Absence of meaningful public service infrastructure and urban amenities has resulted in small villages getting depopulated and increased the problem of urban migration. Our cities are bursting at their seams. Providing urban amenities to rural towns maybe a possibility to curb the influx of rural people into cities, but this is no substitute for proper urban planning and development.
Urban transportation in particular continues to be a nightmare paralyzing people’s lives everyday. Flawed public policies have aggravated this urban transport crisis caused by rapid urbanization. Increasing propensity to spend on private transportation by an urban few compounded by the government’s inability to enhance public transportation has in turn caused immense difficulties to the poor.
Through this article (click here) on urban transportation published in the Financial Express, I have highlighted the issues currently plaguing urban transportation in India and placed the issue in perspective through a few statistics.
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Sir, I have been always inspired by your work, and recently i learnt that LOKSATTA is going to support Young Candidates to stand in A.P panchyat raj elections Hope this will be Head Start to Bright India,Hope this will be the sound of elegy for the corrupted politicians,We are always with LOKSATTA sir. JAI HIND
ReplyDeleteDear Jayaprakash Narayan,
ReplyDeleteI wonder why something is not done in this regard. When I looked at the cost statistics in your article I could not imagine what was stopping us. Is it because the politicians are least concerned? Or, is it because the general public is ignorant? What can be done to bring about awareness in the public? What can the NGOs do? Why don't the citizens set out an agenda for the next government through NGOs. I am an Engineer who started my career a couple of months ago. I have a couple of friends who have similar thoughts and aspirations. We are not as knowledgeable as you are, but are confident that we understand and analyze issues bothering our country's development. We need a vision with eminent guidance to channel our energies to make a better India. What can be done?
Prasad.