Hyderabad, Capital of Andhra Pradesh is a nightmare for pedestrians. The city doesn’t seem to have any traffic rules. There is no respect for pedestrians. We come across utter chaos on the roads. The pedestrians are left to the mercy of God. It’s extremely difficult to locate traffic signals and zebra crossing. One needs a crane to lift the person so as to enable him to cross the road.

No Traffic policeman is found anywhere. One has to show hand to cross the sea of vehicles. The flow of all kinds of vehicles appears endless. The person driving a motorcycle doesn’t even leave one mm of space for the pedestrian to walk. Footpaths are a rarity. There is utter disregard to any kind of planning. Perhaps the authorities concerned don’t know the meaning of the word planning.

There is too much of carbon monoxide pollution emitted by the vehicles. People are compelled to cover their nostrils for the fear of getting all sorts of diseases, especially the respiratory and allergic diseases. Even Hindu girls look like the veiled Muslim girls. No one seems to understand the gravity of this kind of pollution leave alone global warming. Have they ever heard of ‘’ pollution control’’.

Everyone appear to have taken their fate for granted in the midst of all kinds of chaos. Buses are the main means of public transport. Bus transport is quite insufficient to cater to the increasing daily floating population and is disorganized. Auto rickshaws are having the field day. They simply don’t care about the meters provided for the benefit of their customers. They refuse to ply short distance and charge whatever they feel like for the long distance.

In short the condition is Appalling to say the least. I just wonder whether traffic police and R.T.O exist in Hyderabad. The public and readers apathy to a very serious problem especially the ” chaltaa hai” attitude of people is far more hurting than the attitude of the administration. Any number of people irrespective of age, caste, language, religion, gender and economical status may get either killed or get permanently handicapped physically and mentally for no reason at all.