Construction of the overhead brides along the Ratna Park roadside has been going on for some months now. And this has been a source of headache for me because I hate overhead bridges. It also takes a lot of time and who in this fast paced world has the time to cross those bridges. These bridges also give me an uneasy feeling when at times I look up and see them, instead of the sky. It’s as though the sky is not the limit any more but the overhead bridge. Now you might call me lazy (making excuses for climb those steps created for our safety). But my problem is only with overhead bridges; (I don’t mind walking around provided I have ample time to get somewhere). Climbing those stairs in the mild sun is actually not that bad during the winter. But alas, the winter does not remain forever. The real problem lies during the hot summer days, when just getting out of the house is an oderal. Let alone the long climb to the overhead bridge to cross the narrow road. Climbing an overhead 
bridge is twice as tiring as compared to a long walk around the city. Traffic lights would be the best option here. As people have started following these traffic light rules, since quite a few of these lights have been installed have been put up in many busy roads. Then, comes the monsoon with it downpours. Making a swift dash across the road is much easier than climbing the bridge in the rain. Moreover these bridges aren’t good to look at. How could it when such huge bridges are built on lane like road, making it even narrower. Why then go on building them all over the valley when installing a traffic light would be so much easier or the other reasonable option would be to build sub-ways. If you ask me Subways are the best options in a country like ours where the roads are so narrow and the chance of widening them is slim. On top of that the government itself isn’t sure of perfect location for these overhead bridges as they keep on erecting them in a place and after sometime they erupt it and build it all over again somewhere near the old one.
Why then are they building those big awful bridges (when after a while there’re going to pull it down).
– Pratichya Dulal
