enjoying myself

Traffic Jam

Yeah u got it from the name. i am not very sure abt the janta from other cities but delhities can immediately draw vivid images of the same. Especially the poor guys like me who hv to do daily up-down from delhi to gurgaon on NH-8.This highway remains pretty busy during whole day,but during the peak hours the traffic can be unnerving. During these peak hours the 'avg density on the road' goes pretty high The summers are really hot in north india and in the middle of a traffic jam u are bound to feel the heat. The harsh sound of those blaring horns,the shouting drivers and the sweating commuters makes it really tough. Especially if u r sitting in one of those rickety DTC(Delhi Transport Corporation) buses,u r in a state of despair. However powerful u may be, u realise ur helplessness in this situation.


Gurgaon has been growing like anything in last 4-5 yrs.Call centres,malls,software companies,consulting firms....-- u name them and they r coming here in big numbers .With the mushrooming of call centres u can see the cabs on the highway all night. The no of people commuting on NH-8 hv been growing exponentially in last 5 yrs. But the infrastructure reqd to support these have not come up tht quickly. The much hyped Delhi-Ggn highway construction is already delayed by a year or so and i dont hv any idea when its going to be completed. Work has been going on at a snail's pace.


But the traffic jam do hv its own advantages. when the life moves at a frentic pace,it gives u an uncalled opportunity to relax and wait. u get a chance to observe a no of things- the two wheelers manoeuvering their way in a zig-zag fashion in a little space available to them and surging ahead, people getting opportunity to flash their mobiles and talking in high pitched voices to show how busy they really are and how their 'precious' time is getting wasted, some people using this time to hv a nap, some simply enjoying bollywood songs on FM on the small radio set they carry and others simply getting down the bus and perferring to walk to their offices. I have even seen sum executives playing solitaire on their laptops.


ya the wait is quite agonizing. but now i hv got used to it and it has become a part and parcel of my life in last 1 year. so i m not complaing. Afterall i hv to go back home and i wud be facing the same situation in the today evening....:) .

posted by amit @ 11:03 AM