‘ Let us pause the cause of traffic congestion.’
In today’s world where everyone is so busy in their own life; they don’t have time to even wait in traffic for signal to get cleared. But that’s not where the problem is. As we Indians are famous to get adjusted with everything; if the problem would be just waiting in traffic then we would be ready to wait there but the actual problem starts with the traffic by making it as their root problem. There are several problems which are directly linked with the traffic congestion and they are like noise pollution, getting late in the emergency situation, several health related problems, etc. The city like Bengaluru which has people not only from all over India but also from the foreign countries is expected to have problem of traffic but it’s not the right sign when it’s just not remain as a problem and become issue over the small period of time. There are many government plans to control the traffic and to get the control over it but the net result seems to be null. Getting the continuous hawking noise of vehicles has become the everyday routine of Bengalureans which not only affect the health but also make us irritating daily. But apart from all these, the thing which is the consequence of traffic congestion and which makes us feel disgusting is the Ambulance getting stuck in traffic. We all can wait and it’s completely okay to be late too but what about the patient who is there in the ambulance and whose one second delay can take away his life. There is also a rule to give the way to ambulance and fire brigade; and the defaulters get punishment by the law. But the solution for this problem is ‘Humanity'; if we will understand this problem then we will get out of this problem easily.
These all are the problems which get raised due to traffic congestion but the causes which leads to the problem are the human behaviour. Everyday, we used to see the overtaking on the roads actually not everyday but every second; this is quite common on the roads of Bengaluru. Even overtaking on the one-way is the matter of prestige and pride. When there is a one-way , some extra innovative people make it two way and they do it with lot of confidence. The roads of Bengaluru seems to be the race track more than the roads and people assume themselves as the competitors in that. Most of the time, we blame the government for the drainage system which we think are the cause of problems but according to me, these things are not the problems alone. We all have seen the people making the traffic get congested by letting their vehicles to come through the wrong way, by not showing their patience instead contributing in it by blocking the other’s way. These attitudes of citizens are also the major problems for the traffic congestion. They block the way without thinking that it may lead to the severe traffic congestion again.
The worst outcome of this traffic congestion is the accident. Well it’s very shocking but though it’s true. Some of the youngsters do the red light jump to get rid of this traffic wait and as a result, they meet up with the accident. This is not only the reason but our impatience also lead to the accident.
The article begins with the theme of the busiest world and hence ,it’s the reason too for us to get into the accident. We people used to be in so hurry that we don’t even care for our safety and hence, it cost our life for our carelessness. The serious issue of traffic congestion is getting increased day by day just because of our behaviour, the improper government plans and the population.
Now there are schemes getting started to control the population too to solve one of the minor problems like traffic congestion which arises due to this. Even in the 2019 budget, our government has announced no tax on the eco- friendly vehicles ( electronic vehicles and solar vehicles). Even our government understands the seriousness of this issue and that’s why they keep saying that we should use public transport instead of the private vehicles, which not just stop the increasing pollution but also help a lot in controlling the increased traffic.
Now all these are the individuals' approach more than the governmental to overcome this issue of traffic congestion but this doesn’t mean that the government has no responsibility over this. Actually, it’s the government who can eradicate this problem by the means of their effective schemes. We all have seen the construction of roads during the rainy season which not only block the roads but also led the traffic to get raised to its height. These construction works should be done before rainy season to avoid the drainage overflow and disruptions caused on the roads but this is the laziness of our politicians that they don’t awake at time. This problem is stick to the particular season but apart from this, due to the improper roads, the traffic problems continue to be there for all the 12 months of the year. The politicians make the road with such a low quality cement that it just get improper over the span of 1-2 months. This improper road is the problem to drive and also acts as the cause of the accident. In addition to this ,it also cause a lot of problems to the patient who travel from one place to the another by car or bike.
The traffic gets congested and so as our life. It’s totally difficult for us to go out sometimes as we feel irritated to tolerate this traffic. So much of noise, so much of traffic, so much of delay and so much of tensions. There is a urgent need to overcome this problem as it is getting increased day by day. Before it become so late for us to take over this problem and before this problem take over us, we have to solve it at any cost. We all should start developing the habit of using public transport instead of the personal ones as it will slow down the increasing rate of traffic congestion and also reduce the increased rate of the usage of non- renewable products like petrol and diesel. As more the vehicles, more the traffic. Along with this, it’s the prime duty of traffic police to control the traffic by doing his best and even we should follow all the traffic rules in order to avoid the traffic congestion. We should not block the way and also not overtake the other vehicles ,even we should have that courtesy and humanity to let help the others by giving the way to the ambulance, fire brigade, etc.
Right now, many traffic rules are getting published daily in the newspaper for our awareness along with that the administration is getting so strict to punish the defaulters. The slow moving traffic is also affordable but completely wasting so much time in traffic is not tolerable and if something is in our hand in order to reduce it, we should definitely do it. Because this will not only improvise our life but also help us to grow as a better individual in life as we have become so uncontrollable, angry, disgusting and feel irritated all the time, these things also affect our personalities as continue growing up with this turn us into the bad person. Hence, we should stop being adjusted and help to control the traffic congestion by both individually and through government schemes as well.
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Bengaluru Traffic. Image Source: www.fakingnews.com
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A Write Up by,
Aakriti Sharma
BMS College For Women, Bengaluru
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