Can anyone show me the light at the end of the tunnel ??

Though not a pessimist, cynic (at least, not yet) or a doomsayer(god forbid), I sometimes despair at the condition of the NCR. Dug up roads, traffic mismanagement, long snarls,virtually no parking spaces, a fine Metro network already down on it's knees due to overcrowding, abysmal lack of manners,civic sense & good behaviour of the public. With over 5000 people reaching Delhi from other states in search of a livelihood and over 1000 vehicles being added on the roads just in Delhi, we are soon reaching a 'bursting at the seams' situation here.

But does anyone care?

I long for the 'long drives' we used to go for (even till the late nineties). People of my generation will understand the joy of 'hanging out at Jumbo Point watching jetliners fly over our heads and the wide open spaces of the capital, vis-a-vis other metros in India, we used to brag & feel proud about. Alas!

The economic upturn has bought in more money and a most inappropriate & misplaced bravado for many misguided souls who think money is a cure for everything. They break traffic rules with impunity (and teach the little child sitting next to them the same set of rules & ethics), drive drunken, pick up fights & misbehave on the roads at the slightest pretexts and provocation, etc.

And what to talk of the uneducated? Spitting on the roads and peeing in public is 'normal' for these pathetic excuses for mankind! Sigh!

Yesterday, a friend had posted a positive piece on the RTE and I agreed with him wholeheartedly but I sometimes wonder whether that's going to be enough.

Who will teach people good manners and civic sense? Surely, a lot needs to be done! I talk about the NCR because this is where I stay but I am sure this is a universal problem all over the country. Is this 'disorder' going to be the new order of the day? Will we witness 'Pedestrian traffic jams' in the near future or is there any hope?

Did someone say, "wait till the CWG are over"?

I don't know.....I really don't know!

Can anyone show me the light at the end of the tunnel?