Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Who owns the road ?

I was walking home this evening from railway station through Kutchery Road, which is a busy one at evenings because it connects Luz and Santhome. One of the junctions at Kutchery Road was jammed, thanks to the three 12B s that came one behind the other. Since i was walking it wasn't very difficult to move because i was able to zip between the vehicles lined up there. On one corner, a fruit vendor had parked his cart adding to the obstruction and an elderly gentleman who was driving his bike, tried to move the cart aside. The vendor all of a sudden emerged out of a gang smoking beedis and started abusing the old man. It seems he has parked his cart using stones and if it so urgent the old man should use the pathway to drive.

Nonsense !!!

This old man pays tax. Road tax for the road he uses, sales tax for the vehicle when he bought it, and a tax on almost everything under the sun. What does this vendor pay ?
Just for this guy to have a drag of beedi, should the people in cars and bikes wait ?

6 comments:

Anand Emmanuel John said...

i liked the way you have written about that vender . what to do some pepole dont have anything in their brains and no concern about others. when will our people change??????

T.U.Dinesh said...

this guy was not even trying to sell his goods da ... he was just taking a drag in one corner, leaving his cart blocking the way

Anonymous said...

welcome to chennai...

T.U.Dinesh said...

@ sagaro

dude chennai has never been like this, traffic jams have been a part and parcel but just see how the attitude of people is changing

even the vendors at t nagar oblige to the road users, just wondering !!!

Unknown said...

thanga mudiala unoda coverage
wow, why cant you be a journalist since you are so sensitive to issues

T.U.Dinesh said...

@ fenn

a journalist can only write about it, am going to go to the gym and again if see something like this am going to bash that guy

anniyayatha ennala paathukittu irukka mudiyaathu