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PMO acts on 8-year-old Bengaluru boy's letter
Oct 14, 2015
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8-year-old Abhinav from Bengaluru receives reply from the PM Office. (ANI photo)
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister's Office has acted on the letter of Abhinav, an eight-year-old boy from Bengaluru who had petitioned PM Narendra Modi about an 'incomplete flyover' leading to traffic jams in his city.
The PMO has forwarded Abhinav's letter for appropriate action and has intimated him about the move.
The Class III student, takes 45 minutes to commute a distance of 3km from his home to the National Public School in Yeshwanthpur. His family stays in Doddabommasandra, Vidyaranyapura.
Abhinav's letter said an under-construction flyover over a railway crossing on the Outer Ring Road, near Goraguntepalya junction, was causing traffic pileups.
The letter from PMO to railways. (ANI photo)
TIMES VIEW
It took an eight-year-old's letter to the PMO to put the spotlight on a delayed project that has been causing much hardship to the public. Often civil projects languish for years due to tussles between departments and jurisdictional issues. It's time projects meant to benefit people aren't sacrificed over such ego clashes and sanctions are expedited. The boy's letter also shows that it's never too early or never too late to make a case for public good. Hopefully, Bengalureans will learn some lessons on taking up initiatives from this young citizen. Also, one hopes the PMO's response will not end up as mere lip service and prod the warring agencies to arrive at a solution.
The partially built flyover is to blame for chaotic traffic, complain commuters. (TOI photo)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...engaluru-boys-letter/articleshow/49356927.cms
Oct 14, 2015
( This Thread is also posted in Motivation Folder and here for wider viewing )
8-year-old Abhinav from Bengaluru receives reply from the PM Office. (ANI photo)
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister's Office has acted on the letter of Abhinav, an eight-year-old boy from Bengaluru who had petitioned PM Narendra Modi about an 'incomplete flyover' leading to traffic jams in his city.
The PMO has forwarded Abhinav's letter for appropriate action and has intimated him about the move.
The Class III student, takes 45 minutes to commute a distance of 3km from his home to the National Public School in Yeshwanthpur. His family stays in Doddabommasandra, Vidyaranyapura.
Abhinav's letter said an under-construction flyover over a railway crossing on the Outer Ring Road, near Goraguntepalya junction, was causing traffic pileups.
The letter from PMO to railways. (ANI photo)
TIMES VIEW
It took an eight-year-old's letter to the PMO to put the spotlight on a delayed project that has been causing much hardship to the public. Often civil projects languish for years due to tussles between departments and jurisdictional issues. It's time projects meant to benefit people aren't sacrificed over such ego clashes and sanctions are expedited. The boy's letter also shows that it's never too early or never too late to make a case for public good. Hopefully, Bengalureans will learn some lessons on taking up initiatives from this young citizen. Also, one hopes the PMO's response will not end up as mere lip service and prod the warring agencies to arrive at a solution.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...engaluru-boys-letter/articleshow/49356927.cms
