The pathetic Muthyalammanagar traffic heck

There is an absolute standby. Few minutes before the train arrival, the gate turns orthogonal and a huge pile of frenetic vehicles impatiently waiting at either side of barrier. This resembles a war scene where both parties gather at battlefield and wait for the conch to ignite the battle. The difference here is, the descending amplitude of railway honk in lieu of conch. Gazillion motors are lined up on either side of gates, outset for marathon eagerly waiting for the gates to open. Within moments, the train arrives rattling past the railway gate with giant honk. As the final bogie of train whoosh past the barrier, the inertia is broken on either side of gate. The ignition fires up as soon as the last compartment of train winds past the barrier. The crest gates open finally and the hysteria of prodding wagons erupt. The gate straightens up, the turmoil outsets with jarring honks of motored chariots. The war begins with either side of vehicles encroaching the opponent's lane. Swiftly, the peace is overidden by swarming wagons shoving to surpass treacherous boundary. The ordeal is about to begin and there is absolute mayhem and chaos for long period of time. The long tailed trucks wobble through crumbled path posing biggest menace in terms of breakdown and center of gravity as well. An outburst of dusting (dirting during rainy days) umpteen motors dash towards the boundary line desperately to reach culmination. The wagons snail through the railway gates and relief prevails on successful mission.

Yes, this is everyday scene of tainted Muthyalammanagar railway junction situated along Bangalore outer ring road. It does remind me of thousands of wildebeests storming to cross river bank in search of greener pastures on other side, a phenomenon common in African national parks. If you want to draw any ring of fire along ring road of Bangalore, without hesitation the stretch of Muthyalammanagar towards Goraguntanapalya for 700mts can be marked. This tiny stretch requires whopping 30mins of minimum time to cross. Sometimes the line-up can stretch for kms. This stretch can be rightly called ring-of-fire since any-time the traffic ordeal may strike. Be it festive day, holiday, peak hour, midnight, there is no distinction. Most of the time, the region will be jam packed with neurotic honks of wagons moving along constricted space. It is irony that newspaper which cover distant nuisance (NEWSense), cannot cover perpetual local issues.

TRAILER TRUCKS SNIFFLE THROUGH TRAFFIC

OH GOD! PLEASE GUIDE ME THROUGH CHAOS

UNCOOKED FLY-OVER

CONSTRICTED VEHICULAR ARRANGEMENT

LONG TALE OF TAILED VEHICLES

FINALLY THE VICTORY

HALF COOKED WORK AT THE OTHER SIDE

SAME STORY, OTHER WAY

AND IT GOES ON..

AND ON AND ON AND ON...

The chaos is attributed to none other than our honoured railway authorities. It may also be consequence of lack of co-ordination between railways and local authorities. The half baked fly-over & its rustic bar virtually smiles at the turmoil on the ground. The stubborn & adamant railway authority behaves as if they are epitome of civil engineering. This problem could have been easily overthrown by constructing at-least single lane flyover. However, as of now none of the so called public servants seems to have taken keen interest on this issue. Even if the land acquisition was a problem, a single lane fly over could be easily constructed as quick measure. It is clearly unknown as what is happening in background. Never know if there are any chances of resuming the abandoned fly-over construction.

Peace returns after nearly 30 minutes of commotion as the vehicle density subsides, unfortunately for fleeting moment.


Photo courtesy: My Better Half

PS:

Nowadays it is utter unpleasant experience if you seamlessly cross the railway gate :D