“Sorry, Sir, but the traffic was real bad.”
Who doesn’t acknowledge the fact that everything happens for a reason. The best known is ‘good things falling apart so that better things can fall together’.
Ever spared a thought for the monstrous proportions at which things would go haywire if all of a sudden the government intervenes and takes an exceptional stand to curb the traffic menace?
The first impact – no more excuses.
The existing traffic scenario has helped one and all to be lazy, to avoid meetings, to be late for emergencies and to shy away from responsibilities with the universally accepted reason of ‘a bad traffic jam’.
Now once this is wiped out, things can, for a change happen on time…which again is unacceptable.
Teachers and students can start classes on time, chief guests can be on time for functions and what is sadder is that officials in Government Institutes will ultimately have to be on time!
That would mean files being ‘pushed’ on time, work done amidst the ‘red tea’, cigarettes, betel nuts and a load of other things happening on time which will inevitably, much to our disgust, put Shillong back on track as a fast paced city surging on the strides to development.
All is unacceptable and should not be allowed to happen and possibly that is the only reason, the traffic issue has been the ‘longest unsolvable issue’ of Meghalaya. The ‘Bermuda triangle’ has fewer mysteries associated with it than the Barik triangle where all of a sudden traffic arises and remains stagnant for hours. Some sincere planning it seems knowing the fact that ‘time management’ can be the sole reason for a nation propelling towards the pinnacle.
Cleverly, the traffic scenario has not hampered the creators or rather the planners who see Shillong at par with the more developed small cities around the globe. Amidst the seemingly unsolvable sticky issue of ‘jam’, emergency services are maintained. The blazing sirens and the ‘domesticated escort’ have ensured that the excuse remains an excuse and necessary deeds can be done on time.
VIP passes; clearing of roads and the unthinkable…creation of an entire VIP stretch for the important dignitaries is always possible. Well no one wants to have their heads dismembered while setting up the same trap for others. Once again, we have to applaud the fact that this messy issue has been maintained at the same level for all these months. Be it a problem or solution, upholding one deserves credibility. So what if we are not rubbing shoulders with the high and mighty, every visitor to this tiny state can exclaim…”Look at that jam…beats America by a mile!”