The City of Hyderabad is one of those few cities that has evolved upon a very old and strong cultural base. Our biryani, sherwani, qubani aur deccani ishtyle are jamana old and irreplaceable. While most things about Hyderabad fascinate us, there also are a few jamana old habits of our Hyderabadis that frustrate. One among them is a custom practiced by alarming number of Hyderabadis which could be absolutely fatal to the practitioner and also a few others along with him. This one's name is the "haath uthao aur road paar karo" custom.
Such a menace we Hyderabadis can be on the roads, when we simply throw caution to the air, lift our hand and cut through the heavy traffic. We risk our safety and also the safety of the motorists, who absolutely have no idea when we are going to cut into their way. This habit is so deeply rooted into us, that there is no descent way left to stop us from doing this.
The discipline in this matter can only be made sure by The Govt. and GHMC. (Who by the way should have pro-actively observed this menace and have taken steps to control this problem) One of the solutions to this issue can be the construction of high, un-mountable dividers on major roads, that wont help this random road crossing. This construction should of-course be coupled by foot over bridges every 1 kilometer.
Jai Hind, Jai Hyderabad!!
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