those pesky little trucks

If you live in North Delhi, and wish to go to the neat part of town aka South Delhi, the ring road becomes your ‘stairway to heaven’. 5 minutes into the ride and you soon realize that this ride becomes from Mario game ka 1-1 level to 8-4 level, with pesky little trucks for dragons, coming in from anywhere and everywhere. The people involved with these trucks think they’re ‘it’ by violating timings that the trucks are supposed to follow on the ring road. They play ‘ibn batuta’ on full volume, and do their uttermost to bring traffic in the capital of the world’s next superpower to a standstill during daytime. The traffic at AIIMS flyover is a perfect example of how these trucks exacerbate the situation. As if the buses’ competing with each other like cyclists in ‘jo jeeta wahi sikandar’ was not enough, the dreaded trucks add to the woes. I get an awesome feeling showing the finger to trucks that get caught by traffic cops, so what if they don’t get what I meant, but the symbolism associated with my actions is exactly what they deserve. There is a very fine line between being a smart ass and being smart, and all the people involved with these trucks tend to unanimously deviate towards the former.

The Delhi ring road acts as a bridge between Punjab and UP and is an important link in terms of freight movement, but this shouldn’t really be bothering the working of a city, and the capital of the country for that matter. There are certain timings that are given to freight trucks between 11 PM and 8 AM that should be followed. Stricter traffic norms need to be put in place. My suggestion would be to install height adjusting barriers which would block the passage of these trucks during the times that they are not supposed to be where they show up, and to raise the barriers during night time. Sheila Dikshit should also pay some attention to this issue, instead of savoring world cuisine at page 3 parties all the time.