( This blog was written on 07August 2010 but published today )
G M is Grand Mother for the un-initiated. This is the acronym devised by us . It is not as complicated as some which have been introduced to us by the kids . eg OMG : Oh My God , BTW : By the Way , LOL : this was introduced today by AJ . Lots Of Laughs !
Any way all that was BTW .
Every technical innovation has always had their flip side as well . Internet has been the greatest so far as the communication revolution is concerned . All the knowledge is now literally at the finger tips of people . All they have to do is "google" it or "bing" it :-) . The flip side being easy access to pornogrophy , milacious mails hacking , on line frauds etc etc .
In our opinion one of the best boon of this revolution is internet based telephone and video calls.With nuclear families being able to talk to children , grand children all the way across the world and if it is a video call to be able to see them at that same time gives so much pleasure to the GPs that one has to feel it , go through the experience to to believe it :-) .
If one has a grand child in Singapore and another in Delhi to be able to talk to them and see them at the same time would have been unthinkable just a few years back !!!
Today being Saturday ANJ in Singapore and and AJT in Delhi were free . So today we talked to K in Singapore and L in Delhi and also saw them simultaneously. K of course just waved and generally smiled but L was really very talkative . She walked the ramp for us in showing us her new frock , put on a tiara and even sang couple of songs for us . I took skype snaps of the occasion . I am putting up couple of them here . A truly wonderful and happy happy experience , and this brings me to the title of this post :
A G M's DAY IS MADE :-)
L in Delhi
( the photos have been edited "out" for obvious reasons )
After almost one year I accompanied Priti to Indore . I have been associated with Indore for as long as I can remember as I grew up in small towns within a radius of about 60KMs from Indore and we had to visit it often to proceed to other places as Indore was a rail head and gate-way to places beyond so far as we were concerned or to visit relatives residing in Indore. Later, spent three years there when I did my Diploma in Electrical Engineering from 1960 to 1963 in GSTI . Later still , Got married to a Indore girl . That and marrying this particular girl was and still remains , the best and wisest thing I ever did in my life .
Any way this is the first time I took photographs of some of the important and must see monuments of Indore and including them in the blog .
As is natural I started with Rajwada . Some info on Rajwada is available here and here
Rajawada.
Gurudwara on Yashwant Road , going towards Harsidhi Temple
My father was teacher in Government High School at Neemuch and later at Mandleshwar. Some of my earliest memories are of those places . Neemuch is a Cantonment town located near the border of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and has meter gauge railway . Besides being cantonment, it's other claim to fame was presence of a Government Opium factory under Government control and licence due to its location in poppy growing area . Mandleshwar is on the banks of Narmada River . Generally no one knows where it is . For them it must be told that it is 5 KMs from Maheshwar , the place made famous by Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar , queen of Indore state .It had no railway.
My ajol ( Grand parents place , in this case from mother's side ) was in Sangli .When we were young , Our mother used to visit Sangli once a year during summer holidays .The journey was a major event and preparations started months in advance they consisted mainly writing letters to all the relatives en-route. Informing every one of our journey dates. Adn preparing dry eatables which wont spoil in 4 - 5 days . Even the parathas were made of atta kneaded in milk instead of water for its quality of not going bad for 4-5 days .Beddings were made of mattresses rolled in durries and tied secularly with ropes . Later they were replaced by "holdalls".For me the journey to Sangli was the most wonderful thing ever to happen .
For Sangli we had first to go to Bombay , then to Poona then to Miraj and then Change over to narrow gauge rail for sangli . From Neemuch as well as from Mandleshwar first we had to reach either Khandwa or Ratlam, major rail junctions on the broad gauge main line to catch train for Bombay.
On retiring on 31 Dec 1999 , for the second time after completion of reemployment from Bangalore ,we returned in Maruti 800 , via West Coast , Sangli, Kohlapur . Mahad , Mumbai ,Pune etc . The blog is about the road trip .
DECIDED TO SEND A PIECE TO RD , Here are samples of various efforts & the final hopefully .
After the 1962 Chinese aggression there was large scale induction to fill the vacancies in all the three arms of the Defence Services . Indian Air Force had also inducted large number of eligible bright young men for Pilot's training . These were called direct entry flight cadets . For the first time The IAF had people from very heterogeneous social back ground . Very strict and rigid standards during every stage of flying training ensured that only the ablest cadets progressed to further stage of flying training . After passing out from Air Force Flying College Jodhpur those of us considered good enough were posted for fighter flying training to Hakimpet for training on Vampire Aircraft.We were issued Pilots Notes for the aircraft and we had to really know the whole thing by heart as one never knew which part of the training notes would come in handy to save your life in an emergency.A written test on Pilots notes was conducted passing in which was mandatory before one could commence flying..As the number of pupils was large each instructor had about 6 to 7 cadets .
1 sep65 to 20sep.
After a brief interruption due to Indo Pak War our Pilots Course completed its flying Training at Air Force Flying College, Jodhpur..We eagerly awaited our further postings as it was after this stage that we cadets, based on performance, were allotted different aircraft streams .Fighter stream cadets were posted to Hakimpet , transport stream to Yelahanka and Helicopter stream to Begumpet .
After completing our flying training at Air Force College , Jodhpur , based on the performance, we cadets were allotted different aircraft streams .Fighter stream cadets were posted to Hakimpet , transport stream to Yelahanka and Helicopter stream to Begumpet . I was one of the 50 - 60 odd cadets posted to Hakimpet to undergo further "Advanced Flying Training" on Vampire Trainer aircraft which was fitted with an ejection seat . Prior to commencement of flying training we were issued flying clothing , Aircraft Manual and the Pilots Notes .Next 15 - 20 days were grueling hard work, as along with all the tough physical routine , we had to know the aircraft inside out and during the blindfold check , unerringly put our fingers on the switches/ controls named by the Instructor Examiner.We also had to learn the Pilots Notes , checks and procedures and Vital Actions by heart .Finally the day dawned when we were to commence flying . Our Instructor briefed seven of us pupils on the sortie , which was an air experience and local flying area familarisation sortie.As was normal he also covered mso ajor aircraft emergencies and emergency actions to be taken . Finally he said in case the emergency is so critical that we have to abandon the aircraft , I will call out "EJECT", don't ask "what Sir" because I would have ejected and abandoned the aircraft .It was here that one of my co-upil blurted out "What Sir" . Needless to say after a moments silence all of us burst out laughing . That cadet for many years to come was nick named "What Sir "
The FINAL VERSION sent on 23 Dec 2010:-
After completing our flying training at Air Force College , Jodhpur , I along with 50 - 60 odd cadets was posted to Hakimpet to undergo further "Advanced Flying Training" on Vampire Trainer aircraft which was fitted with an ejection seat .After reporting next 15 - 20 days were grueling hard work, as along with all the tough physical routine , we had to know the aircraft inside out and during the blindfold check , unerringly put our fingers on the switches/ controls named by the Instructor Examiner.We also had to learn the Pilots Notes , checks and procedures and Vital Actions by heart .Finally the day dawned when we were to commence flying . Our Instructor briefed seven of us pupils on the sortie , which was an air experience and local flying area familarisation sortie.As was normal he also covered major aircraft emergencies and emergency actions to be taken . Finally he said in case the emergency was so critical that we had to abandon the aircraft , he would call out "EJECT" and then, don't ask "what Sir" because he would have ejected and abandoned the aircraft .It was here that one of my co-upil blurted out "What Sir" . Needless to say after a moment's silence all of us burst out laughing . That cadet for many years to come was nick named "What Sir "
(I had written this piece on and around, 10 March 2008. It was getting too lengthy and seemed not to end at all . I put it in the drafts and just forgot about it as I did not want to put any thing on the blog till such time I was satisfied about the written text and more importantly the contents . Yesterday I was advised by one person whose thinking I respect , to write and put up on the blog irrespective whether it was finished product or not.. Refining can take place as an on going process and editing can stop once I was satisfied . There was no reason not to write something more oftener , if not every day and put up on the blog. Also to break up my writing in small self contained subject matter , as a chapter in a book .The person giving this advice was my son . I have whole heartedly taken his advice and here are the results.)
PREFACE
To start with , I do not know if what I want to write or contribute for Gnat 50 Years Web Site violets the official secrets act or not . How ever I understand that there is a statue of limitations where by after a laid down period, even secret documents are de-classified . What I am going to write is for the period 1974 - 1975 so as about 36 - 37 years having elapsed , I feel it is safe to assume that all the limitations would be over . Any way Gnat having been phased-out a long time back , in 1977 to be precise , it should not matter so far as National Security is concerned nor to any one else other then then those "Gnat Fans" who were .
passionately in love with the aircraft or are Interested in 5 BRD.
EARLY GNAT DAYS.
On completing 50 hours on Hunter aircraft in No 7 Squadron my name was forwarded to Air Hq for posting on to Gnat ac .As it was considered waste of precious flying hours on some one who was likely to be posted out of Hunter stream our flying in 7 Sqn came to a grinding halt and I along with some others sat on the ground twiddling thumbs and waiting for the bar to open in the evenings !!The wait for posting , without any flying was really a nerve wrecking experience .
Finally with effect from 16 July1969 I was posted to 22 Squadronon , to fly Gnat Mk I aircraft .The squadron was located at Kalikunda and later in 1973 moved to Hasimara . As was the prevailing custom in those days , with poor Hunter trainer and Gnat serviceability , if one wanted to accumulate flying hours one did not go on service leave , one lagao patti or cut some one Else's patti for a sortie on the Gnat. One also generally volunteered for the air tests and particularly those to be done on a Saturday or Sunday when those not too interested in flying would not venture out. 50 odd minutes of flying in weekend air tests thus logged , would all finally add up to make one experienced on the Gnat and add to flying hours. So after trying all sorts of stratagems I had managed to accumulate about 700 odd hours on the Gnat by the time I had completed 5 long years in the squadron . 140 flying hours per years seems chicken feed , but believe you me and ask any one in the Gnat squadron during late sixties and early seventies how difficult it was to average this amount of flying . Those were the days we could not even log minimum requirement of six hours of flying required to claim flying bounty per month and had to do these flying hours by going to one of the transport squadrons to do 72 hours of supernumerary flying meaning we sat in the cargo hold and were put down as third and forth pilot in the author book , but could log as second pilot. In fact all things considered this was a healthy flying average .
5 years was a long long time to be posted to one unit and finally my posting also came . I was posted to No 5 BRD Sulur . At this point in time I do not remember the posting signal details but there was general ignorance amongst the flyers about a BRD posting except that this unit was overhauling Gnats , I my self having ferried about five to six aircraft immediately after 1971 war knew the place but had never imagined that one day I would be posted there nor the fact that spread over two tenuers We would spend 6 to 7 years at Sulur ! One knowledgeable person opined that as I was posted to fill a flying vacancy , and considering my experience on Gnat , may be I was being posted to do air tests of overhauled Gnats . To avoid being shunted out of the main stream and flying squadrons , I was even advised to put in a personal application for cancellation of this posting . However I was very clear in mind that I was never going to ask for cancellation nor request for choice postings in my service career ! And so we proceeded to Sulur . I was then a senior Flight Lieutenant with 8 years of service and married for just about 10 months .
Arrival was uneventful and we were acommodated in one of the six rooms built inside a hanger . For the next couple of months or so that one room was our Drawing room , bed room , sitting room , kitchen , store and sit out . Bath rooms and toilets were detached and at the rear of the hanger ! Then we were allotted a temporary mqrried accomodation which was juat abvout 100 yards from the Flying Control and about 150 yards from the runway . This may have been the only plce in the whole of the Air Force where married accomodation was almost by the side of the run way and Priti used to lay out the dining table after watching me land after the sortie !.
Having dealt with prelimeneries and the introduction let me get on to the "work" portion of my life at Sulur . The main task of the unit at that time was major overhaul of Gnat aircraft and storege of any and every type of aircraft which was on the IAFinventory but not required in the squadron . So we had couple of Canberras , some HT 2s, couple of chetak and cheetas , The manning therefore was to suit these tasks . So we had about 48 % of officers of Technical branch , 48 % logistics branch and remaining of Acccounts and Admin branches . I was the only pilot on the posted strength of the unit . Before the posting I had not realised that I would be in a unique position , not because I was the only pilot , but also because of the fact that I would actually be filling in the Posts of Chief Test Pilot , Test Pilot , Chief Operations Officer , Station Flight Safety Officer and finally Adjutant to the COO . These posts being included in the Establishment page of the Unit !! Also because of the task , the only sorties which could be authorised in the "autho book" were "Air Tests" . No general handling , no navs , no low flying . no formation or any other type of flying just Air Tests & Air Tests !!
Runway at Sulur was 1700 yds . Standard length of runways at almost all the flying stations was 3000 yds , so for the pilots used to land at 3000 yds runway landing on 1700 yds runway was considered tricky . Even though I had landed earlier at Sulur without much problem , In the early days while operating on 1700 yds runway , on approach , breathing rate did go up a bit . However with passage of time things became ok and 1700 yds did not pose any problem . The secret was to make correct approach , at correct speeds and touch down as close to the begining of the runway as possible , preferably within first 20 to 25 yds ! Over a period of time I found that "Kisser"Landings and touch downs were achieved at speeds of 122 to 124 Kts . Below 120 Kts "kissers " were not possible as the ac fell out of hand ! After touch down at 122 to 124 Kts during the six month period when we had " Palghat Gap " surface winds , with tail parachute and moderate breaking , if one wanted to , the aircraft could be brought to halt in about 1050 to 1100 yds . And so 1700 yds appeared more than adequate for landings even without tail-chute !
From April on wards , for the first 2 -3 months ie up to June or so the unit had a deserted sort of look with most of the airmen and officers on leave . There was not much flying for most part of the year . Almost all of the flying was carried out from September / October onwards till 31 march , most of it within the last 3 months of the finincial year . Those were also the months when personnel , men & officers , picked up the tempo of the work in the the overhaul hanger . Initially afternoon shifts were started . The working hours were then extended to sunday & hoilday as well . It peaked in the month of March when the work was done in three shifts and the aircraft was worked upon 24 hours a day ! All this was to meet the "task " of producing a given number of aircraft which was given by Air Hq / Hq Maintenance Command for the finincial year . To complete the overhaul of one aircraft was to " produce " one aircraft . However the rider was that the aircraft was not considered "produced " unless it was "airtested " . However in case of some aircraft the snags were so many or so perststant that it took days and days to clear them for aircraft to be " Serviceable " , This meant that for most of the aircraft overhauled in March there wont be time for rectification and do the number of sorties required to "clear" the aircraft . This also meant that with a large number of aircraft , at times almost 75% of the given task , being overhauled in March would not be counted towards the " task completion " as they would not be declared " S " after the air tests .. So a case was taken up with Air Hq / Hq Maintenance Command. It was argued that unless the overhaul of the aircraft was completed in all respects and air craft had become airworthy and certified fit by all the tradesmen as serviceable it can not be offerred for airtest , therefore once the aircraft was accepted for flight by the Test Pilot and had got airborne for the sortie it should be considered as having been produceed and snags during the air test should be considered as routine rectificatin work on a "produceed "aircraft ! Much to the relief and joy of every one at BRD including self , this was agreed to by the authorities .
We had gone to visit Ajeet at Delhi during December 2006 . Spent Christmas there,
We had wanted to see Andaman Islands since long . Ajeet did the necessary bookings by Indigo from Delhi to Chennai to Port Blair & back to Chennai.We had also heard about a "golden Temple "in the south we were told it was close to Vellore .So our return to Nagpur was via Port Blair - Chennai - Vellore - Golden Temple at Sripuram - -Katpadi Junction - Chennai Central Station and on to Nagpur --Sweet Home.:-)
For better viewing all Andaman Nicobar , Havelock Island , Sripuram portion of the maps MUST be viewed in Setallite mode and at as much "Zoom - in" as possible.
Two years back we had the worst terrorist attack in our countries young history. With a ready precedent available we followed the example of U S A and we started calling it 26/11 on the lines of 9/11.
We were fortunate that , due to supreme sacrifice and gallantry of PSI Tukaram Omble we were successful in capturing one of the terrorist.His name was Ajmal Kasab .We were also fortunate that we had a video recording clearly showing him in the dasterdaly act of emptying his machine gun on innocent civilians .Government of India and the powers that be took a decision to show and prove to the world how conscience of human rights were were and how impartial and fair was our judicial system.Kasab was provided the best of medical care , best of security , was fed whatever food he wanted all and every comfort was given to him . He was provided legal counsel at govt expense and fair trial conducted . Based on the evidence the Judge had no hesitation in passing the judgement of guilty and awarding death sentence . So far so good . We had shown the world what we had intended . Our stand was appreciated .
However what has been happening after completion of the trial and the way his appeal is progressing has sadly made Government of India and Indian Judiciary a laughing stock in the world.And the loudest laughter is heard in Pakistan .
The Hitavada is doing yeoman's service by highlighting the apathy of the civic officials by publishing public interest reports about bad roads , poor garbage collection, poorly maintained public parks , indiscriminate cutting of trees etc . I , and I am sure the people of Nagpur appreciate the effort and are thankful to the Hitavada . With this mail I am attaching three photos .Half surfaced one is of Ring Road joining Hingna "T" Point . The Other two are of tri-junction of Jaitala Road and Hingna road near Shitala mata Mandir . You may use these photos to highlight another public interest report or just publish the following ,as a letter in The City -Mail .
Letter to Editor :-
Sir ,
During the tenure of Dr Chandrashekher very large number of roads were widened . The newly constructed roads were well painted with lane markings, road edges , well painted dividers and serviceable street lights .We the Nagpurians were then really proud of our city and proudly showed off to the outside visitors. Sadly , Officers who have later occupied Dr. Chandrashekher's post were not only unable to improve the things but even could not maintain what Dr Chandrashekher had achieved and the present condition of roads is well known to all.
After lot of hue and cry, quite some time back, the road resurfacing work of Ring Road joining Hingna T Point was done .However,the powers that be resurfaced only half the width of the once really nice and WIDE road .This leaves very uneven and split road surface. There is as much as 3 - 4 inches of difference between the level of road surface.This is an invitation for accidents by two wheelers .Why only half the width was resurfaced it was so is not known . If it was to save money , authorities should realise that at some point in time they will have to resurface the whole width ! I request concerned authorities that whenever resurfacing work is undertaken it should be for the whole width of the road and not only part of the road .
Why the silence on the BABUS
Sir,
Adarsh Society Scam is hot news now a days .Senior Defence Officers , Politicians,Maharashtra Chief minister being one of them and Senior Bureaucrats,Glorified Babus so far as I am concerned,were involved in the scam .MOD wasted no time in issuing a statements that exemplary punishment would be swiftly dished out to all the Service Officers involved . I have no doubt that MOD , manned by the Babus , so far as Defence personnel are concerned will not waste time and will dish out & carry out the punishment . What has surprised me is the fact that even when involvement of Senior Bureaucrats has also been exposed why The Honourable Home Minister , The Cabinet Secretary , The Home Ministry are maintaining deafening silence on what action they are going to take against the involved Bureaucrats. Or does this silence means that as usual , the corrupt and guilty Bureaucrats are going to go scot free !!!! Since day one all the affected Service Officers have been named . Some Babu who did not want to be identified has dug out and obligingly provided more names to the PTI . All the news media , Print and Electronic , have prominently provided and named the involved Defence Officers. However what is of great interest is that the same news media has not bothered to find out and name the any of the politicians other then the CM . The same news media which takes pride in its freedom and independence and investigative journalism has not named a single , not even one Bureaucrat involved in the scam . I believe the we the Aam Adamis are entitled to know the names of ALL involved , The Politicians , The Babus and Defence Officers if any who are not yet exposed.Will the watch dog for us , the news media , oblige and name the Bureaucrats ? And will The Honourable Home Minister , The Cabinet Secretary , The Home Ministry announce what they intend to do against the guilty Bureaucrats and when ?
Sir,
" Moily slams Roy ,Gillani............. , BJP demands hanging of Roy,Geelani"
Hurriyat leader Mr Geelani and others of his elk have been spewing venom against the Union Of India , instigating violence and committing overt and covert deeds amounting to treason for ages . In fact it is no secret that the fomenting of unrest and violence in Kashmir valley since June 2010 in which more than 110 innocent and not so innocent persons lost their lives was the handiwork of leaders such as Geelani. It was a matter of great surprise, worry, concern and shame that all these years political leaders whether they were from the ruling party or in the opposition did not utter a single word or initiate concrete action against these deshdhrohees .
From the headlines in The Hitvada dated 27 October 2010 it appears that at least some of these worthy leaders have woken up from their slumber . That is not enough ! Government of India must ensure that necessary follow-up action like charging these persons for crimes against the Nation under relevant laws is done post haste, they are tried by fast track special courts . They need to be dealt with most severely and an example made for all the enemy's of the Nation .
Yours Sincerely,
PM Velankar , Nagpur .
PS,
Here is a cut and paste job of the letter I had written on 03 August2010,which did not find favour and so was not printed, This , for your information,
Kashmir Burning.:-(
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Sir .
Kashmir has always been in the news for the violent agitations being sponsored by self-serving and corrupt politicians. This has been particularly true for the last fortnight or so due to almost mutinous situation prevailing there which has been the cause of gravest concern to every citizen of India .
There are certain aspects of the situation which I do not understand and certain basic doubts which I would very much like to share with the enlightened readers of The Hitavada.
Modus-operandi of the agitators has been following a set pattern of such heavy stone pelting that security forces are forced to retaliate which unfortunately causes death of some trouble seeking / agitating teenager .Mind you it is always a teenager in the age group of 17 to 19 or so to die , never younger or elder . Can any one explain why is it so ? Why the leaders fomenting such agitations are never ever the one to get killed ?
Every death be it due to bullet injury , drowning , under suspicious circumstances or even missing person is blamed on the security forces and and this is being used to organise even bigger and more violent agitation .Even when this modus-operandi is well established and well known to the whole of India and the National leadership how is it that even with all the resources and every mean available to them the political leadership has not been able to break this viscous chain of violence.
Another doubt .
Speeches likely to raise communal violence , likely to hurt the sentiments of certain communities are offences in our laws . I believe treason is also an offence under these laws . Politicians in Kashmir have for the last many years openly giving speeches which have been refusing the sovereignty of Indian nation , refusing to accept that Kashmir is an integral part of India , advocating separation from Indian state . So much so that this motley crowd of such politicians are being called "the separatist" . Even the National leadership has been guilty of calling them "the separatist" What I do not understand is , that rather then giving them this dubious legitimacy by recognizing them as such , why they are not being charged and tried for the offence of treason . Every one knows they are grave threat to the nation . The people perceived to cause such a threat were deported to Kalapani , Andaman Islands by the Britishers . Why such people are not being sent to kalapani and kept incommunicado where they can not foment further trouble is beyond my understanding . Even the trials for treason for such people must be followed vigorously and taken to their logical conclusion .
For various reasons Presidents rule is imposed in the states . Opposition parties agitate for imposition of Presidents rule in the states being governed by the ruling party for any major or minor problem . Ruling parties impose Presidents rule in states being run by opposition parties .I am wondering that even when Kashmir is literally burning and the Government in power totally powerless to restore law and order why neither the central government nor the opposition has spoken of imposing Presidents rule in Kashmir , unless of course it can not be done due to Article 370 ?
Sir,
38 GOLD , 27 Silver , 36 Bronze , TOTAL of 101 medals and over all SECOND STANDING in in the just concluded CWG is what is gifted to the nation by our sportsmen and sportswomen . They have brought glory and historic achievement to the country . The , hard work , sacrifices , toil ,sweat and blood of our Athletes , Pugilists , Shooters , Wrestlers , Shuttlers , Archers , Weight Lifters , Discuss throwers , Hockey players ( with lot of reservations) and others who won the medals and also those who did not win the medals but participated has made this achievement possible . The whole nation owes them a big thanks of gratitude !!! I have always been proud of being an Indian and believed in "Mrea Bharat Mahan".and this historic achievement has reinforced that feeling . Today the whole nation celebrates this wonderful feat and is happy ,
In happiness, feeling of forgiveness is high . The Nation must guard against this .Let us make sure that the the credit for this achievement is not high jacked by opportunistic Politicians and Babus . Let us remind Ms Sonia Gandhi and Dr Manmohan Singh of their promise to punish the corrupt Politicians and Baubus who had brought disrepute to the Nation and jeopardised the very holding of games by events leading to the CWG . From The boos of multitudes of crowd during the closing ceremony , They and the Government will not have to search far for the guilty .
Sir ,
The stretch of Shitalamata Temple to Octori post on Hingna road is used extensively for morning health walk by a large number of citizens . Very long , unbroken foot path along the boundary wall of D G C A Transmission Station was a boon to these citizens as they did not have to worry about the Traffic.Over a period of time the foot path is over grown with weeds to such an extent that it can not be used by people taking morning walk .
Last year MSEB had dug up this stretch of road for cable laying . For a ling time the ditch was not filled up , finally when it was filled up almost 4-5 months back the work was done in a very shoddy manner and was not levelled at all . Portion where cable laying was done can not be used either by pedestrians or vehicles .
With The unusable foot path and shoddy ditch filling by MSEB almost 1/3rd of the road can not be used by any one . The morning walkers are thus forced to walk on the road , of which only 2/3rds remains usable by pedestrians , cycles . two wheelers . light and heavy vehicles etc .
The situation is ripe for an accident when one of the morning walkers or pedestrians will be knocked down by a motor vehicle .
A picture is worth 1000 words , I am attaching four of them showing the state of affairs.Two of the photos show where the pedestrians have to walk .
I will request the civic authorities to take action to clear the footpath and level the MSEB ditch .
PM Velankar , Nagpur.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW , IT GOT PRINTED - MINUS THE PHOTOS. Published-24-10-2010
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As can be seen , photos not included but not many changes in text and less "cut-pit". Thank you Mr Editor :-)
