You thought the worst traffic jams in this world are in countries like India, Egypt, Japan, and Russia. If you see what is happening in China, traffic is a breeze in these countries.
Thousands of vehicles were bogged down in a more than 100-kilometre (62-mile) traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted nine days. It does not mean it takes 9 days to get through the jam. It means the jam has been there for nine days. This highlights China's growing road congestion woes. Take a look at these pictures.
The traffic jam between Beijing and Jining City has created a new economy. Merchants are selling water and food items at inflated prices. Capitalism strikes again in this communist country.
All of a sudden too many cars and poor infrastructure. You have to crawl before you walk and walk before you run. The Chinese took off running before they could crawl.
Thousands of vehicles were bogged down in a more than 100-kilometre (62-mile) traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted nine days. It does not mean it takes 9 days to get through the jam. It means the jam has been there for nine days. This highlights China's growing road congestion woes. Take a look at these pictures.
The traffic jam between Beijing and Jining City has created a new economy. Merchants are selling water and food items at inflated prices. Capitalism strikes again in this communist country.All of a sudden too many cars and poor infrastructure. You have to crawl before you walk and walk before you run. The Chinese took off running before they could crawl.
If you want the fastest growing economy in the world too fast, you will end up with these kinds of problems. Beware India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa. You can be proud of being invited to attend the G-8 Summit. But you will end up like China (another invitee to the G-8 Summit) in traffic jam.
WOW, 9 days..that's a long time.
ReplyDeleteNine days. I am glad I am not in China
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Titaxy. 9 days of continuous traffic jam and that too 24 hours? It is terrible.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments A. Me too.
ReplyDelete9 days to clear the traffic jam, Will India follow suit like you have mentioned if not careful. The automobile boom in our country is also a cause of concern with no changes on the conditions of the basic infrastructure.
ReplyDeleteThis is the worst ever known traffic Jam, I have heard about!
ReplyDeleteWe used to think that Bangalore traffic is the worst, compared to Chennai which looks like heaven, but this is worst!
Atleast in this we are not legging behind much, very soon we will catch up...
ReplyDeleteOh my God!!! unbelievable. What a terrible and that for soooooooooooo long traffic jam. I think this is the worst traffic jam in the world.
ReplyDeleteWish you a Happy Rakshabandhan.
9 days OMG seriously !!!!!!!!! but it has instantly made me feel better about the 4 hrs jam I was stuck in last month :)
ReplyDeleteIndia will not take long to catch up though, I am sure
You are amazing! You have an eye for spotting the most interesting bit of news doing the rounds :)
ReplyDeleteAt the rate that India is growing, it wouldn't be too long before we catch up with China in terms of population and the resultant ills, may be not in terms of economic growth.
They may have the fastest growing economy but these motorists aren't going anywhere fast. Scary to think that some people must have to brave this every day.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Chitra. One way to tackle the problem is to move the industries/offices away from the big cities to rural areas.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Sandhya. Bangalore and Chennai traffic are a breeze compared to this in China.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Samvedna. Yes, India will catch up with China soon in this category.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Babli. Happy Rakshabandhan to you too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Shuchita. After hearing this, it makes us feel better about being stuck for 4 hours in a traffic jam.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Latha. Also, thanks for your complements. I am a news junkie. I will listen to news 24 hours a day.
ReplyDeleteYou said India may not catch up with China in economic growth. I think I know the reason. India is a democracy but China is a dictatorship. Things move slowly in a democracy. Still, democracy is preferable than dictatorship.
Thanks for your comments Tracy. Yes, it is very scary.
ReplyDelete9 days traffic jam. merchants selling things like water etc on roads...woooo...scary situation.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Kiran. It is very scary. They are selling water and food at an inflated price.
ReplyDeleteseems like a river of cars.. same situation in India :(
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments AS. Looks like the 9 day traffic jam is going to extend to a month now.
ReplyDeleteYeah my 2 hr commute daily does seem ok now :) Perspective this is.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting blog. A plethora of subjects.
ReplyDeleteAdding you to my blog roll.
9 days!!!I feel like fainting already..,was stuck in a 3 hour jam once which took the life outa me..but 9 days..I wont be able to survive :(
ReplyDeleteVery interesting and informative.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments lostworld. You are right. It is all in perspective.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Geeta.
ReplyDeleteHappy Marriage Anniversary.
Thanks also for adding me to your blog roll.
Geeta, please visit here as often as possible. Thanks.
Thanks for your comments Sana. Traffic jam teach us "patience".
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Anand. i am glad you found this post informative and interesting.
ReplyDeletenama state..very far yet near!!sooner or later all metro's will explode!..ana metro elam varuthunga... nama singara chennai :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like we are not so far behind. If only people started using public transport instead of using their cars.
ReplyDeleteby any means,you stuck in a Traffic Jam? :-p waiting for new feeds
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Hary. Namme oor eppathan munnerumoe!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Rama. People will use public transport if it runs frequently and on time.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Rahul. Had out of town guests. So, was busy showing them around. A new one will be posted Monday evening california time.
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