I was surprised as I walked past the ever-busy Porur junction towards SRMC hospital at the peak hour. The road was empty, save a few cyclists and my fellow pedestrians. My bemusement finally ended when I saw a police-set up road block far down the road. The other side of the median was in sharp contrast to this one. It was packed with vehicles, the queue extending well beyond my eye sight on either side. People were beginning to get impatient and it was very ostentatious; horns and streams of abusives. The Humidity and time only added insult to injury. A few minutes later, two marked cars with red lights on top swung across the corner, reached the main road and coasted away.
It was a classic case of power misuse. Road blocks at peak hours only add to the misery of the public which has already developed an abhorrence towards road travel. Politicians, especially those in power are always considered pompous and acts like these only highlight those opinions. It is the them and their mind set which need to change.
It is ironical that they are called Public servants. But these servants have always displeased their masters. May be Lincoln was also misquoted as Shakespeare often was when he had said, 'Government is of the people, by the people, for the people.'
