The Plight of a Bangalore Traffic Police Cop
Enter Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India. It has more to offer than it seems to be.
Exponential growth of population, exponential shrinkage of police force, less or no infrastructure but skyscrapers coming up at a pace which even a developed country cannot match.
The road/civic sense or lack of it is the hallmark. Footpaths are dedicated to two wheelers , pedestrians under constant threat of life . In most of the cities we do find potholes on roads but this is the only city where you find a piece of road amidst pot holes. I challenge Schumi, Vettel or Kimi the famed F1 drivers to prove their driving skills.
The Garden city of India has now been rechristened as the Garbage City of India. The City that was once called "pensioners paradise " is now the "patients hell".
Another notable aspect of the city is that we are very charitable in criticising the Traffic Police as corrupt, unruly and arrogant. I find a great similarity between the Police and the trees (that used to beautify Bangalore). Both absorb Carbon Dioxide but the starkling difference is that where trees are blessed of emitting oxygen, the cops cannot. Their life is so pathetic that they are present in this world but not living as a citizen would do.Now with trees making way for metro etc., they double up as a cop and tree too.
These cops could have brought us a bagful of Golds in London Olympics in case they were nominated to participate in Gymnastics. No other nation could have stopped us. Just step in and see the body movements of our cops in controlling the traffic. Swinging hands, jumping legs and doing so many acrobats that no gymnast can match.
The number of vehicles overshoot the population of the city.
Hail Bangalore, keep on growing.
Enter Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India. It has more to offer than it seems to be.
Exponential growth of population, exponential shrinkage of police force, less or no infrastructure but skyscrapers coming up at a pace which even a developed country cannot match.
The road/civic sense or lack of it is the hallmark. Footpaths are dedicated to two wheelers , pedestrians under constant threat of life . In most of the cities we do find potholes on roads but this is the only city where you find a piece of road amidst pot holes. I challenge Schumi, Vettel or Kimi the famed F1 drivers to prove their driving skills.
The Garden city of India has now been rechristened as the Garbage City of India. The City that was once called "pensioners paradise " is now the "patients hell".
Another notable aspect of the city is that we are very charitable in criticising the Traffic Police as corrupt, unruly and arrogant. I find a great similarity between the Police and the trees (that used to beautify Bangalore). Both absorb Carbon Dioxide but the starkling difference is that where trees are blessed of emitting oxygen, the cops cannot. Their life is so pathetic that they are present in this world but not living as a citizen would do.Now with trees making way for metro etc., they double up as a cop and tree too.
These cops could have brought us a bagful of Golds in London Olympics in case they were nominated to participate in Gymnastics. No other nation could have stopped us. Just step in and see the body movements of our cops in controlling the traffic. Swinging hands, jumping legs and doing so many acrobats that no gymnast can match.
The number of vehicles overshoot the population of the city.
Hail Bangalore, keep on growing.
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