Sir,
It is a matter of great concern that Jammu city witnesses unruly traffic on roads. No day passes without long traffic jams that last for more than hour. The problem gets further compounded when traffic cops fail to regulate it. The constant honking and rash driving makes the life of passengers and pedestrians quite miserable. Besides, traffic jams often lead to brawls among drivers who fail to control their emotions.
The absence of traffic signals has further added to woes of people here.
It was expected that after installation of traffic lights, traffic system will get streamlined, but to our shock, the traffic signals failed to help in this endeavour as there was poor planning in this direction.
The number of vehicles on the roads is on the increase. In coming times more problems will be created in case remedial measures are not taken right now.
Yours etc…
Kamal Sharma
on e-mail
II
Sir,
Traffic Safety Week was celebrated from the January 11 to January 17 as usual, being the twenty fifth celebration. The week is celebrated every year in order to educate the general public regarding observing safety rules.
But, alas no sooner does the week come to an end, the same sorry state of affairs continues. Many precious lives are lost. Those waiting for their nears and dears, kiths and kins to reach home, get devoured due to the careless and fast driving of drivers and above all the dereliction of duy of traffic personnel because of their ‘Hafta’. When the conductors go on overloading the vehicles beyond capacity never caring what will happen on narrow roads, the cops pretend not to see this and the vehicles move on and on. If someone in the vehicles dares interference, he is asked to board down and he remains silent just like a pussy cat. There may be other allied reasons for accidents such as narrow roads, bad lighting and inclement weather but the onous lies on drivers and traffic personnel.
Yours etc…
Dwarika Nath Raina
H No. 131, Upper Muthi, Jammu
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