Saturday, April 26, 2008

Violence in Daily Life

Obervations:

Normally violence is associated with physical violence. This is just one aspect of the total violence that all of us suffer in our daily life specially so while living in a Metropolitan city. If we look around, the type of violence that we are subjected to can be many : due to noise - audio violence, ugly sights - visual violence, bad odor - olfactory violence, dirt - pollution violence, rush - crowd violence and many more to go apart from the physical and mental violence.

A common man suffers the consequences of all the above, and it reflects in their stressed lives and response to fellow humans. All of us have a role to play in reducing the "Violence Quotient" (VQ) of a city.

Suggestions:

Since local trains are considered the "lifeline" of Mumbai, it has a pre-dominant role to play in reducing this VQ. By improving these locals alone, a lot can be done to reduce this "Violence" and making train travel an enjoyable experience for the daily commuters.

Some of the suggestions for reducing the violence that a commuter is subjected to in Mumbai are:

  • Frequent painting of the interior / exterior of the coaches to present a pleasing appearance.
  • the noise level of the fans, power car, track noise etc.
  • Improved public address system to make the announcements more comprehend able.
  • Improved signages inside the trains as well as on the station premises.
  • Providing garbage bins inside the coaches to prevent people from littering on the tracks.
  • White-wash the boundary walls of the corridor of tracks.
  • Painting the over-bridges.
  • Provide additional cross-over bridges.
  • Involve private sector /industries in maintenance of the platforms.
  • Give awards for 3 "Best Stations" to recognize the contribution of the sponsors.

I would request the viewers to give their suggestions and contribute in any way that would make this world a better place.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I completely agree with you on this.