Out on the road in Chennai..!

      Eating the road dust is a big problem in Chennai if one is out on the road walking.  As long as one does not consider it as anything, no problem.  The buses ply regularly and side by side are all kinds of huge vehicles whose power and numbers have increased manifold from the time of R.K. Narayan novels.  Now there is a new found energy and concept among the people who want to get things done fast and quick.

So, there is construction all around, from buildings to bridges, roads to clover leaves and so on. All these throw up dust and we are free to have it. The buses jostle with cars and in between are the bikes, scooters, mopeds, three wheeler scooters, the water carriages, bicycles and et all.  They all go hand in hand.  Mini buses among them are the solace to help people to reach destinations if one is without his or her own vehicle.

The miracle is, with all that the traffic still go smooth.  But the health of those on the road has taken the brunt along with the traffic officers and road side vendors.  Accidents do happen so many number of times in with the two wheeler drivers are hit more often.  Among all that, those who drive on two wheelers and scooters with gay abandon, zigzagging among other vehicles leaves me speechless..!