THE MOVING MENACE ON THE ROAD IN INDIA

HI NEARS AND DEARS AND ALL OUT THERE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS  THE WORST MOVING MENACE ON THE ROADS IN INDIA.THE COMMON THREE WHEELER AUTORICKSHAW. IT IS A  FOUR SEATER VEHICLE INCLUDING THE DRIVER.

THE AUTO DRIVERS ARE ARROGANT,TAKE THE MOST DANGEROUS RISKS AND DONOT CARE A HOOT FOR EVERYONE INCLUDING THE POLICE.I AM PERSONALLY A GREAT AVOIDER OF AUTO RICKSHAWS.I AM SIMPLY FRIGHTENED OF THEM. I HAVE PALPITATIONS WHEN I SEE AN AUTO SWERVING DANGEROUSLY IN FRONT OF MY CAR.BUT ANYONE AND EVERYONE NEEDS A CHEAP QUICK TRANSPORT IN EMERGENCIES.THAT IS WHERE THE POPULARITY OF THE AUTO COMES IN.

IN KOLKATA THERE ARE "SHARE"AUTOS WHICH TAKE SEVEN PASSENGERS EXCLUDING THE DRIVER IN ORDER TO MAKE QUICK MONEY.SEE THE SMALL EXTENSION ON THE SIDE OF THE DRIVER SEAT?THAT IS FOR TWO PASSENGERS.THE DRIVER SITS IN THE MIDDLE AND THERE WILL BE TWO MORE PASSENGERS ON THE OTHER SIDE.AND THREE IN THE BACK!!!

BY LUCK I HAVE NOT SEEN SUCH A THING IN CHENNAI.BUT THIS SORT OF THING MUST BE PREVALENT IN OTHER PARTS OF INDIA.

IN KOLKATA THE AUTO EVEN WHEN IT HAPPENS TO BE AN LPG OPERATED ONE MOSTLY RUNS ON "KANTA TEL"WHICH IS A VERY DANGEROUS VERSION OF FUEL MADE BY MIXING KEROSENE AND OTHER THINGS WITH PETROL.THIS FUEL IS BANNED BUT I HAVE SEEN TANKERS WITH THIS KANTA TEL PARKED IN SOME STREETS AND AUTO DRIVERS COLLECTING THIS FUEL .THE POLICE DONOT KNOW OR DONOT WANT TO KNOW.

KANTA TEL IS POISONOUS TO THE ATMOSPHERE AND CAUSES SEVERE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS.SO SEE THE CALLOUSNESS OF THE PEOPLE SELLING AND BUYING THIS CHEAP AND DANGEROUS FUEL.

FINALLY COMING TO THE MAIN POINT FOR WHICH I STARTED THIS POST.SEVERAL YEARS BACK THE GYNAECOLOGIST WIFE OF A COLLEAGUE OF MINE WAS RETURNING FROM NIGHT DUTY IN THE HOSPITAL.SHE WAS  GOOD IN HER PROFESSION AND WAS POPULAR AMONG HER PATIENTS.IN A HURRY TO RETURN HOME TO HER FAMILY SHE CAUGHT AN AUTO .THE DRIVING WAS SO RASH THAT THE AUTO OVERTURNED AND THE LADY DOCTOR SUSTAINED HEAD INJURY. MY COLLEAGUE TRIED HIS LEVEL BEST TO GIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE TREATMENT TO HIS WIFE .FOR A LONG TIME HE KEPT ON HOPING FOR THE SAKE OF HIS EIGHT YEAR OLD SON.BUT TO NO AVAIL.THE TALENTED LADY DOCTOR SURVIVES STILL BUT AS A VEGETABLE.IT WAS MORE CRUEL THAN MURDER.BUT NO ONE TOOK ANY ACTION AGAINST THAT DRIVER.HE STILL ROAMS IN THOSE STREETS TO MURDER MORE PEOPLE.

MANY SUCH ACCIDENTS MUST HAPPEN.BUT THIS IS FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.AND RECENTLY ANN AUTO DRIVER STRUCK AGAIN.AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER OF WOMAN DOCTORS ASSOCIATION OF WHICH I AM A MEMBER WAS SEVERELY INJURED WHEN AN AUTO OVERTURNED.SHE HAS HAD SURGERY FOR MULTIPLE FRACTURES AND IS STILL RECUPERATING IN THE PRIVATE HOSPITAL SHE IS ADMITTED IN.MAY GOD BLESS HER TO GET WELL SOON.
BUT THIS RASH DRIVING WILL PROBABLY GO ON AND THE AUTO DRIVERS WILL KEEP ON HURTING OR MURDERING PEOPLE.

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