I have been born and brought up in Hyderabad and like any other hyderabadi, i absolutely love my city..I have seen this place growing,expanding and spreading its wings to far far areas. I have seen people from all over the world praising this place. I love the two different cultures hyderabad offers and can never get enough of it. As much as i love this place, i cant push the sadder state of our city aside. Let us accept the fact..the city sucks! and its not just the traffic, a lot of things here suck..and all these are not something which are totally unavoidable nor which cannot be controlled..Superficially the city is beautiful (good job there!)..but, take a proper look at the pavements(i mean,the 'shops' of the street vendors), the roads (Yes,they are wider..and also deeper!), the public transport, the tourist places, the power failures, the traffic jams, the increasing levels of pollution for instance...The place has become so commercial and so congested that seeing the beauty of the nature, even in the early hours of the day is probably something which we, hyderabadis should forget..
A walk along the tank bund is not a pleasure any more nor can we reach any place without getting stuck in traffic jam. Adding to the already existing mess, is our newly found love for 'bandhs'!!..Some political leader's car's tyre gets punctured, call for a bandh!..No,thats not an exaggeration..Look at the bandhs that have happened in the past few months and you will exactly know what i am talking aboout.
I might be one of the thousands of people who complain about their city and do nothing else, but then, am i left with a better choice?I do not want to use a plastic bag, so, i take my cloth bag almost everywhere i go. But still, i end up bringing home a dozen of them. I want to commute by public transport, but then, do not find buses on time or in the route i need. i follow traffic rules, my parents pay all the bills and taxes on time and yet we do not get what we deserve!Am not blaming you completely..it is also us who lack common civic sense. What i intend to say is,you do your work right and everything else shall follow.. I am tired of being the person who wants to do things right but cant because of several others, who lack basic common sense!
When a small place like Darjeeling can completely ban the usage of plastic, why cant a city like hyderabad which is bigger and has more educated people do? i know the whole theory of people becoming aware of things and that awareness should develop individually, but how long do we wait for that??..just forget that and enforce a strict rule!just like how you enforced the whole 'wear helmet..someone is waiting for you in the house' rule!! I am 20 and i can do things which are under my control..but what about the things like roads not being laid after they were dug for some water works,the 400 year old sewage system which clogs when there is little rain and the untimely powercuts??
Am not complaining about everything..am complaining about the things which are not in individual control and are in your control..we,as responsible citizens shall do our duties and you do yours properly before blaming everyone in general..And what i have mentioned is very little..I fail to understand,how can you be so ignorant about the obvious?..I mean do you know anything at all??Save Hyderabad!
An early action in this regard is appreciated.
Thank you
Yours faithfully,
Worried Hyderabadi.
1 comment:
nice. The reason why they can ban plastic bags in darjeeling is coz it is a small city. They 've better control, since it is small. Bandhs ,well i loved it!The pollution etc is all part of the package called Growth.
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