Stone abutment on Roads..

This is sure peril for motorists and in cases for even passenger cars. There are crucial roads where one can easily find such misplaced bricks lying on the road, making already arduous "city drive" a dangerous one too. Observing a little more, I realised these stones were put just to shift the traffic hotspot to a farther spot.

Taking wrong side drive for a shorter distance or driving through one way is common for our country men, one can not be surprised to see such behaviour these days especially at the record high gas prices and scorching subcontinent summer. Concrete bricks that are small enough to be moved by just limbs of a two wheeler rider, forms the mode of abutment between lanes.

Will the concerned department take care to atleast put steel barricades instead of such dangerous stones, despite the increase in steel price (Start believing life is costlier than some cheap steal) ? Even the traffic officials who redirect or stop such violating vehicles are disdained by drivers. What is holding officials to charge a ticket to these violators when they could catch helmet defaulters so vigorously. Can one wearing helmet being hurled by such a violating vehicle overcome life danger ?

It would have been applaudable if choosing flyover/overbridge spots happened effectively - in terms of time and place. Also, with about almost 20,000 individuals commuting per day on average to various software companies on the IT highway/OMR, it would be wiser to have some sort of mass transportation like Metro or express highways/busses.

I could hear the reader uttering when I would stop fretting about pandemic traffic woes.

Ridiculous, Mr. President !

Certainly, the comment of US President Mr. Bush over raising food prices, has kindled controversy - in the Asia, in particular . Earlier, US President reasoned increasing prosperity of the Asian countries viz., China and India, has caused in soaring food prices in the world. In detail, he explains it as the increasing demand of the "quality food" from the India and China as the leading cause for the global inflation.

Supporting facts of this argument could be : 1) More airline users in India since the last decade, leading to increase in demand for turbine gas 2) More cars on roads, there are still many nations believing Indians ride on bullock carts 3) Increase in education level, leading to nutrition awareness.

This is infact an unnecessary comment in a situation of US Economy recession that had resulted due to millions of US $ spent on Wars and measures to check and fight terrorism. States is still one of the leading nations using bio gas and hosting leading manufactures of cars that use bio gas. It is surprising how Mr. President has not taken into consideration, the increase in bio gas utilization. There is an unpredictable change in local weather conditions due to reasons like Global warming that had affected in the food production globally. Considering the age and importance, still agricultural industry is growing at a much lesser pace compared to technology or communications industries that it is fighting to meet the ends up, which is proven by the UN food reserves.