It is a narrow gap in the Mini Forest, and any cars parked in that area causes a blockage for the passage of other vehicles. So, at this spot, having a "No Parking" sign is logical.
But some people seem not to read the "No" in that sign….
What’s the use of complaining about indiscipline when we are all equally guilty?
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The infuriating hit and run Porsche case in Pune, is still on people’s minds, and now another case of hit an run, this time in Mumbai’s Worli, hit headlines, raising serious questions about road safety. Mihir Shah, son of a Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) leader, is accused of hitting a couple on a scooter and dragging the wife on the bonnet of the car instead of stopping the car, resulting in her death. He has been arrested and sent to judicial custody. Victim’s husband, on a video, said that if the driver of the vehicle had stopped the car, his…
Last month, news reports emerged of ticketed passengers stranded at Chennai Central railway station. They carried bonafide tickets for seats on a train bound for Howrah, but discovered that unauthorised travellers had occupied their coaches; it is said that people began to board the train even as the railcars were entering the platform so that the sleeper coaches were full by the time they made a stop at the station. According to a report in The Hindu, ticketless passengers had not only overrun the reserved coaches but also blocked walkways with their luggage, making it impossible for those who had…
We have, as a society, degenerated to unbelievable lows. We complain incessantly about garbage not being cleared, traffic jams, corruption – at the same time, throw our own household waste recklessly. We think nothing of flinging the used polystyrene saucer on the road after eating bhel / fruit salad. We thoughtlessly throw biscuit wrappers outside someone else’s gate. We break queues and get ahead of everyone else. We break all traffic rules and bribe the policeman. We care nothing for other drivers and are rude to pedestrians. And of course, spitting and urinating on walls is a national pastime!
Let us stop bragging about our 5000 year old heritage till we set things right in our country today.