It was a beautiful and lovely morning, when I drop my younger sister to appear for her examination. Since its been a 5 years that I am using public transport, hence don’t usually get a chance to have a seat at the bus stop. But on that particular morning, I was required to wait with my sister for a different vehicle which she had to board. In the wait, I get a chance to dive myself in those days when I’ve to wait at the bus stop for the bus to come. When the wait is long, I wish there were a place that I can sit. Its not so long that those times just pass by like a giant movie screen in front of my eyes, when another scene comes into picture; a newly constructed, bus-stop shed. Carved in beautiful, place for seating adding more beauty to Shillong.
Bus-Stop Shed at Barik Point with Seat removed
While I was in that dreamy world, I was suddenly awoken by an awful sight! “Gosh!” I said to myself, “What happened to the Chairs?”. All I could see were the iron bar that linger there in a barely good to sit looks. I thought to myself, are we so irresponsible to not even care about the so-called public property. It seems we considered it to be so public, that we even don’t take any thought to care. Now, with all the chairs gone, where will public be sitting if they have to wait a bit longer. Imagine in the same morning, instead of getting a little comfy from the supposed to be bus-stop shed, I’ve to wait with my sister either standing or when I got tired to stand then sit in the two-wheeler seat (which is not comfortable when not riding). My question is, have we become so irresponsible up to the extend of stealing public property for our own personal benefit? Should we be more responsible Citizen and instead contribute to the welfare of the State and the region as a whole.