TURQUOISE CHILL

I've always been fascinated with machines, and the bigger they are the more fascinating. So you can well imagine how excited I am to see all this Construction Work going on in various parts of the City. Cranes, Excavators and all sorts of equipment working away to take us into the future. I just couldn't resist looking out of the window at my Dad's place and seeing this huge Crane which had just lifted this entire Steel Pillar into place. Had I been got there a bit earlier, I could have witnessed it being hoisted into position. The Excavators, having done their bit earlier in the build, some time last year digging earth out for the pilings, are now relegated to moving earth back around the big holes, filling them up and flattening the surface.

“Today’s Pain, Tomorrow’s Gain” ;  I'm  sure a lot of us have been, are and will be way into the future, witnesses of this common sign in various parts of the city. As a Metropolis, change and development are constant. While we only look at the inconveniences caused by this constant development, we pay little attention to the real people who sweat through soaring temperatures, get drenched in pouring rain and shiver through winter nights striving to make our cities better to live in; “The Labourer” I could make this a discourse about how corrupt officials make money and squatters delay projects and the government is a silent bystander while citizens pay the price, but today  I'm  going to address these great people, the unsung heroes of “DEVELOPMENT” This Flyover that has been in the making for the past few years and has been plagued with scandal of corruption, land acquisition problems and a debt riddled Government trying to keep this vit...

I’m not really sure whether this Road comes under the jurisdiction of the KMC (Kolkata Municipal Corporation) or the PWD (Public Works Department), but I'm sure it is the responsibility and a reflection of the shoddy work being commissioned by the incumbent State Government. This rant is not to blame anyone, but to do my duty as a citizen and bring to the notice of the concerned departments that taxpayers money is just being washed away by such negligent work. I'm sure all the residents of Calcutta Greens, Udita, Udayan and the surrounding areas including shop owners and visitors alike must have been pleased to see that this 350 metre stretch of road from Ajoy Nagar upto Calcutta Greens had been repaired a little over two weeks ago. In fact the relaying had been all the way up to Hiland Park.  My point being that prior to this repair work, for nearly 5 years the stretch had become a dirt track and developed potholes large enough to swallow a small car. So we wer...