Driving down Chakarata Road a.k.a. Suicide Alley, I started wondering yet again… where is Dehradun headed? The traffic situation here is anything but civilized. There was a time when I used to boast to my friends in Mumbai about how I could press the accelerator of my car once and reach office before the car could slow down. Not anymore! There are endless ‘jams’, narrow lanes and movie-goers traffic. If one needs to go to the railway station to pick someone up, it can be a punishment, it takes forever to get there! Just crossing the Panchayati Mandir stretch is a good 15-minute exercise, and then you go through bad congestion on Gandhi road and Prince Chowk. After going through this whole ordeal, if you still have the courage to smile and greet your relatives, then I am sure they really are very dear to you! Jokes apart, have you ever wondered, what the scenario would be in the next 5 years? The worrying part is that no one in the administration seems to be noticing this either. We need to have a concrete plan in place, as to how to tackle this situation. We can convert certain roads into “one-ways”; we need a better public transport system, so the number of private vehicles on the road can be reduced. If any of you have any ideas about handling this situation, and how to take this up with the administration, do write in to us. Let’s act fast, before half the town turns into a “suicide alley”!
Rishi Saluja is the Associate Editor for Dehradun Classified. He is a theatre enthusiast and can be reached on saluja@dehradunclassified.com
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