An expressway for elephants! EDITORIAL NEWS Share on facebook Share on blogger Share on linkedin Share on twitter More Sharing Services 11 An expressway for elephants! July 02, 2012 12:00 PM By Deepak Parvatiyar Accidents on Indian roads cease to surprise. It has become a habit of our vehicle drivers to jump red light signals. We are used to cattle squatting on the roads or darting across in the form of traffic hazards, their excreta plastering the city paths. To drive on the wrong side is an excuse to avoid traffic jams and save time and fuel. While potholes are a regular feature, footpaths are not part of town planning in many of our cities and even if pavements are there, they are meant for the encroachers, roadside vendors and garbage dump. (In the locality where I stay, they are built so high that they look more like a parapet than a footpath. With no steps to climb them, the entire purpose of having a footpath is defeated). Even worse! More often than not
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