Why is the pedestrian traffic like this in Trivandrum?

Traffic in Trivandrum is chaotic in the best of the days and downright hellish at worst.

But the contribution of pedestrians to the chaos is in no small measure.

There are contributing factors to it, I agree, like lack of foot path , well marked zebra crossings etc.,. But that does not mean the public can take things for granted and cross whenever and wherever they want.

I would like an impartial observer to come and watch the traffic in Thampanoor , Statue and Medical college areas, not only in the peak hours but also in the non-peak hours too.

Pedestrians cross whenever and wherever they want with scant regard to the oncoming traffic and the signals! Almost one is forced to think that they do not value their life at all ! In any traffic signal, you can bet your last rupee that the pedestrian will choose to cross the moment the signal turns in favour of the motorist. If you give him a piece of your mind , you will get a reply back " Entha, vandiyilu brake ille (Don't you have brake in your vehicle)?

It is a good thing to hear that the traffic police is planning to conduct awareness classes for the pedestrians too.

Hope better sense prevails.

What is the real picture on AIrlines in India today?

On reading about the proposed Pvt airlines strike and Capt GOpinath's utterances , one is really confused.

AirDeccan under Capt Gopinath, thouhg it was posting losses, was expected to break even after a slightly longer time frame. This kind of lowcost airlines will have break even later as per their business model.

But see Capt Gopinath's comment on Airlines forming a cartel and fixing an artificial price and now crying. Is this the true picture?

I also read an article by Mr Francois Gautier in rediff.com about the airfare in India, where he was mentioning that the fare from Chennai to DElhi is more than the fare from Paris to Newyork! If this is the kind of fare that we are charging , then there is more stuff to the utterances by Capt Gopinath.

Really AIrlines are not revealing the true picture and the more quickly it becomes clear , it is better for the general public.

And ,last , but not the least. With less than one percent of public using this service, Govt should not give a bailout package out of common man's hard earned tax money and that includes Air India too.