"You are hooligans!”, “Karlo jo karna hai”, “Go and thoughts your individual business”, “Baap ki sadak hai kya?” – these are one of the most reactions a bunch of senior citizens has to deal with each morning out of doors their housing society in Noida – trying to teach commuters to practice visitors rules. Few senior citizens from Amrapali Princely Estate in Sector 76 have taken it upon themselves to right kind the behavior of commuters who violate visitors rules. Around 15 residents of the society, all above the age of 60, accumulate out of doors the society, during office hours – 8.30am to 10am – from Monday to Friday, with placards which spotlight 4 in their requests – don't drive in the mistaken course, wear seat belts, wear helmets whilst driving two-wheelers and obey visitors rules. The crew stops any individual coming from the mistaken side they usually tell the defaulters about the importance of following visitors rules.
Commuters misbehave with the aged over visitors rules
As the senior citizens attempt to teach commuters to practice visitors rules, they're met with snarky remarks, yelling and every now and then, even threats from violators. The Noida Times workforce not too long ago visited the spot and saw that when a couple on a motorbike was once stopped via the aged other people for coming from the mistaken side and driving with out helmets, the duo started misbehaving with the aged. The girl, who was once driving pillion, yelled at an elderly girl who was once asking the bikers, with courtesy, to practice the visitors rules, “What is your drawback? Why are you so frightened for us? Let us pass”. As the biker raced away, the lady additionally threatened to slap the older girl.
Talking about their enjoy, Sharmila Naik, 62, a resident of Amrapali Princely Estate and member of the senior citizen discussion board of the housing society, says, “These are the kind of reactions we get from other people. It turns out as if we are doing them a favour via making sure secure roads.”
According to the senior citizens, many even get right down to manhandling those who attempt to prevent them from flouting rules. “Whenever we see a motorbike or a car coming from the mistaken side, we extend our placards to impede the automobiles and cause them to prevent. Once, a biker grabbed the placard I was preserving and shoved it away, which led me to fall. The biker didn’t have the courtesy to apologize and simply zoomed past us,” says Ramesh Singh, 63. Recalling some other incident, Surinder Kaur, 66, a bunch member, says, “Recently, a person threatened to document an FIR against us for doing ‘hooliganism’. I informed him that if we are hooligans, they had been visitors rule violators!”
Some, who're under the influence of alcohol on power, threaten to write letters to the upper authorities, politicians or even the Chief Minister of the state. “We inform them to go forward and whinge to whoever they want to. We are simply doing our accountability as citizens,” says 77-year-old Virendra P Arya. Many even make a laugh of the elderly residents, announcing that they are going to no longer make any affect with this initiative. “When we prevent visitors violators, they giggle at us, announcing, ‘Kab tak khade rahoge?’ Some take a jibe at our retired standing announcing things like, ‘Aap log retired ho, aur koi kam nai hai kya?’ Others make light of the entire scenario announcing that we aren't the police, so why must they practice what we say,” stocks 73-year-old member PN Nayak.
Senior citizens from Sector 76 accumulate on Noida roads between 8.30am and 10am, from Monday to Friday to teach Noidawallahs about visitors rules
Noidawallahs don't care about being fined
The initiative has additionally been supported via the Noida Traffic Police, which has deployed a visitors constable at the spot to effective the violators. One would think that the presence of a visitors legitimate would instill the worry of legislation a number of the commuters. However, as the Noida Times workforce visited the spot some days again, found that Noidawallahs don't even care about getting challaned and would fairly continue to flout rules. A car, which was once spotted coming from the mistaken side, was once requested to stop via the senior citizens’ crew and the visitors police legitimate. Even after the police constable stood in front of the auto, the driving force reversed and fled, nearly running over the legitimate.
Another biker didn't prevent even after seeing the visitors constable and the gang of senior citizens. However, the visitors constable famous down his registration number. “It turns out like these commuters have vowed to by no means strengthen their visitors manners. Even after seeing such a huge crew of aged other people preserving placards, these violators do not have an iota of sense of right and wrong to practice the principles,” says Nau Singh, the Traffic Police Constable deployed at the spot. He stocks that in three days, 70 commuters had been fined at the stretch for visitors violation.
Traffic violators and their excuses
Since a U-turn at the internal road of the sector is ready a kilometre away, commuters going towards the main road choose to experience at the mistaken side of the carriageway to avoid wasting time, which in flip, increases the chance of an coincidence. As a outcome, a lot of those who are caught coming from the mistaken side attempt to break out via giving excuses. “Some say that they’re getting overdue, some say ‘bas yahin tak jana hai’. People like autorickshaw drivers, taxi drivers and milk supply boys say that petrol will get wasted, and so on,” says KK Goenka, 75.
Many even inform senior citizens to ask authorities and get a U-turn constructed at the road just about the housing society. “We ask such other people that simply because the U-turn is a kilometre away, are they willing to chance their lives? ‘You are in a position to forget your family’s long run simply to save some time?’, we ask them,” says resident RN Mishra, 62.
A group of senior citizens from Sector 76 stops any individual coming from the mistaken side they usually tell the defaulters about the importance of following visitors rules
‘Even if few other people get started following visitors rules post our initiative, we will be able to believe our process achieved’
While maximum don’t pay attention, a couple of motorists, seeing the gang of senior citizens, right kind their ways and pass on to practice rules. For instance, a central authority automobile parked out of doors the society not too long ago was once about to take the mistaken flip when the senior citizens recommended him to go from the suitable side. Smiling, the driving force of the automobile agreed. “Not all other people misbehave with us. Some with courtesy apologise and turn their automobiles. They additionally appreciate us for the initiative,” says Arya.
When requested if this initiative of theirs can have any long-term affect in rectifying the addiction of visitors offenders, Goenka tells us, “After getting schooled via us, despite the fact that 10 other people get started following visitors rules, we will be able to believe our process achieved.”
Commuters misbehave with the aged over visitors rules
As the senior citizens attempt to teach commuters to practice visitors rules, they're met with snarky remarks, yelling and every now and then, even threats from violators. The Noida Times workforce not too long ago visited the spot and saw that when a couple on a motorbike was once stopped via the aged other people for coming from the mistaken side and driving with out helmets, the duo started misbehaving with the aged. The girl, who was once driving pillion, yelled at an elderly girl who was once asking the bikers, with courtesy, to practice the visitors rules, “What is your drawback? Why are you so frightened for us? Let us pass”. As the biker raced away, the lady additionally threatened to slap the older girl.
Talking about their enjoy, Sharmila Naik, 62, a resident of Amrapali Princely Estate and member of the senior citizen discussion board of the housing society, says, “These are the kind of reactions we get from other people. It turns out as if we are doing them a favour via making sure secure roads.”
According to the senior citizens, many even get right down to manhandling those who attempt to prevent them from flouting rules. “Whenever we see a motorbike or a car coming from the mistaken side, we extend our placards to impede the automobiles and cause them to prevent. Once, a biker grabbed the placard I was preserving and shoved it away, which led me to fall. The biker didn’t have the courtesy to apologize and simply zoomed past us,” says Ramesh Singh, 63. Recalling some other incident, Surinder Kaur, 66, a bunch member, says, “Recently, a person threatened to document an FIR against us for doing ‘hooliganism’. I informed him that if we are hooligans, they had been visitors rule violators!”
Some, who're under the influence of alcohol on power, threaten to write letters to the upper authorities, politicians or even the Chief Minister of the state. “We inform them to go forward and whinge to whoever they want to. We are simply doing our accountability as citizens,” says 77-year-old Virendra P Arya. Many even make a laugh of the elderly residents, announcing that they are going to no longer make any affect with this initiative. “When we prevent visitors violators, they giggle at us, announcing, ‘Kab tak khade rahoge?’ Some take a jibe at our retired standing announcing things like, ‘Aap log retired ho, aur koi kam nai hai kya?’ Others make light of the entire scenario announcing that we aren't the police, so why must they practice what we say,” stocks 73-year-old member PN Nayak.
Senior citizens from Sector 76 accumulate on Noida roads between 8.30am and 10am, from Monday to Friday to teach Noidawallahs about visitors rules
Noidawallahs don't care about being fined
The initiative has additionally been supported via the Noida Traffic Police, which has deployed a visitors constable at the spot to effective the violators. One would think that the presence of a visitors legitimate would instill the worry of legislation a number of the commuters. However, as the Noida Times workforce visited the spot some days again, found that Noidawallahs don't even care about getting challaned and would fairly continue to flout rules. A car, which was once spotted coming from the mistaken side, was once requested to stop via the senior citizens’ crew and the visitors police legitimate. Even after the police constable stood in front of the auto, the driving force reversed and fled, nearly running over the legitimate.
Another biker didn't prevent even after seeing the visitors constable and the gang of senior citizens. However, the visitors constable famous down his registration number. “It turns out like these commuters have vowed to by no means strengthen their visitors manners. Even after seeing such a huge crew of aged other people preserving placards, these violators do not have an iota of sense of right and wrong to practice the principles,” says Nau Singh, the Traffic Police Constable deployed at the spot. He stocks that in three days, 70 commuters had been fined at the stretch for visitors violation.
Traffic violators and their excuses
Since a U-turn at the internal road of the sector is ready a kilometre away, commuters going towards the main road choose to experience at the mistaken side of the carriageway to avoid wasting time, which in flip, increases the chance of an coincidence. As a outcome, a lot of those who are caught coming from the mistaken side attempt to break out via giving excuses. “Some say that they’re getting overdue, some say ‘bas yahin tak jana hai’. People like autorickshaw drivers, taxi drivers and milk supply boys say that petrol will get wasted, and so on,” says KK Goenka, 75.
Many even inform senior citizens to ask authorities and get a U-turn constructed at the road just about the housing society. “We ask such other people that simply because the U-turn is a kilometre away, are they willing to chance their lives? ‘You are in a position to forget your family’s long run simply to save some time?’, we ask them,” says resident RN Mishra, 62.
A group of senior citizens from Sector 76 stops any individual coming from the mistaken side they usually tell the defaulters about the importance of following visitors rules
‘Even if few other people get started following visitors rules post our initiative, we will be able to believe our process achieved’
While maximum don’t pay attention, a couple of motorists, seeing the gang of senior citizens, right kind their ways and pass on to practice rules. For instance, a central authority automobile parked out of doors the society not too long ago was once about to take the mistaken flip when the senior citizens recommended him to go from the suitable side. Smiling, the driving force of the automobile agreed. “Not all other people misbehave with us. Some with courtesy apologise and turn their automobiles. They additionally appreciate us for the initiative,” says Arya.
When requested if this initiative of theirs can have any long-term affect in rectifying the addiction of visitors offenders, Goenka tells us, “After getting schooled via us, despite the fact that 10 other people get started following visitors rules, we will be able to believe our process achieved.”
A group of senior citizens try to educate commuters to follow traffic rules in Noida
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