To day we celebrated Technology day. Dr Jayathilak,IAS, District collector of Kozhikode inaugurated the function. Two points in his speech which impressed me very much are: (1) we follows American model of transport system which gives importance to individual transport aids i.e; a single family possesses more than two vehicles. where as in European countries more importance is given to public transport system. As a consequence of American model our country has to find out more sources for the purchase of oil. This naturally cripples our economy.
The above point was accumulated in my mind when I saw Bremen in Germany in connection with a training programme. I heard from them that they give incentives for persons using public transport system because providing vehicle parking facility in Bremen is very costly apart from oil price. They also encourages bicycle users by providing separate space for them and pedestrians
The second point which impressed me in Dr Jayathilaks speech is that before making roads we should first prepare drainage systems on both sides of the roads in order to protect it from flooding. As per the present system of making roads this important point is neglected and hence after each raining the the roads will collapse. Dr Jayathilak has made his speech in front of our younger generation and I hope that his message will make more impact on our society and he is also a person involved in decision making. I hope that his vision will be fulfilled in future.
with good wishesvelayudhan
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