can find the path with the least number of bumps. What was disheartening to see was that the roads were in this condition even as close as 30 kms near to Bangalore.
It goes to show the extent of neglection of the authorities. When they are not bothered to fix these things about 30 kms away from Bangalore, imagine the plight of the people living 300 to 400 kms away from Bangalore !!!
Everyone has problems with the crumbling infrastructure in Bangalore and all the money is being poured to fix this, as if this is the only place in the entire state that has problems. Even after all this fire fighting by the authorities, the people end up wasting their time stuck up in huge traffic jams.
In the same trip that i travelled on that pathetic state highway, it was such a relief to find our bus making less noise when we were near Bangalore. Within 15 minutes of this pleasure, we were welcomed to Bangalore with a traffic jam at a railway crossing !!! To cross that small stretch of 0.5 kms, we had to wait 30 minutes in the bus that was moving slower than a snail. I really pity the bus drivers who first have to drive the noisy bus on those pathetic state highways and then counter with such rude and senseless traffic jams. No wonder, these bus drivers are being taught meditation to have their emotions in control.
In the past couple of months when I had been extremely busy, I had the chance of travelling outside Bangalore on a few occasions. And this time for a change it was in a bus. While travelling I realised the truth in the saying "A nation is as developed as its roads."
The national highway that connects Bangalore and Hyderabad is so very well done you wont feel any bumps and can have a very peaceful sleep even when travelling in a bus [ the hi-tech, non-volvo type of buses ]. Its a huge 6 lane road all along very neatly done.
There are quite a few other roads that connect Bangalore to other neighbouring states. Most of these roads are state highways. I was shocked to see the condition of these roads. They are so pathetic that no vehicle travelling on it can be in a good condition after a ride. The condition of the people travelling in those vehicles is beyond imagination and are left to the mercy of the driver's maneuvering skills on how best he can find the path with the least number of bumps. What was disheartening to see was that the roads were in this condition even as close as 30 kms near to Bangalore.
It goes to show the extent of neglection of the authorities. When they are not bothered to fix these things about 30 kms away from Bangalore, imagine the plight of the people living 300 to 400 kms away from Bangalore !!!
Everyone has problems with the crumbling infrastructure in Bangalore and all the money is being poured to fix this, as if this is the only place in the entire state that has problems. Even after all this fire fighting by the authorities, the people end up wasting their time stuck up in huge traffic jams.
In the same trip that i travelled on that pathetic state highway, it was such a relief to find our bus making less noise when we were near Bangalore. Within 15 minutes of this pleasure, we were welcomed to Bangalore with a traffic jam at a railway crossing !!! To cross that small stretch of 0.5 kms, we had to wait 30 minutes in the bus that was moving slower than a snail. I really pity the bus drivers who first have to drive the noisy bus on those pathetic state highways and then counter with such rude and senseless traffic jams. No wonder, these bus drivers are being taught meditation to have their emotions in control.
Yeah..heard from a lot of ppl abt the crumbling infrastructure...classic example of our mentality of letting everything go to drains first and then start to fix the problem..
ReplyDeletei guess the drivers need to learn a lot more than mere meditation for all that they have to go thru...!
ReplyDeletekeep blogging!