Dear Editor, Roads in Jammu City have serpentine blockades and diversion. It really would take a lot of philosophy to explain these sudden inexplicable shifts and stops. At a place, there is a random construction in the middle of road or just an authoritarian road block, which forces you to take a different route. It is unfair that bothers and baffles and the ever-impatient nature of drivers further added to it. It is too hard for those riding two-wheelers to consider not getting into breathing space. They don’t feel triumph that comes with convenience of having a two-wheeler in traffic. On other side, there are few swanky drivers who have all the pride to drive-out of showing all other foolish rule followers that they have got it in them to cross line of vehicles and go ahead of many. What they do with this achievement is unknown given that this adventure of their ends up jeopardizes possibility of traffic opening up. Further, there are streets vendors adding to the mess. I have nothing against them as long as their stalls don’t keep increasing and taking up most space of road meant specifically for vehicles. Another baffling sight is the newly installed streets lights. They shine with so many signals that it can put an adolescent’s existential dilemma to shame. Truly they make one wonder at the purposelessness of life with arrows going in all possible directions. I hope that necessary measures would be take for reducing these so that everyone of us can have a pleasant experience on roads. Mool Raj, R/o Village Bhagota, Doda.
