Millenium City ,Gurgaon - baffles me

Gurgaon is dubbed as 'Millenium City' - reason being it represents India of new millenium. I have been in Gurgaon for last few weeks and experienced the 'Millenium City' first hand. The growth visible in Gurgaon is appreciable on one front - top notch corporate companies are here and dozen more come here by day.However what is disappointing to see is the overall state of affairs in Gurgaon. There is hardly any public transport,chaotic urbanization and a shroud of dust that engulfs Gurgaon.

In my opinion Gurgaon represents quintessential India -growth without proper planning. The paradoxical combination of the shining facade and the cloud of dust would amaze you beyond expectation.However Delhi Metro presents an entirely different picture of successful urban infrastructure projects in India. The Metro is already full to the brims and it is a gratifying feeling to see the look of pride and comfort on common man's face traveling in the Metro. India desperately needs more Sreedharans and Sheila Dikshits to handle the menace of chaotic urbanization and to channelize the energy of its youth.

Auto rickshaws - bane of the traffic on urban Indian roads

Driving on the Indian roads isn't for the faint hearted - guess it's a known thing but if you analyze closely,the worst offenders of traffic rules are the auto rickshaw drivers. They seem to operate with complete impunity and brazenness. Making stops anywhere and everywhere is not an exception rather a norm for the auto-rickshaw drivers.The drivers ain't well-behaved either.The burly buses aid to the chaos on the road.There need to be stricter regulations as far as the day to day operations of auto-rickshaws is concerned.

Incidentally I found an innovation borne out of the vacuum created by auto rickshaw drivers in Gurgaon, it is called Radio TukTuk . It's the radio taxi equivalent for tuktuk or auto-rickshaw. I used there services couple of times and I must say it offers a refreshing change from regular auto-rickshaw. Can more services like Radio TukTuk show the way to regulate the obnoxious problems caused by auto-rickshaws ?