The most difficult thing!!!

Which among these is the most difficult thing to do?

1) Go to the sun and explore it

2) Count the stars in the sky

3) Get a rickshaw to Kalyan railway station

You are spot on. The most difficult thing in this world is to get a public transport vehicle to reach Kalyan railway station in the morning. Regardless of where you live at Kalyan, you will most probably face this problem every morning but if you live near RTO then God save you.

Every morning you can find a bunch of people standing near the RTO anxiously to get a ride to reach Kalyan railway station to catch their respective trains to work. It’s a laborious ordeal. Just when you see an empty rickshaw, people swarm it like a bunch of angry bees and jostle with each other to get one of those coveted seats. Getting the fourth seat (besides the driver) is the most prized. Once a rickshaw leaves; its desperation for the remaining people who are left waiting. You would have to be lucky to get a KDMT (Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Transport) bus at the correct time. KDMT has arranged buses but their frequency is like Haley’s comet.

Living in such areas is becoming frustrating but the prices are not cooling off. People are still paying upwards of Rs. 2500 per sq. ft. to get a home near RTO, Kalyan that too without basic facilities like transport and proper road connections.

So what are the solutions for this problem?

1) Get your own personal vehicle. This is one of the sensible solutions but if you have a family of 4 going to work at different times, how feasible is this solution? Do we need to get 2 wheelers for all in the family? What will one do with the parking of these two wheelers?

2) Make KDMT aware of this issue. They probably are aware of this issue and they have started bus services but unfortunately these services are irregular and don’t serve the purpose many a times.

3) Plead with the rickshaw drives to have more rickshaws around during the morning hour. How reliable is this approach and why would the rickshaw drivers heed to this? They are in demand and will make the most of it.

So ultimately taxpaying citizens are left in the lurch hoping for the best in the days to come.

I think its the same situation elsewhere in the country. Otherwise why would the proposed rickshaw and taxi boycott on August 12th evoke such a great response. Read more at http://www.meterjam.com

Hopefully such boycotts will force the rickshaw and taxi drivers to act sensibly!!!