‘NO RIGHT’, right?
Why does a big signboard inscribed with the message “NO RIGHT” not seem to come to the notice of commuters? These are errant commuters, especially those coming from Kench’s Trace road, banking right on a city highway to turn towards Shillong Civil Hospital by, of course, turning a blind eye to the traffic instruction.
If you commute on this city road, you must have seen at least one vehicle do this. Or perhaps, you are one of the many who choose this way.
The stretch used to be plagued by vehicles interrupting the flow of traffic to take that very RIGHT which leads to Civil Hospital. Lately, the Shillong Traffic Police decided to put up a board disallowing a right turn from the middle of the road, but it seems to be ineffective apart from times when a cop is stationed there and he’s shooing away cars preventing them from taking that right.
Their next option is the roundabout at Anjalee gas station; or for some rebellious subjects, a little further away from the cop’s line of sight.
A road user from the city said it has become his habit to take a right on that road as it makes it fairly convenient for his drive. “If I don’t take that right, I will have to go till Anjalee, which would not be a hassle if that area would not be jam packed with vehicle,” he said. “If I take that turn, I spend at least 10 minutes extra,” he sighed.
Also, previously, two-wheelers would gladly take the split on the right of the road, which is designated to go towards Kench’s Trace, but end up merging with the traffic that heads towards Barik. Well, now this has changed too. The cops don’t let you merge with the other lane.
You will have to take the Kench’s Trace road. That’s that for being unruly.
The smart kid on the block
Children, these days, are undoubtedly smart. But this little boy aged between 4 and 5 years pulled off a hilarious trick in a city neighbourhood. Read on to find out.
A lady was at her shop in Lawsohtun when this boy comes waving a 20 rupees note. He asks, “Can I get some sweets and juice?”
The shopkeeper lady grabs all the items the boy requested for and is almost about to hand them over to him when she realises what was amiss. The boy had the “Children’s Bank of India” note; most will remember these notes; they are fake currency notes for children to play with.
The shopkeeper chooses to explain to the kid that his note was not real and that he could not buy sweets with it. He runs off.
The shopkeeper and some of her companions laugh at what they witnessed.
But after a while, a group of children, a little older than the boy, come to the shop, asking, “Did that boy buy the sweets and juice from here?”
Surprised and caught unawares about what had happened with the boy, they tell the children that it wasn’t this shop the boy got the sweets from and ask them about the boy.
Apparently, the boy managed to get the sweets and juice from another shop with the same note and was home munching on them and these children were only curious about how he managed to do that.
