The Kashmere Gate Bus That Did Not Turn Up

The Kashmere Gate Bus That Did Not Turn Up

Leave Home On A Saturday at 3 PM. Reach Nauroji Nagar bus stand few moments later with day schedule least likely to dither. For the next 40-odd minutes I don't come across a bus headed to Kashmere Gate ISBT, and left with no option board a bus to Sarai Kale Khan ISBT at 3.55 with some vehicles amidst unseasonal vibes. The bus goes past Kalyan Jewellers and Joyalukkas stores which are a major hit in South India abutting bourse. The bus goes past Gupta Market, Lajpat Nagar, Vinobapuri, and here silence is eerie.  And in no time it is in Nehru Nagar where people are weather eager. Reach the much-touted Ashram underpass followed by Maharani Bagh at 4.32 with some sharing anecdotes of a train crew Reach Sarai Kale Khan ISBT at 4.40. With no buses in sight board auto at 4.45. There are directions to ITO, Rajghat, Anand Vihar and Ghaziabad  all prime locales in and around Delhi where the likes of journo Mr Ravish Kumar meet Kelly.

Going Past Indraprastha Park And Shanti Stupa

The auto goes past Indraprastha Park, Shanti Stupa, Railway Road Bridge with no trains to North East India having reported any glitch. And in no time we are next to I P Depot and WHO, and for the latter worldwide budget slashed, and this having an echo. Soon we reach next to Indira Gandhi Stadium, and from here there are directions to Azadpur, Wazirabad, Karnal, and hope in some of these centres in due course of time some reap a rich haul. The auto goes past Dilli Chalo Park, and this visited by those who own modernised version of yacht.  We are in Kashmere Gate at 4.58, and here no need to study the weather trait. Enter Lord Hanuman Temple, and do the rounds with I leaving few moments later. Board auto at 5.32. And soon we go past Chandni Chowk, Red Fort, Gowri Shankar Temple in a city where bus opportunities are not ample. It is 5.45 when we are in Delhi Gate, and here serving during functions is in a seasonal plate. 

Petrol Rationing In And Around Delhi City Need Of The Hour To Keep In Check Traffic Czar

The auto goes through ITO, Sikandra Road, Ferozeshah Road, Janpath, Tughlak Road, Aurobindo Marg, Safdarjung Airport, and later Kidwai Nagar, and here insurmountable traffic gives a clarion call that they be on a tether. Petrol rationing is the need of the hour in the face of indomitable traffic, and these set of vehicles making a host of guys turn maverick. Let the vehicles in and around Delhi be made to settle for 10 litre gasoline a month as this traffic is uncivilized taunt. By 6.30 I am in Safdarjung Enclave in what was supposed to be a day when connecting buses did not turn up despite some having requisite ID, and not furnished during a long-awaited visit to a train club.

YEDU KONDALWADA VENKATRAMNA GOVINDA GOVINDA