Mumbai single-handedly handles about 25% of the domestic and 38% of the international air passenger traffic in the country. All those passengers must use its roads.

Road and traffic are two complementary terms. One can not do without the other and vice-versa, one state of health affects the other. Some one very rightly said Roads are a soul of a Nation. Nations are not defined by their financial clout or by military strength, not by the cultural heritage or vast natural resources, not even by political pedigree. They are defined by the traffic and roads.

Here are some factsGermany has the Autobahn, where not-so-poor engineers in highly-engineered Porsches ply the wide lanes at 200 km/hour. Americans are limited to 88 km/hour, but they make up for that since they are conceived, born, live, work and all-too-often die in their cars (and in Southern California die for their cars), which are outfitted with exotic toys like hydraulics, TVs, fax machines, cellular phones and computer maps that show where the stars live. China has something like roads, but it is used for tractors and trucks, bicycles and such, since there are too few cars for the size of the country.

But hey here I am not talking about roads and not about different countries. Since the time immemorial road traffic in India has been deplored for all the excitement it offers to others. India traffic like Indian political is much unstructured, fragile and of course very complex. Above all odds democracy still prevails besides cars, trucks, scooters and we have space for cows, buffaloes, elephants, and you name it.

The situation is quite sorry and seems to be incorrigible in Metros. Out there we have full-fledged jungle where there is no law. The rate on road accidents is increasing alarmingly. Let's take the case of our own capital. Delhi has 24,400 km of roads and a motor vehicle population of approximately 3.2 million. Over 500 vehicles are added to the Capital's roads every working day. With the effective meager traffic police strength of 3,000 personnel (in a ratio of 1:8 km of road and 1:1,066 local vehicle population), it is clear that qualitative and dedicated assistance to traffic police needs top priority. But every thing seems to be in vain as of now. Mumbai its worse the traffic jams seems to be never ending.