but traffic does get denser during peak hrs... but its ok .. a 45mins distance turns in to a 1.5hr journey.. well thts normal for all mumbaikars !!! but this friday... was crazy... I travel from Mahakali caves road to ghatkopar... take a normal bus or rick from there depending who is paying ;) .. so u can figure out.. wot i do when..
me and dad were together.. got a lift frm a fellow till chakala.. nd then v were to catch a rick... but none was stoping by... v saw a clog ahead... thot .. "arrey.. aage signal tak hoga.. v wil walk till there".. strted walking... v passed tht signal.. then the jb nagar signal.. then the airport signal.. then the marol signal... finall reached walkin till Saki naka signal... covered in abt 35-40mins.. passed atleast 10-12 ghatkopar bound bus... nd yeh.. v were ahead of all of them walkin !!!
v thot.. v hav walked enuff time to catch a rick.. again no 1 agreed... took sum bus at sakinaka signal... jam packed.. but saved ourselves frm walking !.. @ snails pace.. it reached to asalpha... again to got stuck... v thot enuff... rather standing lets walk... got down... strtd walkin till home !!!
in total it took us 1.5hrs to reach... if v had sat in bus... definitely not b4 3-3.5hrs !!! it was tht crazy!!
But... surprisingly... this entire ordeal.. v wherent the only 1... there were loads for ppl... huge crowd... walkin vth us... nd.. i think.. most of them were regulars.. walk for 3-4 km regularly jst to reach home early.. (actually definition of early has been chnged... being on-time is knwn as coming home early !!!)
ITs completely crazy... i agree.. IT IS A $h!T h0Le.... and yeh.. ppl do "walk while they talk"... they dont hav any choice.. atleast on this belt !!
i can understand the anguish since i too was using that road till march and have many times walked frm asalpha to ghatkopar due to the traffic..its much better u go to andheri station, catch a train and change over at dadar....max it takes 1 hr to 1 hr 15 min.....
ReplyDeleteThat road is a nightmare; but still walking all the way down is crazy... Hats off
ReplyDeleteBtw, you can train yourself for the marathon by doing this regularly :)
Weight reduction program. BMC gives u a free way to reduce wgt... its their way of caring abt your health! :P
ReplyDeletethere is no proper system for infra development in india especially mumbai...nobody is thinking about public...just imagine when reliance will complete this project, its like snake making its way in concrete jungle...best title "walk when you talk"
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