Comments on: Will you prefer to fly out of Bangalore after March 30th 2008? http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/01/27/will-you-prefer-to-fly-out-of-bangalore-after-march-30th-2008/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:15:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Aggie Rag http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/01/27/will-you-prefer-to-fly-out-of-bangalore-after-march-30th-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-7096 Aggie Rag Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:32:38 +0000 http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/01/27/will-you-prefer-to-fly-out-of-bangalore-after-march-30th-2008/#comment-7096 Rajesh, Why is it that we want our country/state/city to progress and develop to great extremes, but always with the caveat that it should happen with absolutely no cost to us? I am sorry I have to inform you that such a thing does not happen in the real world. Yes, it currently takes you just 15 mins to reach the HAL airport. But have you thought of a guy living in Yelahanka? Or even Hebbal/Sanjaynagar? How long does it take for him? Has he not borne the long commute silently all these years? Also, isn't travelling 2 hours once in a while better than having to live with the everyday-everyhour noise of aircraft takeoff and landing, by living close to the airport? And why are we blaming BIAL for the lack of clog-free transit or the fares the taxi-walas charge us? They have as much control over these factors as they do over the price your local grocer charges you for onions. It is up to the government to provide/control these matters. As I see it, we should all thank the "sons of the soil" for bringing President's rule to Karnataka. Probably this is the only way (apart from a military rule) that work can progress in our state without major political snags. AFAIK, steps are being taken to smooth out the kinks in the transit from any part of Bengaluru to the new airport. But these things do not happen overnight (or in 72 hrs). But the powers are showing the will and the effort to make things better. They too are human, and not magicians even. So give them time. I have been reading a lot about the new airport... mostly about how difficult it is to get there, how bad the roads are, how long it takes.....etc. I feel there is no point to cribbing. The location of the airport is fait accompli. Think of it this way. Since the a/p is situated far from most developed/populated parts of Bengaluru, it becomes a necessity to improve the roads and traffic management of the entire city. Do you think such an effort as making the Chowdaiah road/Bellary road stretch signal-free would have been taken up otherwise? Such changes will soon be necessary at other parts of the city, and, mark my words, will happen sooner than otherwise. As a result, you will have better intra-city transit times. Is that not an advantage? Rajesh,
Why is it that we want our country/state/city to progress and develop to great extremes, but always with the caveat that it should happen with absolutely no cost to us? I am sorry I have to inform you that such a thing does not happen in the real world.

Yes, it currently takes you just 15 mins to reach the HAL airport. But have you thought of a guy living in Yelahanka? Or even Hebbal/Sanjaynagar? How long does it take for him? Has he not borne the long commute silently all these years? Also, isn’t travelling 2 hours once in a while better than having to live with the everyday-everyhour noise of aircraft takeoff and landing, by living close to the airport?

And why are we blaming BIAL for the lack of clog-free transit or the fares the taxi-walas charge us? They have as much control over these factors as they do over the price your local grocer charges you for onions. It is up to the government to provide/control these matters. As I see it, we should all thank the “sons of the soil” for bringing President’s rule to Karnataka. Probably this is the only way (apart from a military rule) that work can progress in our state without major political snags. AFAIK, steps are being taken to smooth out the kinks in the transit from any part of Bengaluru to the new airport. But these things do not happen overnight (or in 72 hrs). But the powers are showing the will and the effort to make things better. They too are human, and not magicians even. So give them time.

I have been reading a lot about the new airport… mostly about how difficult it is to get there, how bad the roads are, how long it takes…..etc. I feel there is no point to cribbing. The location of the airport is fait accompli. Think of it this way. Since the a/p is situated far from most developed/populated parts of Bengaluru, it becomes a necessity to improve the roads and traffic management of the entire city. Do you think such an effort as making the Chowdaiah road/Bellary road stretch signal-free would have been taken up otherwise? Such changes will soon be necessary at other parts of the city, and, mark my words, will happen sooner than otherwise. As a result, you will have better intra-city transit times. Is that not an advantage?

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