When the train chugs along...
The railway station here has introduced really good new facilities, specially for the Sabarimala pilgrims. What the authorities have failed(and are helpless) to look at is its effect on the common man.
Almost 100 vans take off from the station here to the temple everyday. The people boarding these vans, along with baggage, have to put up in the station for half-a-day usually. This happens in the 'season', which is from November to mid-Jan.
So there are eight toilets built. Some bathrooms. New benches have been put up. Chairs are being bought. And, the platform is being widened to accommodate the extra crowd.
Yet the parking space outside the station is jammed. No room at all. We're helpless, says the authority, cos we don't have enough space. And, this season will end mid-Jan and then the town will be real quiet.
When I confront the authority with all this, he says - "You tell me what to do.." to which I reply arrogantly - "Well, that's your job. Not mine." Well, the railway station top guy is asking ME for suggestions on improving the station. Uh huh.
Almost 100 vans take off from the station here to the temple everyday. The people boarding these vans, along with baggage, have to put up in the station for half-a-day usually. This happens in the 'season', which is from November to mid-Jan.
So there are eight toilets built. Some bathrooms. New benches have been put up. Chairs are being bought. And, the platform is being widened to accommodate the extra crowd.
Yet the parking space outside the station is jammed. No room at all. We're helpless, says the authority, cos we don't have enough space. And, this season will end mid-Jan and then the town will be real quiet.
When I confront the authority with all this, he says - "You tell me what to do.." to which I reply arrogantly - "Well, that's your job. Not mine." Well, the railway station top guy is asking ME for suggestions on improving the station. Uh huh.
posted by Rim at 11:00 PM
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