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| Road Discipline Appeal by Top Cop on Facebook | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Sept 12: An appeal from city's top traffic cop to consider the Commonwealth Games as an opportunity to improve road discipline has evoked a range of responses from citizens -- from angry reactions on delayed projects to expressions of disappointment over poor upkeep of roads. In his post on Delhi Traffic Police's Facebook page, Special Commissioner Ajay Chadha said one should consider the Games as an opportunity, rather than an inconvenience, to improve the discipline on the roads. "I am sure we will come out of the experience with a resolve to make a difference on Delhi roads for all times to come," he said. "If we are true to ourself, there should be no hesitation in admitting that observance of traffic rules in Delhi needs a lot of improvement. Such improvement cannot be brought about by Traffic Police alone without the active cooperation of each and every citizen," he added. But his comments opened a flood of angry reactions on the networking site with respondents deploring the poor road conditions, corruption in Games and ill-trained staff.
Netizen Anmol Behl wrote angrily, "I have noticed that only the roads on which the CWG traffic will be travelling are being repaired. This is racism by our own people. For foreigners, they want clear roads and clean air and for that the government will shut down the whole city."
He goes on to suggest that the authorities are trying to show foreigners a Delhi "that does not exist" and that it deserves a non-cooperation movement like that of Mahatma Gandhi's.
Another writer Neha Gupta was more sympathetic announcing her support for Chadha's initiative saying she loves Delhi and cooperation was not a problem. "However, you should also repair the roads which are now in state of only potholes and no roads....! Inconvenience is due to work half done and roads not being repaired...Not because of CWG."
Chirag Goel writes that he is waiting to see the scenario once the Games is over and hopes all "efforts, sincerity and dedication" do not vanish after the events.
Another netizen Pranjal Bordoloi does not find any point in supporting an event, "no matter how big it may be", if it results in inconvenience and heightened inflation for the common man and more corruption in the system.
Sanjay Bhargava complains that Old Delhi is being neglected by civic authorities and even by police as traffic is a chaos there. He says that no country can be proud if it cannot take care of its heritage, which is in abundance in the walled city.
Offering support, Sumantra Dutt asks Chadha in his post on the Facebook page why cooperation is always one-sided and what is police giving the public in return.
Dutt asks, "Is it not your responsibility to also take civic authorities to task when they keep roads dug up for months and to ensure prompt removal of traffic bottlenecks?"
Mrinal Jha suggests that police should be "very strict" all the days and not during the Games only.
"There will be less chaos if cops manage regular traffic and remove all debris and encroachments from main routes," he says.
An emphasis on lane driving is what another netizen Anuj Goyal vouch for.
In a post, Siddhartha Mishra asks whether "co-operation" was another word for suffering by common citizens.
"How we are supposed to co-operate with traffic control measures imported from cities which have 40 per cent of the population of Delhi and NCR and much better public transport?" Mishra, who claims that he is forced to use a car for safety where a motorcycle would have sufficed, says.
Kshijit Sood wrote that Chadha can seek cooperation because he "don't face any problems" on Delhi roads like being stranded in traffic snarls as he is the main traffic cop.
Echoing him, Jaspreet Singh Oberoi says, "Mr Chadha co-operation of 'aam admi' should not be a problem. He has no choice either. However, I would request you sir to take your personal car and visit the roads when the trial runs are going on so that you can feel the pain of aam admi."
Anil Sood considers the Games as an opportunity but his past experiences indicate that such opportunities were "nothing but money spinning machine" for a select few while "a living hell" for the general public because nothing improves thereafter.
"I have not forgotten the mess created after Asiad 1982 in particular myopic development. The classic example of myopic planning is shifting of traffic movement on flyover from Vasant Vihar towards Gurgaon that in fact was constructed for traffic from Gurgaon to Delhi," he says.
Himanshu Aggarwal suggests for real improvement in the way Delhiites drive, "first change the way driving licences are given to every buffoon who applies for it."
"Eighty per cent people don't even have a clue about traffic rules and regulations except for knowing that they have to stop at red light and run at green," he says. |
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