Ground Reality

For him it was a hopeless case but an enthusiastic bunch of morning walkers thought other wise ,and said it was never too late even in hopeless situation. The veteran politician and national level volleyball ball player of yester years Harpal Singh Panwar , fromer  member of Parliament,was on his early morning walk in a public park in Vaishali area of NCR ,but his eyes were fixed on a huge Street light pole pitched there. As an ace shooter his eyes gazed the pole  as if it was his favorite volley ball basket and it's huge wooden  post. He noticed something lurching from top of the pole.The moment  he pointed out to others that some object  is hanging precariously there ,the motely  crowd gathered in split of seconds. the height defied their vision and nothing could be deciphered with certainty.  Inhailing  fresh air and enjoying wafting fragrance of lush green grass and rain soaked earth ,he quietly walked away to embark on ...

 It  was a decision fraught with dangers. It could have brought him and his men on the ground, scripting his political obituary. But displaying steel nerves the team Kejriwal was on the batting crease to take on bouncers from all corners.   On the last day of the fortnight long car rationing plan in one of the most polluted cities of the world the skipper and his team had a last Hurrah with support of Aam Admi. Cutting across social and official barriers millions of people boarded public transport much to chagrin of the world.    Over fifty three lakh commuters boarded city buses daily and situation in metro trains was equally baffling more than twenty lakh people swapped cards and sunk tokens at entry and exit gates.     It looked that it was a world record that about seventy lakh people used public transport daily.       Pollution Meters may have not sounded very encouraging but fact of the matter is that plan worked. Traff...

Palpation of people increases in the national capital which slips into odd and even vehicular mode after 72. Hours. At least ten lakh vehicles are slated to go off roads daily in a desperate bid to decrease vehicular pollution, but what will be scenario on streets is any body's guess.   Metro cars' frequency will be increased manifold and planners feel it would be a timely panacea. Government employees appear to take things easy on a plea that they can not sprint to workplace with out proper transport and higher ups have to think over whether the Bio-Metric attendance is relevant or not. Tussles are bound to be there at offices, streets and in public transport may it be buses or metro cars.    In private sector, employees have no choice but to report in time.   Delhi government is faced with acid test and Delhi police will have to ensure order and implement odd and even concept.     The ball is in Delhi police court for any l...

Delhi Government decision to allow plying of limited number of Vehicles on the capital’s road from  New year may soon be a template for other  big cities battling with pollutants laden Toxic air ,but to ensure such an  ambitious plan  does  not end up  in a fiasco, adequate safeguards must be initiated soon. The Government plans to implement the odd and even number plates formula from January one but before that all stake holders must be taken on the board  for full proof implementation.  ( Informatively,Beijing has issued its first ever red alert for smog on Monday ,asking schools to close down and slapping restrictions on factories and curtailing city's vehicle's fleet to half. Reading of PM2.5 particles shot up to 300 micro grams per cubic per meter on Monday vis-a vis-the World Health Organisation (WHO) standard of tiny and poisonous particles at 25.)  The state government headed by Arvind Kejrwai will have to work in tande...