Those in Lucknow might have noticed that a new convention centre has come up near KGMC or KGMU or CSMMU or as people know it better Medical College. With this convention centre a number of speed breakers have come up on either side of the railway bridge opposite Hathi/Buddha park. Since I pass this road almost everyday I have noticed a huge traffic jam on this road when commuters go to or return from office - so what's the big deal! The big deal is that this road leads to King George Medical College's /CSMMU's Trauma Centre , Lari Cardiology Institute, CSMMU Emergency and SIPS (a private hospital's) 's emergency centre. It is very very likely that next time you are on this road you will see an ambulance with a seriously ill patient inside helplessly blowing its siren but actually just remaining stuck there in the jam for God knows how long. I have been seeing this for nearly two years now (a conservative estimate) . Wonder how long it will go on! At least three Nobel Prize winners have also travelled through this road to attend seminars in that convention centre wonder what they must have thought. Pic taken at about 1 pm so condition just a bit better but I still saw, while taking the pic, two ambulances slowing down and taking almost a minute to cross this stretch of road.
Seriously we as responsible citizens of lucknow need to put across our views to the govt. regarding this problem.
ReplyDeletethank God guys like you are around!
ReplyDeleteThe rights and obligations go hand in hand. We deserve better health systems, better public transport, better human rights, better police systems and better governance in addition to so many others but none of these will happen if we, the public, do not learn how to be better human beings. Selfishness and self-centered behaviour is not going to advance us as a society. Lack of accountability has to go from our systems. I can't believe that our civic bodies are not punished or taken to task for not maintaining the civic facilities and roads. It is shameful to see big holes on the roads even today. Where are we going as a society if our ambulances with real sick patients have to wait in the traffic for hours? In all western countries, people give way to police, fire and ambulance vehicles when they see/hear them coming.Why can't this happen in India? When will we change and start following the obligations of being good citizens?
ReplyDeleteI thank you for taking time off from your busy schedule and registering your valuable comment and opinion.
ReplyDeletei live in chowk, so i can tell u the people of chowk has the worst traffic sense... dont want to say more because "bheed ka hissa ho kar bheed ko gaali nahi deni chahiye"....
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