Aundh – my area where I moved in 20 years back – an area which was marked by serenity, loneliness and virtually not more than a few 100 residents. As a child, I was barely moving out of my society except for school and some classes. Never remember going out at night and seeing any more than our own car on the streets! Such a beautiful area marked by peace!

Come 21st century and snarling traffic! Infact, it wasn’t so bad till 2 years back. The entire area is extremely well developed with departmental stores, big brands retail outlets, eating joints, IT, gyms, banks, etc. Yet the roads quality and quantity remain the same as 20 years back, much to our dismissal

Its become impossible to walk either on the streets in the evening owing to the heavy traffic. The cars, bikes and buses are all snarling at you. I decided to walk till Anand Park cos I didn’t really want to get stressed in the traffic – god save us! There was absolutely no place to walk. There are no footpath either – and where there is one, huge ancient trees block the path. I was literally walking with the bikes on the road. Anyways, I was faster on footh that the cyclists too!

Worst still, people don’t care – they won’t obey any kind of traffic rules. I wonder why we have any traffic rule in the first place. Save some soul’s energy! Everyone is in a hurry – as if their lives would end if they waited for 5 minutes more. They make situation worse by going on the wrong side of the road and then expecting to reach their destination even faster. Sometimes I wish I had a stone gun fixed to my car – whoever does something stupid, should be shot with one stone Serves them right!

When would the PMC wake up? Or better still, they should scrap all kinds of octroi and RTO taxes for providing so much inconvenience to citizens.