Today’s newspapers had a headline on its business pages saying that the sales of a car maker jumped 17% in December 2010. Another headline today was that 20 new models to hit road in 2011. Now, I am wondering if we really should rejoice over these news items.
As it is our roads are choked with traffic. And this situation is not only in the metro cities but all the state capitals and even in smaller towns. These traffic snarls have led to the environmental deterioration, have led to road rages; we have been reading news of fights over parking space and to top all this we have seen deaths on roads, because of accidents, rising every day.
Can one imagine the toll these vehicles are taking on the health of each one of us. The exhaust from the vehicles is not the only culprit. What about the mental tension one has while driving today?
Yes, our economy is rising with more vehicles being produced, with more people getting jobs but all this at what cost?
I am of the opinion that we should produce more public transport vehicles – be it the buses or the metro trains. Better public transport for the people will surely help in reducing the number of vehicles on city roads.
1 comment:
The are two segments of commuters. One that use Cars and other that uses Public means of Transport.In Mumbai it overlaps as driving is more stressful and time consuming vis-a-vis local trains. The solution hence lies in providing BETTER means of Public Transport,which shall encourage the car users to migrate to Public means of Transport. IT HAS TO BE FASTER AND LESS STRENUOUS as compared to Private Cars.
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