It is quite interesting to see how the Delhi Metro has made our lives more comfortable. Everyday millions of Delhiites take to the metro for going to their offices, universities or other daily tasks. If there is one thing that the Sheila Dikshit led government did well, it was the way they planned the different phases of the metro (although the plan was first mooted way back in 1969). Who would have thought travelling from West Delhi all the way to Noida would be a decently comfortable experience, taking into account the sheer mass of people?; or for that matter from Gurgaon to Delhi University? Be it in peak Delhi summers or winters, travelling in a metro has made all of us thankful to the governments.
However, as with almost every other state property, the Delhi Metro is only as convenient as we the people help it to be. The sheer mass of people who travel can sometimes make the experience a bit harrowing, especially at stations like Rajiv Chowk or Kashmere Gate. While i am a regular metro commuter, today's experience made me write this blog. There was nothing out of the ordinary or distinctly odd that happened. At around 2: 30 pm, i was at the Rajiv Chowk platform waiting for a train for Jahangirpuri. I had to go to my uncle's house in Shalimar Bagh. As always, today was also extremely crowded. However what i observed was an almost life and death kind of battle to barge into the train. People around me did not wait for the commuters inside to deboard and instead jostled with each other.
Of course, you might wonder what the hell is different or new in what i am describing. If this is what you are thinking, then it is precisely why i write this blog. People try to get in as if they have a battle to win. No sooner does the metro door open, that we are ready to pounce on the commuters inside, as if they were just ants to be trampled upon and dismissed out of sight. As soon a as metro arrive, people stand right in the middle of the door, not even realising, or may be rather not giving a damn to realise, that there are commuters inside waiting to get out. In spite of repeated announcements, it hardly makes any difference to us. what infuriates me even more is the smirk on the faces of people who have been able to defeat the commuters inside and gleefully share it with fellow passengers/friends. It is a seriously sickening sight to see what our society is becoming,
Something is seriously going wrong. We just don't seem to respect human dignity. We are all on our own ways, never paying attention to the comforts of others. And while we should rightfully blame politicians for their wrong deeds, it is we who must first realise the faults within. People throw trash on the metro floor without even giving a thought that there are foreigners travelling who would create a certain image of us. And in any case it is not for foreigners that we need to show ourselves as cleanliness conscious, We shout at fellow passengers over petty issues for space. It is disgusting to see the way we behave in such a public transport. We are no longer becoming uncivilized, rather WE ARE.
To give respect to human life, let us just make sure that we do not behave as if nobody else matters.
Let us not:
Stand in the middle of door.
Allow commuters inside to first deboard.
Not throw trash on the metro floor(at least leave some space dirt-free)
While i am not sure how many people would actually apply whatever is written in the blog, even if one person can take it seriously i would consider my purpose of writing this blog as served.
However, as with almost every other state property, the Delhi Metro is only as convenient as we the people help it to be. The sheer mass of people who travel can sometimes make the experience a bit harrowing, especially at stations like Rajiv Chowk or Kashmere Gate. While i am a regular metro commuter, today's experience made me write this blog. There was nothing out of the ordinary or distinctly odd that happened. At around 2: 30 pm, i was at the Rajiv Chowk platform waiting for a train for Jahangirpuri. I had to go to my uncle's house in Shalimar Bagh. As always, today was also extremely crowded. However what i observed was an almost life and death kind of battle to barge into the train. People around me did not wait for the commuters inside to deboard and instead jostled with each other.
Something is seriously going wrong. We just don't seem to respect human dignity. We are all on our own ways, never paying attention to the comforts of others. And while we should rightfully blame politicians for their wrong deeds, it is we who must first realise the faults within. People throw trash on the metro floor without even giving a thought that there are foreigners travelling who would create a certain image of us. And in any case it is not for foreigners that we need to show ourselves as cleanliness conscious, We shout at fellow passengers over petty issues for space. It is disgusting to see the way we behave in such a public transport. We are no longer becoming uncivilized, rather WE ARE.
To give respect to human life, let us just make sure that we do not behave as if nobody else matters.
Let us not:
Stand in the middle of door.
Allow commuters inside to first deboard.
Not throw trash on the metro floor(at least leave some space dirt-free)
While i am not sure how many people would actually apply whatever is written in the blog, even if one person can take it seriously i would consider my purpose of writing this blog as served.
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