I was coming to Gurgaon in a bus today and it was an ordeal of some sort. It took me 3 hours to complete the journey which should have taken half the time. The traffic jams at three places should be blamed for this while Government can be cursed for everything. The cause of traffic jams was different at different places.

The first traffic jam happened because a flyover is being constructed there. The part of the road is under construction so the road width has decreased causing narrower exodus of vehicles than before. The Govt. is making significant investments to improve the infrastructure of Delhi and to equip the city to host Commonwealth Games in 2010.

The cause of the second jam was some rainfall last night which clogged the roads with rainwater. The same road is said to be one of the best in the capital and it’s a kind of shame when the movement of vehicles slows down because of something as mundane as drizzle. Has the govt. invested the money wisely in creating the highway? Didn’t engineers should have taken rain into account before making highway?

The third cause was the long(est) queue at a Toll bridge. The Govt. charge money from every single vehicle which enters Gurgaon from the capital so that they can have fuller treasury to invest on making more highways which clog down after some rain.

When you do something you advertise that you can do it. The govt. of India is advertising its inability to make smart investments in infrastructure because advertising doesn’t have to be loud every time.