MAKE BETTER USE OF THE RESOURCES - 48
This post of mine is sure to invite very derisive comments from many of my fellow blogging friends.
Having nothing better to do , it has now almost become my passtime to count the number of vehicles passing on the Ambasamudram to Papanasam Road in front of my house everyday . The number keeps rising each month and it is now almost 20 vehicles per minute each way during the peak hour .
What is conspicuous by its absence are the cycles which were the sole mode of transport till the very recent past .
Nearly 8 Lakh students write the 12 th standard examination every year . Most if not all of them are provided Cycles free of cost for their travel to school from remote areas . A very laudable initiative by the Government which goes a long way in improving the Literacy Percentage of the state .
This practice has been there for almost 20 years now , so there should be almost 1.6 crore bicycles on the road . Do you see any ? I must be having a serious problem with my eyes as i do not see any . Further , at a very conservative estimate of Rs 1000 per Cycle , the cost involved is a staggering Rs 1600 Crore .
The students on the footboard of the buses and those zipping along at high speed on the 2 Wheeler Motor Bikes are a common sight now .
Free text books are provided at the start of each year . Why can't they be returned at the end of each year for circulating to the next year students . I was a part of this practice at a Railway School in Kharagpur , W Bengal . I am scarred to even arrive at the cost involved for the same .
Even Schools in the US and UK follow this practice .
The Government must find a better way to utilize its scant resources without in any way affecting the genuine needs of the intended lot .
Having nothing better to do , it has now almost become my passtime to count the number of vehicles passing on the Ambasamudram to Papanasam Road in front of my house everyday . The number keeps rising each month and it is now almost 20 vehicles per minute each way during the peak hour .
What is conspicuous by its absence are the cycles which were the sole mode of transport till the very recent past .
Nearly 8 Lakh students write the 12 th standard examination every year . Most if not all of them are provided Cycles free of cost for their travel to school from remote areas . A very laudable initiative by the Government which goes a long way in improving the Literacy Percentage of the state .
This practice has been there for almost 20 years now , so there should be almost 1.6 crore bicycles on the road . Do you see any ? I must be having a serious problem with my eyes as i do not see any . Further , at a very conservative estimate of Rs 1000 per Cycle , the cost involved is a staggering Rs 1600 Crore .
The students on the footboard of the buses and those zipping along at high speed on the 2 Wheeler Motor Bikes are a common sight now .
Free text books are provided at the start of each year . Why can't they be returned at the end of each year for circulating to the next year students . I was a part of this practice at a Railway School in Kharagpur , W Bengal . I am scarred to even arrive at the cost involved for the same .
Even Schools in the US and UK follow this practice .
The Government must find a better way to utilize its scant resources without in any way affecting the genuine needs of the intended lot .
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