What is the ugliest, most obscene sight I have seen in recent times? You perverts out there may put away your mental images. I just meant the sight of beautiful, strong trees in their prime having their roots exposed to the sun.
This is in protest of the government-sanctioned tree killings that have been going on recently on G N Chetty Road. This used to be a beautiful tree-lined avenue and just entering it on a hot day, you could feel the temperatures drop at least a degree. But recently in the name of PROGRESS (don't make me laugh!) at least 10 trees have been slashed down. For what? To build a frickin' FLYOVER. What it all boils down to is this:
The bloody traffic police don't care about controlling traffic, making sure rules are followed. Oh but wait, they do! But only when their finances are low and they need so ready cash. Then they'll stop people for all reasons, take their money and send them on their way. If you're wondering where this is leading, let me attempt an explanation. So, basically, these idiots can't maintain discipline and so traffic jams up like crazy. And what do they do? No, they don't make sure people don't do idiotic things like jumping signals, respectiong "stop" lines. No, they decide to build a flyover which will only encourage more rule breaking and traffic and create horrible bottlenecks and snares in traffic (Gemini flyover being a prime example). Oh, but that's ok... All that's going to be wasted is the tax money of fool citizens who cough up. And oh, as a sidenote, a bunch of green-and-brown props on the side of the road. Trees.
Murder. That's what this is. Am I being melodramatic? Good! I don't give a damn. People just need to get melodramatic about things like this. Forget the fact that these trees, tall, lush and majestic have taken DECADES to grow (eyewitness accounts, thanks to my family that's lived in T Nagar since forever), fighting against impossible Chennai summers, putting up with graffiti and disfigurement, etc. Forget the fact that trees actually have life and as much rights to live as a human beings. Forget the fact that trees are fricking scarce in chennai! Let's forget all that and be the usual materialistic, self-centred human beings and come down to practicalities. These trees give SHADE. Now that's essential in blisterin' ole Chennai. And hello?! Are we forgetting things like oxygen cycles, ecology and global warming? What happened to all the environmental awareness? This is EXACTLY why the human race is doomed and is also sending the rest of the planet to its doom.
In college, the dear central government has added to our already heavy workload with a core paper called Environmental Studies. As I said before, don't make me laugh. Cos I might just get hysterical (as if i'm not now!). Talk about irony!
5 comments:
G.N.Chetty Road looks naked! yes i mean it.. it looks as though its been stripped off its pretty green frills! I remember driving down that road when the trees were around. sigh it was so cool.. Now its just chaos..cars having a tough time figuring out their way and yes if ur on a bike unlike the lucky souls in their ac cars and loud music, U will be burnt..marinated.. and absolutely ready to be served!
wow...haven't really noticed the greenery on g n chetty road...but you're so damn right bout the very fact of chopping down trees for no reason! kadavule, i can imagine the madness like rini says ;) have to say gc takes the cake for 'educating' us bout all this ;)
u are abs rite about not cuttin trees... but u see, chennai, alongwith being a parched city, also has a traffic prob... its not like the govt is made of ppl who dnt care... its just tat these are pressing times which call for desperate measures... but ya, trees are a beautiful sight... esp in chennai! [:)]
Mach, I can see you are totally pissed,(you've even made typing errors). That's GREAT! Now I have company! Shall we find out who's behind this and assassinate them Rang de basanti style? I feel like killing somenone!
And Crazzybugga- I beg to differ. If they were actually bothered they'd have realized that G.N Chetty Rd did not have a major traffic problem. The place did not need a fly over by whatever stretch of the imagination. I think it was just an excuse to drink up money via the construction. Of course the fact that a once lush road now looks like the Ambattur bus depot isn't a loss i suppose, in the face of the "greater good". A whole load of bull!
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