Road Safety

You may underestimate a lot of things but you better not underestimate the importance of road safety. In today's age when life literally runs on roads it is better to be safe than sorry.

Every other day we have to use the roads, be it on foot, in a car or in a public transport like bus. In this chaotic mess even the slightest of carelessness may lead to nothing short of a fatal disaster. Thus it is no wonder that road safety cannot be compromised with. Road safety is no rocket science. There are some basic road safety rules - you follow them and you can stay assured off your safety on roads.

If you are on foot or on two wheeler, you are most vulnerable on road and you should better keep your eyes and ears open. Strictly adhering to traffic rules will surely reduce the chances of any accident but you must always look out because people around you may not be following the rules. People must be very careful while crossing busy roads on foot. Never shy away from using subway or over bridges. Riding two wheelers requires high levels of alertness and one should not try too many tricks on busy roads.

Larger cars and buses trucks are comparably safer but the drivers have a greater responsibility. Mistakes committed by them may cost lives of others.

Roads shall ever remember chaotic mess as we see them today but road travel is indispensable. What is required is strict adherence to all traffic rules by one and all. We must all follow traffic rules and not because the law says so but because it is our moral responsibility and an insurance of our own safety.

Tourism in India

The enormous diversity in flora, fauna, topography, climate, religions, dialects, lifestyle that you may find in India is truly unique to this place. It is this biological, social and physical diversity that attracts millions of tourists to flock to India, year after year. Tourism is an industry running well into thousands of crores. And it also fills the stomachs of millions of Indians.

Yet after looking at these mindboggling figures, one still wonders why can't India bring in as much tourist as compared to other South Asian countries, much smaller than India. Areas of Indochina or Southeast Asia attract 3-4 times more tourists.

The tourist flow is ever increasing but still far lower than expectation. In such circumstances people won't believe if they are told that India has the maximum number of world Heritage sites. It is this decorating situation that has recently made the government take notice of this issue.

To promote tourism and make it a booming business the government just a few days ago launched an aggressive marketing campaign under the tagline- Incredible India. It is working to draw more tourists and also projecting India as a better tourist destination. But changes at the grassroots level is necessary. Indian culture boasts of good hospitality and yet it is the inhospitable environment faced by tourists that drive them away.

What we actually need to do was to make all the services as hasslefree as possible for the tourists. We must ensure that not a single incident of harassment faced by tourists take place. Most importantly we have to educate all the people relate to the tourism industry one simple equation - more the number of tourists the more will they earn, so they should better co-operate.