Zebra Crossings, overbridges
Your pictures on page 17 of the 24 May issue, highlighting the absence of Zebra Crossing and overbridge in busy streets, doesn't give the whole picture. Do we really use these facilities where they are available? Unfortunately, my experience shows we do not. I can give you a specific example. There is an overbridge in Kalabagan for pedestrians. But every morning when I pass this spot hundreds of people, specially garments workers, cross the street in the most haphazard way, endangering their lives and at the same time creating chaos and delay. All this happens in front of a number of police officials. At the same time, the pedestrian overbridge remains empty. At the same spot in Kalabagan, not only rickshaws but motorized vehicles also, sometimes driven by apparently educated persons, drive in the wrong lane in order to take a short cut, right in front of traffic police. I would like to use the good name of your newspaper to request the authorities to ensure the use of overbridges and prevent joy walking in busy streets. Motorists, too, have their rights!
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