Hinjewadi.
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear that?? I bet you will say, 'the IT hub of Pune' or 'the place with all the big software companies' et cetera et cetera.. and truly speaking you are not wrong. It truly is the IT hub. Almost all the big software companies are based there.
But what comes to my mind when i hear Hinjewadi? TRAFFIC. The traffic in Hinjewadi at wee hours is terrifying. Even terrifying is a small word and not enough to describe the intensity of terror it causes on the roads.
Interestingly most of the commuters caught in this traffic jam are the same people who causes it. They are the 'who's who' of the big software companies who have money enough to buy them-self a shiny fashionable car. They also have the patience to drive their car in that traffic and the most important thing is 90% of them travel alone.
Say,why can't they use the company bus? Is there some sort of disgrace in travelling with people who work with you? or does the disgrace lie in the fact that the-proud-owner-of-a-car would be taking a bus? It is beyond my understanding.
Why can't such educated people (with probably big MBA degrees) understand that petrol is a non renewable source of energy? A car which has the capacity to seat 5 people is used just for 1 person. Why such a waste?
Some people may argue that the bus stop is far from their home. Well going by the 'growth' most IT people have ( generally near the tummy area) , it wouldn't harm much to walk a few blocks. Would it?
So maybe you don't care about the cost of fuel or its wastage but my problem is why should we (the one's who travel by bus) suffer the traffic congestion? Why cannot they take a two wheeler instead to save on the space their vehicle occupies on the road? I mean 4 cars put together is the size of a mini bus. So its just 4 people occupying the road which otherwise can take 20.
Most of these big companies have slogans like "go green","save green" and so on. I think they should highlight this problem to their employees and educate them on it, because the companies are growing, and so are their employees, and so is the number of cars on the road. Its really our time to do our bit to save OUR environment.
