Garden city plus issue 36

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Garden city Plus English Weekly Newspaper

Editor: T Ramesh

VOLUME - 4 ISSUE 36

Bangalore

Aug 05 - Aug 11, 2017

PAGES - 8

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Silk Board Junction and its Nightmares

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ne of the most important, well known, popular junctions not only in the southern part, but in the entire city - Silk Board Junction is now a heavily polluted and badly maintained one. Adding to the woes, the traffic jam hindering flow of traffic compels one to be exposed to the pollution, since it is almost bumper to bumper traffic between BTM, Silk Board and Agara flyover. The inhalation during the travel time could prove to be toxic enough leading to respiratory problems. This can be guaranteed. Period. Compounding the air pollution, the road leading to Bommanahalli at the junction is posing serious threat to motorists. The road from BTM bus stand to silk board is too rugged with large pebbles written all over the road up to the junction. Soon after the signal at this point, after taking a right turn starts the nightmare for at least 50 meters, bouncing and bumping along the road, filled with pot holes and uneven surface due to tardy job of asphalting. As the vehicles speed the moment the

signal is through for flow of traffic from the BTM side of the junction, the dangerous gaping potholes welcome them by posing as man eaters by its sheer nature and condition of the road. Since it is almost a blind turn, the unsuspecting motorists could easily speed to death or at least to be injured seriously, especially during nights. Besides, pedestrians crossing the road also mount to miseries as this is unchecked. The pedestrians invariably do not follow traffic rules and keeping tab on them is next to impos-

sible as there has to be a provision for more than a couple of policemen only for that job. Is this viable for the traffic police? When will we learn to follow the traffic rules, which are for our conveniences us only? By not observing the rule, we not only endanger our lives but also the motorists’ lives? One, the condition of the road and second the pedestrians’ nuisance are causes for the difficulties for the motorists to navigate and negotiate such turns in haste. On a top priority, this stretch of the road has to be

A Differently-Abled too helps his Family

When one has a surrounding where he is well looked after by his parents, little will the person venture in going for an employment to support the family. More so, when he is disabled! Garden City Plus came across a boy who insists that he supports his parents in spite of him being differently abled. Very few would think of supporting a family when he himself is in need of support. Madhusudan, 18, had a bout of polio attack as a child and has been living with this handicap since then. He had to discontinue his studies after grade II due to various reasons and also has a sister who is recently married off. His parents take care of him to the best of their abilities to ensure their son does not feel that he is a burden on them. Both his parents are employed and with the meager earnings they love to all happiness to their son. In addition, the sister too is very fond of him and gives him her helping hand. One day, all of a sudden it dawned upon him that he is, on the other hand

a burden to them and decided to go out. He wanted to earn and support his family. On one such occasion, he met a person who is a member of Dr. Rajkumar’s Fans Association. He did not want to waste his time, so he put forth his idea of earning with all his limitations. The moment he decided that he would sell fruits to earn for a decent living and support his family to the maximum extent possible, the late matinee idol’s fan ensured he met one Dr. Raju, who instantly agreed to sponsor a cycle to him and the fan immediately raised some funds to purchase Guava fruits as his investment. This was the beginning and he still can be spotted selling fruits outside Forum at Koramangala. He is a happy man and has kept his parents happy by his contribution. His working hours are from 10 am to 7 pm. during which time he meets several people and engages them in a talk ever smilingly. Wish we all learn a lesson or two from this boy!

looked into to save many lives and avert many accidents taking place in the coming days. It is not just filling that is the need of the hour, but a proper supervised relaying of the road itself is required to ensure safety. Avoiding the gaping holes and the damaged surface of the road by the motorists is the root cause for many accidents some, very serious in nature. It is not only the case under the flyover at this junction. The movement of vehicles on the Madivala to Silk Board flyover also is cause for concern. The

uneven surface here is too dangerous to commute. Pot holes, though not so extreme a case as the one below, can be seen throughout the stretch, here too. The speeding vehicles swerve to either side to avoid these craters on the flyover resulting in accidents. The photograph is enough proof of this. In fact, the irony of this particular accident was that it happened just behind a law and order police van ferrying the accused to be produced in the court. Ultimately, the police had to intervene by stopping their vehicle and clear the traffic. The entry and the exit points are too bad for smooth flow of vehicles as it is too bouncy due to the uneven surface and the slabs giving way in the middle. This has to be looked into by the authorities concerned immediately and address it very soon. These two roads have to be relayed on a war footing. Garden City Plus will take a pledge in getting these to the notice of the authorities concerned and their reactions on this will be sought immediately.


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