Hyderabad:
In one of the biggest metropolitan cities in South India and densely populated
city of Hyderabad, 85,000 people were booked for driving on the wrong side.
There is still three months to go in the abominable year of 2020; the figure
could very well cross the 1 lakh mark if the last year’s figure was any
indication.
With a high
immigration rate from central Indian states and districts from both Telangana
and Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad is a crowded mess Add to the mess, a huge IT
corridor, humongous real-estate projects under construction across the city.
The result is a daily unmitigated disaster. Despite Hyderabad Traffic Patrols
constant patrols in high-traffic areas and a large number of bookings for
violating traffic rules, travelling around Hyderabad or even walking on the
roads became a dangerous venture.
On any given
day, people can be seen riding motorcycles without helmets, car drivers without
seatbelt in place, vehicles going at reckless speed became a common sight in
the city. The densely populated areas in India are not a recent phenomenon. The
gradual rise in population rates had seen India occupied by citizens so
densely. But, in the event of crowding and heavy traffic, it would be in the
best interests of people if everybody follows the traffic rules to a T. Traffic
rules should be enforced more stringently and awareness should be increased in
populace for prevention of road accidents. A death in a family due to a road
accident can tear a family apart and all individuals who take the road should
keep that in mind.
