Seeing Stars In Daylight Under Taratala Fyover

Several of Kolkata’s flyovers are complete. Whether or not they will be successful in easing out the metro traffic mess only time will tell. But certainly the construction of the Taratala flyover is adding manifold to the Behala traffic pandaemonium. It does not require only a frequenter to the area to realize the mammoth magnitude of the menace. At a stone's throw from the crossing, there is a big boggy depression bearing the impression of an archaeological excavation site. With the rains not particularly far to seek, the area is heading towards a state which is just about a shade better than that of a paddy field. If and when the flyover is actually complete, the authorities can well begin paddy or jute cultivation in the ever-inundated road stretch below the flyover. That will provide livelihood to those who otherwise prefer to set up their household beneath the concrete elevated roadway. Hats off to those patient souls who pass through the sickening stretch everyday.