By Shyju Chacko
New Delhi: If there is an alarm sound from behind when you are driving, beware you are on the wrong path.
The yellow line used for marking a dedicated lane for Commonwealth Games is of tremendous use for the athletes and officials to commute between Games Village and various Games venues.
But it has created a scare among the common man as straying into the lane, wittingly or unwittingly, can put one to major trouble. Since it is holidays in all educational institutions in and around Delhi – in view of the Games -- there is a rush of students, youngsters and their parents, on the Capital’s roads, going for shopping or to spots of entertainment.
There are no reports of arrests of people violating the dedicated lanes. Even at peak hours when there is heavy rush on the roads, people are extra cautious not to cross the prohibited yellow line. Drivers wait for their turn to move ahead.
Though the dedicated lanes are sometimes empty, other vehicles do not easily dare to enter those lanes for fear of punishment. The fine for straying into Games lanes is huge indeed.
There is also a provision to arrest lane violators, though there are no reports of any in this regard. By fourteenth of this month the CWG will be over; still, the yellow line road may remain empty, because, the drivers may be still afraid to drive through this lane!
New Delhi: If there is an alarm sound from behind when you are driving, beware you are on the wrong path.
The yellow line used for marking a dedicated lane for Commonwealth Games is of tremendous use for the athletes and officials to commute between Games Village and various Games venues.
But it has created a scare among the common man as straying into the lane, wittingly or unwittingly, can put one to major trouble. Since it is holidays in all educational institutions in and around Delhi – in view of the Games -- there is a rush of students, youngsters and their parents, on the Capital’s roads, going for shopping or to spots of entertainment.
There are no reports of arrests of people violating the dedicated lanes. Even at peak hours when there is heavy rush on the roads, people are extra cautious not to cross the prohibited yellow line. Drivers wait for their turn to move ahead.
Though the dedicated lanes are sometimes empty, other vehicles do not easily dare to enter those lanes for fear of punishment. The fine for straying into Games lanes is huge indeed.
There is also a provision to arrest lane violators, though there are no reports of any in this regard. By fourteenth of this month the CWG will be over; still, the yellow line road may remain empty, because, the drivers may be still afraid to drive through this lane!
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