And now we all wait for six months with bated breath for the Kappara junction to be completed.

The result is predictable: this highway will soon fill with more traffic than before, leading to calls for more improvements somewhere else along this bypass which will get clogged.

And so it will go on. “Building more roads to prevent congestion is like a fat man loosening his belt instead of dieting.”   Unfortunately, cars are so marvelously convenient that we all prefer to travel by car.

The idea that improving roads or building more of them leads to more traffic congestion has been around for decades.  As long as no provision is made for alternative mobility options this vicious cycle will continue.