In a move to combat the soaring summer heat, Surat traffic cops will now be provided with umbrellas and desk sets. The sets will act like chowkis and will be useful in the monsoons as well.
Late Rajesh Pillai's Bollywood movie Traffic highlights how 'green corridor' organ transplants can save many lives. It requires precise coordination between traffic police and hospitals to transport harvested organs in the least amount of time via road.
They lost their daughter in a gruesome road accident. But they have channelled their grief in the best way possible to help others. Meet the Tambwekars.
Everybody in Bangalore whines and moans about the traffic. Tell us something new, you say? Well, now there is something new to tell actually — about a man who thanks and rewards traffic cops instead of complaining about them.
Everyone, but everyone, has heard about Bangalore traffic. People complain about it in drawing rooms, write about it on Facebook and joke about it on WhatsApp. There are very few though who will step out to get down and dirty and do something about it. Ajit Lakshmirathan, 65 years old and retired from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is one such man.