I don’t want any more fly-overs

If Airbus A380-800 can carry 853 passengers in its double-deck built, whose parts are sourced from various European countries via Air using Belugas aircrafts, via Sea using custom build barges and ships and specially reconstructed roads to allow the road transport of huge engines, wings, tail and nose parts and belly parts. Despite the complexity of an aircraft manufacturing, its assembly, testing and various international certifications, an A380-800 can be built in just about 2months. It comprises of 15,000 sqft inside area and fly non-stop between East to West 15,000KMs at a 0.85Mach (900KMph).

Yeah, that’s awesome when you watch Extreme Engineering on Discovery channel. And immediately, your attention then shifts to your day-to-day Indian governance issues. Why in the hell, we cannot construct a fly-over in under a month.

1. Are we technically so impotent?
2. Are we so crunched on budget but have world of time?
3. Do we (citizens) comfort ourselves and dream about the future of the road once the fly-over gets ready?
4. Aren’t there any NGOs to help these causes and spread awareness?

I just could not stop wondering the purpose of the elevated fly-over from Bommanhalli to Electronic City. About a 2 or 3 under-passes would have saved crores of Rupees and served equally for both Electronic City commuters and general public. The only advantage I see of the elevated fly-over is that the general public using 2-wheelers can get good shade during the rain and be able ride along and under that fly-over.

If such huge projects cannot be completed in short time, the unpredictable future economy and the bandicoot politicians could change the face and entire shape of the city in couple of years. This results in either under-use of the fly-over or might cause fly-over a bottleneck in the traffic. The silk-board fly-over is a good example of this. There is hardly any traffic above the fly-over. This fly-over is one among the longest and widest fly-overs of Bangalore. It was designed to take heavy lorry and trucks traffic until the Outer-Ring road was formed. Today, I do not spot even a single truck using silk board fly-over. How shame?

The fly-over and road expansion projects only meet the traffic conditions of 3years in the past. And by the time, the construction work completes, it could hardly support the present traffic conditions.

I feel exhausted of making such noise in wrong places. I hope someday, some one, somewhere hears this noise and makes it a perfect chore. Till then I mutter: “I don’t want any more fly-overs”

Happy Snailing India!!!!