Metro Train Construction

Moron drivers keep honking as if they are chased by a mad dog.                                                            .

Pic - www.thehindu.com

It happened again this week. A 36 year man  lost his life in an accident when the crane fell over him in Mount Road. 

Accidents are bound to happen, but this has become frequently and a norm, at least one accident per month. 

Almost 65% of the metro go as a elevated lane and just 35% is underground. As far I see accidents are happening on the construction site only on the elevated sites. I don't understand, the northern part of the metro is underground  the reason- the area is crowded. The mid and south sections are elevated, because they have enough space to construct !!!- Why cant they make the entire metro underground irrespective of you have space or not. With still half distance to cover, no one knows how many lives has to be lost.

I am deliberately avoiding the places in which these constructions are taking place along the 100 Feet Road and Mount Road. But sometimes it becomes unavoidable. Few months before there was an accident near Vadapalani, fortunately no one got injured or dead, it was afternoon and the traffic was less, still it was shocking for me when I heard the news, as I just passed the particular place few minutes before the accident.

Commuting after 10 PM in the night becomes too risky in these areas as they close down a section of  road and make another section for a two-way movement of vehicles. 

If there is a crane or a big construction vehicle moving on the road, there is only one ( Just one!! ) construction worker with the Light LED Baton and he trying to stop the fast-moving vehicles who are impatient to stop for few minutes. Some moron drivers keep honking as if they are chased by a mad dog.

I feel on a whole we lack the "Culture of Safety". ( IN ALL MATTERS ).