As was happening for the past few days, on 10th june also, i decided to go to Punjab university and study there till late at night in the library. I was now kind of getting into this habit of studying there till late night and then returning back home. But this day, it was different. I could feel something was coming but i didnt know it was going to be this big.
As usual, i left at around 2 from the library, sending a message to my dear, asking if she was awake. For a change, she wasnt awake that day. Generally, i would come back home riding on my bike, talking to her all that time when i am driving but it was not to be on that day. I start my bike and leave the university campus, thinking what will i eat after reaching home and stuff.
But this day was very different. On my way, when i was passing through the 37-41 dividing road, i saw two guys pushing a broken I10 on the road. the car was badly hit. So, out of my humaritarian concern, i took a u-turn from the 36-37/41-42 roundabout and decided to help them in whichever way i could. On reaching there, i got the know that this one guy who was drving this Maharashtra registered car had gone into sleep mode while driving and had thus hit a Chandigarh map board on the road side, having crossed the footpath. This guy was at a very senior post in Walmart and was returning home from the workplace at Banur, Punjab. The other guy that was helping him in pushing the car, was among his employees in that company who resided nearby. The two were pushing the car to reach it to sector 38, where the guy lived.
I stopped over to help them push the car. I even called on the taxi service in chandigarh at 0172-4242424 but they had no idea about any towing car in chandigarh.I guess they could only provide taxi service and no other help. All this time, the maharashtrian car owner kept complaining about the 24 hour towing service available in mumbai. he certainly hadn't spent much time in chandigarh and had neither faced much trouble here. Then after some time, a couple of bikes with two policeman on each, come over to us. They suggest us to call on 100 for help and that is what we finally decide to do. And yes, all of you who dont know how quick and helpful is this service, this service is really helpful. it wont take more than 5 minutes to respond to you for help.
The nearest PCR reached us in around 10 minutes, which is really fast, compared to the notion in india that here pizzas reach faster than an ambulance. We can certainly be prouud of chandigarh police till this point. but please listen to the whole story before you develop any opinion about the chandigarh police.
Now the PCR has arrived and we tell them the whole story. the policeman realises that there is a loss to public property in this case and thus reports it to his officer incharge to come and see for himself and make a deicision as to what to do with the car owner. The PCR was called to help tow the I10 to his home and they even carried all the required things to carry out such directives but since there was loss to the public property, they were told to hold on till the Officer incharge makes a visit and decides on the matter.
We waited for a long time, more than two hours for the officer incharge to finally pay us the visit. All this time, the maharashtrian car owner was irked over the attitude of the police service towards the general citizens. he kept repeating that police is there to help the citizens and not aggravate their problem. We had spent all this time sitting on the divider while the two policemen in the PCR spent their time looking at the funny videos of punjabi songs on their mobile.
When the officer incharge arrives, we sit in his truck and are accompanied to the site where the chandigarh map board was smashed. The loss was not much and it needed just a little bit of welding to again erect the board. The officer incharge took a look at the whole picture, heard to what the car owner had to say and finally took his decision. The car owner was made to write a letter according to the actual circumstances and was then left home. It was around this time that i was taking aside by one of the policemen who was in the PCR.
He had some useful tips to give to me and i certainly would never wish to forget them. He told me that if i ever come accross such an incident again, i should always try to by-pass, saying that i didnt notice anything. And even if my humanitarian soul shines brightly, i may help but should never say that i have witnessed something. This is because if i ever insist on being a witness, i may be attached to a case to which i am least associated to, but then i will have to handle all the court proceedings and regular journeys to courts. he also suggested that one should ask police for help when there is no other possibilty because calling police might land you in more trouble than help. I had a clear example that night only of this suggestion. The work that would not have taken more than 15 minutes, took more than two hours to complete. you can make your opinions about chandigarh police but they were certainly helpful, even though a little late...
Certainly. "Better late than never..."
And "All is well that ends well..."
Regards,
Raj
As usual, i left at around 2 from the library, sending a message to my dear, asking if she was awake. For a change, she wasnt awake that day. Generally, i would come back home riding on my bike, talking to her all that time when i am driving but it was not to be on that day. I start my bike and leave the university campus, thinking what will i eat after reaching home and stuff.
But this day was very different. On my way, when i was passing through the 37-41 dividing road, i saw two guys pushing a broken I10 on the road. the car was badly hit. So, out of my humaritarian concern, i took a u-turn from the 36-37/41-42 roundabout and decided to help them in whichever way i could. On reaching there, i got the know that this one guy who was drving this Maharashtra registered car had gone into sleep mode while driving and had thus hit a Chandigarh map board on the road side, having crossed the footpath. This guy was at a very senior post in Walmart and was returning home from the workplace at Banur, Punjab. The other guy that was helping him in pushing the car, was among his employees in that company who resided nearby. The two were pushing the car to reach it to sector 38, where the guy lived.
I stopped over to help them push the car. I even called on the taxi service in chandigarh at 0172-4242424 but they had no idea about any towing car in chandigarh.I guess they could only provide taxi service and no other help. All this time, the maharashtrian car owner kept complaining about the 24 hour towing service available in mumbai. he certainly hadn't spent much time in chandigarh and had neither faced much trouble here. Then after some time, a couple of bikes with two policeman on each, come over to us. They suggest us to call on 100 for help and that is what we finally decide to do. And yes, all of you who dont know how quick and helpful is this service, this service is really helpful. it wont take more than 5 minutes to respond to you for help.
The nearest PCR reached us in around 10 minutes, which is really fast, compared to the notion in india that here pizzas reach faster than an ambulance. We can certainly be prouud of chandigarh police till this point. but please listen to the whole story before you develop any opinion about the chandigarh police.
Now the PCR has arrived and we tell them the whole story. the policeman realises that there is a loss to public property in this case and thus reports it to his officer incharge to come and see for himself and make a deicision as to what to do with the car owner. The PCR was called to help tow the I10 to his home and they even carried all the required things to carry out such directives but since there was loss to the public property, they were told to hold on till the Officer incharge makes a visit and decides on the matter.
We waited for a long time, more than two hours for the officer incharge to finally pay us the visit. All this time, the maharashtrian car owner was irked over the attitude of the police service towards the general citizens. he kept repeating that police is there to help the citizens and not aggravate their problem. We had spent all this time sitting on the divider while the two policemen in the PCR spent their time looking at the funny videos of punjabi songs on their mobile.
When the officer incharge arrives, we sit in his truck and are accompanied to the site where the chandigarh map board was smashed. The loss was not much and it needed just a little bit of welding to again erect the board. The officer incharge took a look at the whole picture, heard to what the car owner had to say and finally took his decision. The car owner was made to write a letter according to the actual circumstances and was then left home. It was around this time that i was taking aside by one of the policemen who was in the PCR.
He had some useful tips to give to me and i certainly would never wish to forget them. He told me that if i ever come accross such an incident again, i should always try to by-pass, saying that i didnt notice anything. And even if my humanitarian soul shines brightly, i may help but should never say that i have witnessed something. This is because if i ever insist on being a witness, i may be attached to a case to which i am least associated to, but then i will have to handle all the court proceedings and regular journeys to courts. he also suggested that one should ask police for help when there is no other possibilty because calling police might land you in more trouble than help. I had a clear example that night only of this suggestion. The work that would not have taken more than 15 minutes, took more than two hours to complete. you can make your opinions about chandigarh police but they were certainly helpful, even though a little late...
Certainly. "Better late than never..."
And "All is well that ends well..."
Regards,
Raj
