Archive for January, 2007
The President’s Visit!
The President of India is visiting Hyderabad today! I’m not sure for what purpose. May be he will talk about developing India, and motivate children. Good for him. Bad for me!
How is his visit Bad for Me? Ha…so here it is.
He is going to come early in the morning today. And will be taken over to the guest house, through a wonderful route! The protocol says that the Governor (if he is fine and existing), and the Chief Minister, along with the Speaker of State Legislative Assembly should all be present to welcome the President. Oh! How Wonderful.
Now all these people travel through ONE particular road – the busiest of roads, not just in Hyderabad, but probably one of the busiest in the whole of India! The Airport to Raj Bhavan Road, via Begumpet Flyover!
So when the president and his convoy, the CM and his convoy, the acting Governor and his convoy and the speaker and his convoy, are travelling. The traffic will be stopped. When? From 0815 hrs to 0915 hrs. Who cares what will happen to the stopped traffic? Who cares about those thousands of bus commuters, who don’t care to read a news paper. After all they don’t matter, do they? On the whole there are around 20,000 vehicles that pass through this road at rush hour!
And when the President is leaving the next day – wow he takes the exact road from Hi-Tech city to Airport again. The convoy will block as many roads as possible. The complete stretch of 15-20 kilometers will be stranded, at around 1800hrs,(06.00pm) ! Now most of all these people will be those who contribute to what Mr.President is going to call “Developed India”! What if somebody face a heart attack. Even the nearest Ambulance will take one helluva time reaching the fellow.
I’m angry, and importantly seriously disappointed with the way the President (and his office) has been acting in the recent time.