Monday, March 30, 2009

Is the IIIT junction the next Cyber Towers ( as a bottleneck)?

The IIIT junction at Gachibowli never used to have heavy traffic earlier. But as the number of companies at Gachibowli and Manikonda increased, the inevitable increase in vehicles has occurred. Now the road width in front of ISB/Infosys has been increased and this was something I had envisaged a long time ago; if you see the amount of construction taking place in Manikonda then you just need to connect the dots to realize that the traffic too will increase.
Looking at the wide roads, traffic jams should ideally not occur at the IIIT junction. But, anyone who drives on that particular road would have noticed the increased waiting time, even when you have to turn left. Main culprits are the autos that have started stopping on the left hand side (in front of the IDBI college), the cars that stop beside the cigarette shops about 50 meters before the junction and, suprisingly, the traffic police. The constables turn a blind eye towards the autos and cars that block the left lane and on being questioned about their lack of action on this, actually shout at you for daring to question them. At Cyber Towers, this was not the case because whenever a constable used to be stationed at the junction, he used to make sure that the left lane was kept free.
The autos have complete disregard for traffic rules and it is very irritating to see them cause traffic jams while trying to jump red signals. How they manage to ride around with such confidence is beyond me.
All its gonna take for this junction to be jam free is for road users to follow these basic rules:
  1. Maintain lane discipline
  2. Respect pedestrians
  3. Don't jump signals
The road from the IIIT junction towards Manikonda also witnesses NEEDLESS jams and shamefully it is the educated professional who usually causes the traffic jam. There may be a temporary break in traffic flow because of a truck that's stuck or some minor road work that's going on; as a response, all you need to dois to slow down and maintain lane discpline. You will only be late by 5-10 minutes. Instead, I have noticed car and auto drivers crossing over on to the right hand side of the road and merrily drive on. This causes a much bigger traffic jam and should be avoided at all costs. Stick to your side, slow down and things will clear up. But who's gonna listen to me?

1 comment:

Arun Rahul said...

I totally agree with u fella..
even i was about to bring up this issue in my blog...
It irritates me most of the time for autos...
But the agony is some times educated people who claim themselves to be professionals do the mistakes... goin late by 10 min is not gonna hurt anybody...
but due to over anxiousness it causes more traffic problems...
and the small shops sellin tobbaco has to be moved one day at night i almost hit a person who suddenyl came on to road from that side...
Police have to act.
Prevention is better.and
durin elections they wont care i think