choker

On one of the busiest connections between Delhi and Mumbai is a place called Bharuch, in Gujarat state.The tons of traffic, especially heavy containers moving up and down boosting the ever growing economy of the country is the life line for many companies.The Golden quadrilateral ,the pet road project which started a few years ago and a game changer that improved the face of transport route across the country is the best thing that happened to this country.

All this worked well and the traffic surged, occupying the 6 lanes carting volumes of goods daily.But, all good things choke and as usual the administration adds flavor to it.Bharuch has a bridge section and the need of the hour is to route all the traffic in a disciplined manner in the constriction through which the traffic has to pass.Now, we Indians are extremely busy and have no time for ourselves and care two hoots for others!!!The impatience that prevails in the minds of most Indians , then comes to the fore and that leads to CHAOS!!!Every guy almost takes off in all possible directions in his prized 4 and 2/3 wheelers, except the fields of sugarcane and cotton ( thank god, or the economy would have been crushed!!!).
Now since no one wants to wait, what otherwise would take 15 odd minutes, messes up 2 hours plus of 5000 plus Indian Commuters every day almost, on an otherwise fantastic expressway.What a shame!

Then one gets a brainwave and takes the side lanes through the city trying to get across over the GOLDEN bridge built by the British( thanks to the queen)which is over 150 years old .The only issue being single lane traffic,one has to drive with side view mirrors collapsed and praying so that you reach the other side without a scrape.Looks good and you start off to find that there too everyone decided the same as you:((.There again comes my brother Indian, and rushes into an imaginary space trying to reach first at the starting blocks.This in turn jams the on coming traffic and there we go.............a mess!!!People in India love a snack called Chaat Masala, and ragda puri.Thats what happens in this traffic jam.They love to bask in there.Why this kolaveri-di????????

After a big ordeal you some how get across, high beams, a broken down mobike on the bridge, a absolute hyper driver measuring every gap between 2 cars as he drove,created enough excitement to somehow reach the main trunk route .

WOW .Guess what this has been happening for months now and every body screams and we keep getting habituated to still keep doing the same.B'cos, we Indians believe in being constant-and Change is constant.So we keep changing lanes, if we don't get one we create lanes.CREATIVITY AT ITS BEST, WHERE NOT REQUIRED.

who knows at this pace we might import another bridge from the UK and install it aside the golden bridge as a solution.